Kappa Sig pledges face judicial action
Pledges of the Kappa Sigma fraternity now face judicial action after the Washington University Police Department discovered two students, both of whom voluntarily identified themselves as members of the fraternity’s rush class, in the process of kidnapping their pledge fathers in a U-Haul van containing alcohol.
“We observed a parked vehicle, which was a U-Haul vehicle, that in the back of it were two subjects who identified themselves as pledges of the fraternity,” said WUPD Police Chief Don Strom. “They had in the back of the vehicle a quantity of alcohol in a container.”
Records of the incident, which occurred on Oct. 30, indicate that neither of the subjects were intoxicated upon WUPD’s arrival. Strom said that when the subjects were questioned by police, they indicated that “they were ‘kidnapping’ their brothers from their fraternity and that they were not doing it by force.”
Police wrote a detailed report of the incident and forwarded it to the Greek Life Office and the Judicial Action Committee for further investigation and handling.
Karin Johnes, director the Greek Life Office (GLO), could not be reached for comment.
Nicole Westin, GLO coordinator for chapter development, refused to comment on the matter, noting only that the office was aware of the incident and is “currently investigating” the situation.
Kappa Sigma President Thomas Zeitzoff, a junior, also refused to comment on the incident, saying it was “an internal matter.” Other members of Kappa Sigma had been instructed not to speak to the media.
Strom could not comment on possible repercussions for the fraternity. For now, Kappa Sigma is awaiting a response from Johnes, who oversees judicial matters within the Greek Life system.
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