CONWAY (THE ECHO) — New members of Alpha Sigma Tau found themselves in the sorority chapter room surrounded by their newfound sisters while an upperclassman fraternity member ordered them to perform a series of pushups, which UCA policy includes in its definition of hazing. The act was met with laughter, shouts and call-outs.
“Y’all are one pledge class. Y’all need to start acting like one pledge class,” Sigma Tau Gamma junior Jordan Bailey said to new members of Alpha Sigma Tau. “So why are y’all just still sitting here when your pledge sisters are doing pushups? Y’all need to become one.”
“Hold your sisters accountable,” he said. “Stop faking it and actually do it.”
Multiple cellphones recorded the act and the captured footage began circulating in and around the Greek community. A university review of the incident determined it was not hazing.
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