Lafayette targets underground fraternities with new policy

Nine months after freshman Everett Glenn died of alcohol poisoning following a day of partying at Lafayette College, the school's board of trustees aimed a new policy at so-called unrecognized groups, such as rogue fraternities, that ply students with alcohol.

The policy bars students from associating with rogue Greek organizations — or any other group — operating on campus without college approval. It bans such groups from advertising events on campus.

Glenn, 19, of New Jersey, died May 5 in his campus dorm room. A popular student and member of the fencing team, Glenn was at several parties that day, the school's All-College Day, a campuswide celebration of the end of the academic year.

At least one of those parties was hosted by an roguefraternity, Lafayette President Dan Weiss told The Morning Call Wednesday.

"We know Everett was involved in recruiting events that were being organized by students from a fraternity that lost its recognition," Weiss said.

He said that unrecognized group was Kappa Delta Rho, or KDR. The national fraternity, which pulled its chapter from Lafayette in 2011, denied any links to a rogue group in Easton in response to Weiss' allegation.

Weiss also said a number of students were disciplined in the wake of Glenn's death — the punishments ranged from academic probation to suspension. Weiss said the new policy would entail the same sort of discipline, including expulsion in extreme cases.

Joseph Rosenberg, executive director of the national KDR organization, said he has asked Weiss to show him proof that a group using