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The following people waived their rights to preliminary hearings on the charges listed: Alpha Tau Omega, 321 E. Fairmount Ave., State College, unlawful acts relative to liquor ...

...The University of Colorado in Boulder is demanding that its fraternities put off the traditional fall rush of freshmen until the spring semester after the alcohol death of an 18-year-old pledge. At the University of California at Berkeley, an alcohol ban was imposed earlier this month at all fraternity and sorority events after a pledge was repeatedly shot with a BB gun. The University of Oklahoma has banned alcohol in dorms and Greek houses. ...

Less than 24 hours after visiting with their son the weekend before his 22nd birthday, Bob and Margaret Schuemann of North Palm Beach got the phone call that no parent wants to receive.

Their son, Kyle, had died after a night of drinking with his fraternity brothers at the University of Florida...

Aaron H. Arnett, 21, fell while trying to get into his room at Alpha Tau Omega fraternity on Dec. 19, 2004 at about 4 a.m. Police said Arnett had gone to Gator City, a local club, before returning to the fraternity that morning. Toxicology tests showed he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.18, more than twice limit for driving. Arnett suffered blunt trauma head injuries, which were listed as the probable cause of death. He fell about 15 feet onto concrete steps...

Five student deaths have been linked to drinking at the University of Florida since October 2003:

- Aaron H. Arnett, 21, fell while trying to get into his room at Alpha Tau Omega fraternity on Dec. 19, 2004 at about 4 a.m. Police said Arnett had gone to Gator City, a local club, before returning to the fraternity that morning. Toxicology tests showed he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.18, more than twice {the legal} limit for driving. Arnett suffered blunt trauma head injuries, which were listed as the probable cause of death. He fell about 15 feet onto concrete steps...

Greek life is an important part of the co-curricular experience for students at Appalachian. Greek life is built upon a commitment to the ritualistic values of their organizations, a commitment to service, an understanding of responsibility for being a contributing member of the community and to the personal and professional development of members...

The IFC currently recognizes twelve fraternities on the ASU campus. They include Alpha Sigma Phi, Alpha Tau Omega...

Eighty percent of Fortune 500 executives, over 75 percent of the U.S. Supreme Court and all but eight of the U.S. Presidents since 1825 have been members of Greek organizations. ...

..the Cobra helicopter that 2nd Lt. William H. Mixon was testing with pilot and Warrant Officer Richard L. Demello of Boise, Idaho, crashed in a swampy area about 10 miles south of Geneva...

He later attended the University of Alabama [web/tickets] where he majored in business management and marketing. He also was the president of his fraternity, Alpha Tau Omega...

"He truly did honor his service to the country and believed in what he was doing," Stephen Mixon said. "There's no question about that."

The deaths of 75 people in student-housing fires in the past five years nationwide and a study showing 18 fraternity and sorority houses at the University of Florida lack sprinkler systems sparked Patricia Telles-Irvin into action...

A year ago, three students died at an Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house at the University of Mississippi [web/ tickets/ eBay] when an early-morning fire consumed the building. The structure was not equipped with fire sprinklers - something experts said could have saved the young men's lives...

Steve Symons was simply turning around when he got blindsided by cancer. The North Dakota State University [web/tickets/eBay] junior started complaining about pain in his left knee in December, said Brent Strande, a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, of which Symons served as president...

Since the diagnosis, Symons' friends have raised $9,000 for his treatment, using some creative marketing techniques and only two words: "Go Steve."...

About $7,000 of the $9,000 is from T-shirt and bracelet sales, said fraternity member Leighton Mohl, who came up with the slogan...

Sales have been particularly strong on the Web site www.gosteve.org, which Strande acquired to tell Symons' story and provide daily progress updates...

The Interfraternity Council reformed its social policy Tuesday, outlawing hard liquor in common rooms of fraternity houses...

Saam Parsa, president of Alpha Tau Omega and a junior economics major, said the restrictions for house parties are a deterrent. "Some chapters definitely decide not to [hold registered parties] from what I hear because there're so many restrictions that if you break a tiny rule, you're going to get in trouble, so it's kind of not worth it," he said...

An all-day concert at... Illinois State University raised $660 for the ISU-IWU student chapter of Habitat for Humanity.

The event featured several local bands and was cosponsored by Delta Chi and Alpha Tau Omega fraternities.

In response to Loren Lee's letter (April 28) about Greek students getting off their duffs and joining the real world, I would like to provide Lee with facts that have apparently been missed. Every member of Alpha Tau Omega completes in excess of 60 hours of community service on a yearly basis. ...

Hundreds of hours of community service are done by my fraternity as well as the other Greek organizations on campus. All houses have their own community service events and raise thousands of dollars for the community every year...

... Perhaps the Reds pitching staff should have left University of Cincinnati student Ryan Gray on the mound. "I can't imagine I would've done any worse," said Gray. ...

Gray represented the fraternity Alpha Tau Omega, who helped sponsor the Reds marketing department on UC's campus...

Rhodes College fraternities held their annual community cleanup in the Hollywood/Springdale area. The participating fraternities were Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Nu, Kappa Sigma, Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Tau Omega...

"Story Walk for Families" -- a special feature of the first "21 Run", to honor the late Mario St. George Boiardi, former captain of the Cornell University Men's Lacrosse team...

Boiardi had planned to become a teacher, and wanted to work to make books and reading part of every child's life. CU Lacrosse teammates and members of his fraternity, Alpha Tau Omega, have organized the "21 Run" to honor his legacy...

Project 21 Underage Drinking Taskforce deputies arrived at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house on campus after they received a dispatch call. When deputies arrived, they found minors on a parking lot near the fraternity house who had consumed alcohol. .... Of the 41 cited, 18 were RHIT students and only one was an ATO member, said Pete Gustafson, Rose-Hulman [web/tickets] dean of students...

Fraternity members were cooperative with police and helped locate other minors who were drinking, Marvel said...