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Volume 99, Number 8
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
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Complying with voter ID Marquette will issue new student IDs for new voting requirements.
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Editorial
Lovell’s newest initiatives need input to succeed.
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Women sweep weekend Women’s soccer defeats no. 16 Kansas and LSU en route to first back-to-back wins. PAGE 12
Fraternity put on probation over hazing allegations Chapter found liable after going through OSD conduct process
By Natalie Wickman
natalie.wickman@marquette.edu
Marquette’s Sigma Phi Delta chapter was found liable of hazing and received an academic-year probation and temporary suspension, the Office of Student Development
confirmed Monday. Corey Lansing, the director of campus activities and student involvement, provided details on the fraternity’s punishments following up on official warnings issued to Sigma Phi Delta by the Division of Student Affairs in April for hazing and an alleged sexual assault. “Sigma Phi Delta went through the university’s student organization conduct process this summer for hazing allegations and was found responsible for hazing and is
suspended in abeyance and placed on probation until May 15, 2016,” Lansing said in an email. This confirmation comes two weeks after Alix Minden, the grand president of the national Sigma Phi Delta fraternity, said the fraternity wasn’t suspended at the time and denied the sexual misconduct warning. “Sigma Phi Delta has not been charged with any charges, nor are any known charges pending in relation to the sexual assault
New president speaks on “new day” for MU
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matthew.kulling@marquette.edu
University President Michael Lovell’s inauguration was not all just pomp and circumstance — it was his chance to unveil his first few initiatives at the university. Lovell announced five new expansion strategies near the end of his address for the coming months, starting with a Center for Advancement of the Humanities, which immediately was met with a standing applause. The multimillion dollar donation from an unnamed contributor, he said, will help establish Marquette as a leading humanities institution in the Midwest. Lovell also announced Marquette purchased a 7.5-acre tract of land in the 800 block of W. Michigan St. The first lay president for the university called the land deal a “once in a lifetime opportunity” for both the university and the city of Milwaukee. Lovell announced the university would be closing on the property by the end of the month. Lovell said the university does not have any specific plans on what to do with the land yet, but the university will
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an investigation into the incidents. However, Lansing said “no further disciplinary action has been taken” since Triangle and Delta Chi r eceived the warnings. “The letters that were given to (Triangle, Delta Chi and Sigma Phi Delta) were warning letters of alleged sexual misconduct that were reported to have occurred within the houses of those fraternities,” Lansing said in an email.
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Lovell announces campus expansion, five new initiatives
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allegations,” Minden said in an email. “Sigma Phi Delta does not condone hazing, sexual misconduct or any other illegal or inappropriate activities.” In addition, the Triangle and Delta Chi fraternities each received a sexual misconduct warning after sexual assault allegations surfaced in April. The official warnings mean that any violations of either Greek policies or student codes of conduct will result in immediate suspension of all activities, pending the outcomes of
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