How do the national chapters involve themselves in illegal pledging?
If you are caught hazing, most national presidents’ suspend the chapter first. Then an investigation begins and the police and district attorney are called in (if they aren’t already involved). If the guilty individual is an undergraduate member, their membership will be revoked (they have to hand in their pin and membership card), they could possibly be expelled from school, and the District Attorney has the authority to arrest the individual. If the Guilty member is a candidate, the same applies, only their name is placed on the list of individuals now banned from ever applying for membership. If the individual is a Graduate member, the penalty is the same as the undergraduates’, but they could lose their job (I haven’t met a business owner yet who likes the thought of employing criminals). Only after the investigation is there a possibility that the chapter will get it’s charter back (and that’s not a guarantee).
