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Rutgers suspends fraternity, student critically injured
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Rutgers placed Alpha Sigma Phi on a cease and desist order for all activities until May
A Rutgers University fraternity is under investigation after a 19-year-old student was critically injured last week. Authorities say the student was found unresponsive shortly after midnight Wednesday at a fraternity house on College Avenue in New Brunswick. The student was rushed to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where he remains in critical condition.
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Rutgers suspends fraternity, student critically injured
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A Rutgers University fraternity is under investigation after a 19-year-old student was critically injured last week. Authorities say the student was found unresponsive shortly after midnight Wednesday at a fraternity house on College Avenue in New Brunswick. The student was rushed to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where he remains in critical condition.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipA Rutgers University fraternity has been suspended while under investigation after a 19-year-old student was critically injured last week.
Authorities say the student was found unresponsive just after midnight on Wednesday at a fraternity house on College Ave in New Brunswick.
He was rushed to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where he remains in critical condition.
Rutgers placed the fraternity Alpha Sigma Phi on a cease and desist for all activities until May and on social probation until November 3rd.
College and national fraternity officials also say Alpha Sigma Phi is on interim suspension.
The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office hasn't confirmed whether hazing was involved or where exactly in the residence the incident took place.
A spokesperson for the fraternity chapter says hazing is not tolerated, but any members found to be involved will be expelled and the chapter will be shut down.
The house has been deemed unsafe by New Brunswick officials and anyone with information is being urged to contact campus police or the prosecutor's office.
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