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Former ATOs to face hearing today

Three former Alpha Tau Omega members will face student judiciary charges today in connection with the March 30 prank that led to death of Ben Grantham. The men scheduled for today’s hearing are: Stephen Ashley McNally, a freshman from Richmond, Va.; Robert Walter Dailey, a freshman from Dalton; and Daniel Christopher Macken, a sophomore from [...]

4 students admit guilt

Four members of Alpha Tau Omega have admitted guilt for small roles they played in the March 30 prank that ended in the death of Ben Grantham. Eleven more members will face student judiciary Tuesday on charges ranging from alcohol misconduct to endangering the safety of others. Three of those men — including David Penn, [...]

Charges expected

Fifteen students will face judiciary charges for their involvement in the March 30 road trip that killed Ben Grantham and led to Alpha Tau Omega fraternity’s disbanding, University officials will announce today. The charges range from alcohol misbehavior to disturbing the health or safety of other students. Officials wouldn’t release the students’ names until today. [...]

Chi Phi accused of ’98 hazing incident

Chi Phi fraternity will face hazing charges next week because Georgia Tech officials have accused members here of hazing Tech Chi Phi pledges two years ago. Tech officials last week told the Greek Life Office that in January 1998, the Tech chapter brought pledges to Athens, where some 30 Chi Phi members here hazed them. [...]

Student arrested on 27 fraud charges

A student has been charged with 27 counts of credit card fraud after a three-month-long investigation into missing bags from the Ramsey Center. Police say Banu Yilmaz, 22, took at least four bags sitting outside the weight room this semester. Three of those bags contained credit or check cards, which Yilmaz is accused of using [...]

ATO faces student judiciary charges

Alpha Tau Omega fraternity will face five charges, including hazing, in a student judiciary hearing next week. Fraternity members were accused of misconduct after Ben Grantham, a sophomore, died in a wreck March 30. A pledge’s car hit a tree and flipped on a rural Oconee County road, and Grantham was thrown from the back [...]

Ethics panel warns teacher

An instructor accused of assaulting a graduate student was formally reprimanded by a vet school ethics panel Tuesday. Charles Wayne Brockus, 48, who teaches pathology to senior veterinary students, was arrested April 5 for allegedly fighting with a student the day before. ‘Your behavior in this incident was not appropriate. It will not be tolerated,’ [...]

‘We’re all Together’

More than 10,000 white ribbons will be given out free this week in memory of the eight students who have died this semester. Student Government Association members thought of the idea, purchased the ribbons and want everyone on campus to wear them Thursday. ‘Every day in The Red & Black, there’s someone new,’ freshman SGA [...]

Student dies in wreck

Classmates of Tisha Abolt, a graduate student in social work who died Friday in a car crash, won’t go to class today — instead, they’ll mourn their ‘bubbly, humorous’ colleague in a campus memorial. Abolt, 24, died Saturday morning from injuries she received in an Oconee County wreck the day before. She was driving with [...]

Hospital discharges ATO pledges

Two Alpha Tau Omega pledges injured in the March 30 car wreck that killed Ben Grantham were released from the hospital Friday. Walter David Penn, 20, a sophomore from Marietta, had two broken legs after the Infiniti QX4 he was driving hit a tree and flipped on a gravel road south of Watkinsville. Another passenger, [...]

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