Following an investigation into hazing practices, officials at the University of Maryland, College Park made the decision to disband the Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
An anonymous tip-off alerted the University to acts of physical, mental and emotional abuse of fraternity pledges that took place over the last three years.
Delta Tau Delta has held a chapter at College Park since 1948, but now its charter has been revoked and its members will be forced to move out of the chapter house on Fraternity Row.
The University's officials did not go into detail about the practices that took place, but they noted alcohol abuse as a major factor. The international headquarters of the fraternity did not contest the hazing charges.
The Delta Tau Delta incident is not the first time this year the school has encountered the issue of hazing. Last month the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity received ten months' probation when officials determined it had injured a pledge.
