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Fires and thefts can turn a perfect school term into a disaster. Students moving into town homes, apartments, condominiums and campus dormitories this fall should seriously consider purchasing renter's insurance, local insurance agents and University housing officials said...

Last August a fire resulted in the deaths of three students in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house...

... The College Park campus's Epsilon Gamma chapter of Alpha Tau Omega this month was awarded the 2005 North American Interfraternity Conference Award of Distinction, which recognizes academic excellence and outstanding contributions to the community.

"Our chapter is unique because, rather than reflect the typical fraternity image of affluent white males you see in the media, we reflect the diversity of the university as a whole," said Stephen Chuk, the fraternity's philanthropy chairman. "We have people from many different backgrounds and religions" ...

Alpha Chi Omega sorority had the top chapter grade point average among University of Alabama [web/tickets] greek organizations during the spring semester...

...Alpha Tau Omega's 3.065 ... top five fraternity GPAs.

As the Greek letters emblazoned on the former Zeta Phi Beta Sorority house continue to fade, questions still remain unanswered concerning what specifically merited their removal from the Ole Miss [web/ tickets/ eBay] campus...

The Alpha Tau Omega fraternity was kicked off campus for a year in 2001 for posting a racially-offensive photograph taken at a party on the internet.

A UC Berkeley fraternity (Pi Kappa Phi) whose members hazed a recruit by shooting him at least 30 times with a pellet gun in April can't rush pledges, barbecue with alumni after football games or partake in sorority mixers for a year after it agreed to be suspended in a deal with school officials...

The penalty went further than last year's suspension of Alpha Tau Omega, which was accused of hazing underage pledges with excessive exercise and alcohol, Kenney said. That fraternity was allowed to continue many activities...

Starting today, hair braiders get more flexibility to do their jobs, convicted sex offenders face stricter requirements on reporting their whereabouts and people will need permits to transport wild hogs across the state...

Another law that took effect when Barbour signed it allows the state Fire Marshal's Office to inspect all fraternity and sorority houses on university campuses and require the installation of smoke and fire detectors...

The inspection law was written in response to a fire last Aug. 27 that killed three students in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house on the University of Mississippi [web/ tickets/ eBay] campus. The new law raises safety standards of fraternity houses to the level of all other public buildings on campuses...