CORAL GABLES — A fraternity at the University of Miami is beneath investigation for an alleged hazing incident that happened on campus this week.
According to a Thursday post from The Miami Hurricane — the university’s campus newspaper and the to start with to report it — a leaked video that been circulating around students seems to show customers of the UM chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) participating in a hazing action in the backyard of their fraternity property — in the middle of the day.
In the video clip, a person of the customers steps into a trash can and crouches down, while other individuals encompass him and chug “substantial amounts of milk,” The Hurricane reported, prior to they then “spit or vomit” on to the student in the trash can, leaving what seems to be milk and possibly vomit “operating down his back again.”
“The 4 pupils, probable pledges, are surrounded by various onlookers, believed to also be users of [SAE],” The Hurricane said. “They enjoy, get photographs and snicker at the hazing exercise.”
In accordance to The Hurricane, the online video was reportedly taken from the neighboring Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) fraternity dwelling primarily based on the video clip angle and scholar experiences. Nevertheless, the specific who shot the online video has not been discovered.
The video clip has gone viral between UM pupils. The Hurricane mentioned in its report that it chose not to publish the complete online video at this time, but a clip of it can be observed on social media.
The video has also arrived at UM administrators, prompting swift responses to the incident.
“The University of Miami has obtained a number of studies linked to alleged perform violations by a person of our fraternity chapters,” the university spokesperson said in a statement presented to CBS News Miami. “We are mindful of films getting circulated but can only ensure the authenticity of a single movie. A whole investigation is underway.”
In accordance to The Hurricane, the steps demonstrated in the video clip could be thought of a felony or misdemeanor below Florida’s anti-hazing regulation, also identified as the Chad Meredith Act. The act was signed into law back again in 2005, pursuing the loss of life of Chad Meredith, a College of Miami college student, who drowned in Lake Osceola right after overdrinking with two Kappa Sigma officers. At the time of his death, he experienced a blood alcohol material stage of .13.
The Hurricane also documented that SAE is no stranger to controversy, as UM closed its chapter in 2022 just after an additional video clip leaked exhibiting customers chanting about “raping and murdering girls and alleged drugging.”
CBS Information Miami has also arrived at out to the nearby chapter and nationwide SAE chapter for even more remark.
