One University of Iowa official expressed concern that other UI Greek chapters are doing similar things to the activities that caused the closure of one chapter house this fall. Kelly Jo Karnes, associate director of the UI Center for Student Involvement and Leadership, wrote in emails released by the university Tuesday that she believed “SEVERAL [...]

An attorney for the national Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity was upset with the statement from University of Iowa officials regarding the closure of the fraternity’s UI chapter, believing the statement “disengages the university from any role in the closure.” Frank Ginocchio, general counsel and director of risk management for the national SAE office, made those [...]

A decision by Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s national headquarters to close its University of Iowa chapter last month came before an allegation of sexual assault at the fraternity surfaced, an official said Wednesday. A Sept. 11 report to Iowa City police regarding an alleged sexual assault at the fraternity house on Sept. 8 was not considered [...]

IOWA CITY — Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the University of Iowa fraternity that was closed by its national headquarters this week for hazing, had the highest rate of member arrests and citations in the UI Greek system for the past two years. The chapter saw 27 percent of its members cited or arrested for non-traffic-related crimes [...]

Iowa City police since 2007 have received 28 calls for service to 302 Ridgeland Ave., the address of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house that was closed earlier this week following hazing allegations and is at the center of a sexual assault investigation. Some of the calls were for false alarms, lost property or locked [...]

The University of Iowa previously received complaints of hazing in 2008 and 2009 against Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a fraternity that was suspended and closed for hazing this week by its national headquarters. UI Spokesman Tom Moore on Tuesday said after those 2008 and 2009 hazing reports, sanctions were imposed and completed. UI officials were checking [...]

A University of Iowa fraternity has been suspended over allegations of hazing. Details of what led to the suspension of the UI chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon were not available, but in a news release, the fraternity’s national board of directors said it “will not tolerate hazing or behavior that violates risk-management policies or the [...]