Today, just when the plight of snack cake lovers across the United States looked most bleak, a beacon of light shone down upon us from the North, where Canada has become the surprising savoir of all Twinkie-dom. The Globe and Mail reports that the Canadian brands that own the licenses for Hostess products in Canada will continue producing Twinkies, Ho Hos, and Ding Dongs, even as suppliers in the United States shutter their doors. Though Hostess may be dead, the Twinkie lives on.

While the Hostess brand is, as of this morning, officially dead as a doornail stateside, Hostess licensed its brands to a pair of different companies operating in our neighbors to the North. George Weston Ltd. owns the rights to Wonder Bread in Canada, guaranteeing that futureSan Diego State fraternity Phi Kappa Theta shut down after alcohol violation

San Diego State fraternity Phi Kappa Theta shut down after alcohol violation

Texas State Greek life suspended after fraternity pledge dies

Kenny Thornton
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15 November, 2017, 08:13

Following other colleges, Florida State University moved to indefinitely ban all fraternity and sorority activities until "a new normal for Greek Life at the university" is reached, according to a statement from John E. Thrasher, the university's president.

Flores said the University Police Department is assisting the San Marcos Police Department in the investigation and the fraternity will be reviewed. According to the University, EMS was called Monday to an off campus apartment where Phi Kappa Psi pledge Matthew Ellis, 20, was found unresponsive. He was pronounced dead less than an hour later.

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