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IU Chi Phi suspended, required to disband and cease activities

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The Indiana University chapter of the Chi Phi fraternity was suspended Dec. 19, according to the Office of Student Life.  

The Office of Student Life did not give a reason for the suspension on its website, but it follows other disciplinary action for the fraternity this academic year. 

Chi Phi was also prohibited  from holding “recruitment and new member activities” from Aug. 19 to Oct. 28, 2025, for hazing. 

Chi Phi was then placed on cease and desist for hazing Nov. 18.  

According to the Office of Student Life, organizations that are suspended must “cease and desist all activities and disband.” 

Chi Phi is one of 10 organizations currently suspended. In June 2025, Sigma Chi was also suspended for dishonest conduct, endangering others, hazing and physical abuse.  

Six organizations are still on cease and desist, including Alpha Epsilon Pi, Beta Chi Theta, Phi Kappa Psi, Tau Epsilon Phi and Beta Theta Pi. The Palestine Solidarity Committee is also on cease and desist for disorderly conduct.  

In November, the Office of Student Life temporarily banned 27 fraternities on the IU Interfraternity Council from holding events. In a letter to the IFC, Vice Chancellor for Student Life Lamar Hylton cited accusations of hazing.  

“The risk is too high to continue this arrangement given the status of the IFC community,” Hylton wrote.  

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression criticized the ban and published a letter characterizing the ban as “guilt by association” punishment that violated students’ First Amendment rights.  

IU allowed fraternities “in good standing and not under investigation” to resume activities Dec. 1.

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