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EWU fraternity investigated for allegations of misconduct

The Eastern Washington University chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity is under investigation for allegations of unspecified misconduct.

The investigation is being conducted by the fraternity's national headquarters, which sent a representative to Cheney on Friday after receiving complaints about the local chapter. The university is assisting and could open its own investigation as more information becomes available, said EWU spokesman Dave Meany.

Currently, however, the university has been told only that reports of inappropriate behavior have been received but that none have drawn the attention of either the campus or the Cheney police departments, Meany said.

Rumors that the fraternity is on the verge of being shut down have swirled around the EWU campus for days. Those have been fueled, in part, by a series of social media postings ostensibly by fraternity members that include sexually lurid descriptions of a sorority members and a photo of what appears to be a drunken student passed out on the floor.

"We expect all of our students to behave according to both their university's policies and ours, and we work with our university partners to remove students or chapters that pose a risk to student safety," Sigma Phi Epsilon national CEO Brian Warren said in a prepared statement regarding the EWU investigation.

 


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