Boulder Fraternity Shuts Down Amid Allegations Of Druggings

BOULDER, CO -- The Sigma Pi fraternity at the University of Colorado-Boulder has been shut down amid reports of students who said they were drugged while attending parties on University Hill last month. Boulder Police are not currently releasing records of their interactions with the Sigma Pi house on the nights in question and declined to say if the fraternity was under investigation for the druggings, but according to a report from the Denver Post, the fraternity's national office shut down the Boulder chapter and has launched an internal investigation

According to the Post's communications with the executive director of the Tennessee-based Sigma Pi Fraternity and Foundation, Jonathan Frost, the national organization was "aware of the reports and allegations" surrounding its Boulder chapter.

Fraternities at CU have not operated under the university's oversight since the 2004 death of a student due to alcohol poisoning, and have since been under the auspices of the Interfraternity Council. Sigma Pi was expelled from the council in 2013 after reports that it provided alcohol to underage students at rush events. It has since operated without any local oversight.

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