University of Arizona suspends Sigma Phi Epsilon activities

The University of Arizona suspended Sigma Phi Epsilon’s activities on October 21, barring the fraternity from organizational events while investigations continue after a student reported a sexual assault at its house. The university’s suspension letter, signed by Associate Dean Whitney Mohr, said the chapter presented a substantial risk to the campus community. The ban bars members from hosting, attending, sponsoring or participating in organizational activities while the review proceeds. The letter also prohibits members from contacting the student or her family. According to University of Arizona Police Department search-warrant records, the student told investigators she had been drinking and consensually kissed one man at the fraternity house on August 26. She said she later woke to two men sexually assaulting her. Her account is an allegation, and the records do not independently establish what happened. The records also recount a recorded call between the student and one of the men two days after the encounter. He acknowledged having sex with her but said she had consented and denied that another man was involved. He reportedly said he had been drunk and was fuzzy on the...