COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The same week UVa’s Inter-Fraternity Council temporarily suspended fraternity activities, the University of Maryland itself has ordered fraternities and sororities on campus to suspend social and recruitment activities. This after the school received multiple reports of unsafe activities. A letter sent Friday from university officials to fraternity and sorority presidents informing them of the suspension did not describe the alleged misconduct as hazing but instead referred to “activities that have threatened the safety and well-being of members of the University community.”

The suspension applies to all organizations affiliated with the university’s Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council. The action at Maryland comes just days after the University of Virginia suspended its Kappa Sigma chapter after an alleged hazing incident last month. That incident has a student in the hospital after falling down some stairs following heavy drinking. While UVa only suspended Kappa Sigma, the student-led IFC went further suspending events and new member activities through 11:59pm March 20.

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