U.S. fraternity ends pledging for new members after hazing deaths

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U.S. fraternity ends pledging for new members after hazing deaths

By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sigma Alpha Epsilon, one of the oldest and largest U.S. college fraternities, said on Friday that it would eliminate its member initiation practices, following a number of hazing-related deaths and other incidents. Starting Sunday, the fraternity with 14,000 undergraduate members across the country will end pledging, according to a statement from SAE, based in Evanston, Illinois. Pledging usually involves doing chores and learning fraternity history for weeks or months. "We have experienced a number of incidents and deaths, events with consequences that have never been consistent with our membership experience," SAE said in a statement.

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