OU Interfraternity Council resolved the investigation of several hazing instances last week involving the Phi Delta Theta and Kappa Sigma fraternities, according to reports listed on the Stop Campus Hazing Act website.
Hazing is defined by OU’s Stop Campus Hazing Act website as an intentional act committed by a person, regardless of rank, against another person, regardless of their willingness to participate.
Phi Delta Theta and Kappa Sigma were both under investigation beginning late September for several reports of hazing within the respective chapters.
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Delta Theta was the subject of two reports made Sept. 20, according to Stop Campus Hazing Act reports. The conduct process began Sept. 25 and ended Monday.
Hazing incidents are noted to have taken place over the course of the fall 2025 semester, including verbal degradation, physical overexertion, task assignments and illegal alcohol consumption.
According to a written report on the Stop Campus Hazing Act website, hazing consisted of “pledge assignments,” where new members were required to perform various tasks, such as giving weather reports or delivering food. The reports state new member educators picked assignments from a list used year-to-year as a tradition within the fraternity.
New members were also asked to complete scavenger hunts, which included visiting Oklahoma State University’s Phi Delta Theta chapter.
Pledge class members were required to carry “pledge packs,” which held assorted nicotine and tobacco products, condoms, games such as dice and cards, ping pong balls, a blue journal, blue pens and three matches. Failure to meet the fraternity’s expectations resulted in punishment by physical exercise, according to the reports.
The report states the fraternity held a “Hell Night” on Sept. 24, where new members were called to the house to be blindfolded and marched into the chapter room for various activities, including dancing, rapping, exercising, “trust falling” and illegal alcohol consumption.
The report states that one individual had alcohol taped to their hands and encouraged to overindulge, leading to the member’s hospitalization caused by alcohol poisoning.
Phi Delta Theta was found responsible for four charges from the Student Rights and Responsibilities Code of Conduct: violation of OU’s alcohol policy, hazing, hazing involving physical harm and hazing with degrading behavior.
The national Phi Delta Theta organization wrote in a statement Saturday that it joined OU to conduct the investigation.
"Phi Delta Theta expects that every member welcomed into the Fraternity is treated with respect and their safety is held in the highest regard," the statement reads. "The organization does not tolerate any actions that directly contradict the values and policies of the Fraternity. The actions following the investigation provide an opportunity for reform within the chapter and the removal of members involved in the wrongdoing."
OU's Phi Delta Theta chapter did not immediately respond to OU Daily’s request for comment by the time of publication.
Kappa Sigma
Kappa Sigma was the subject of four reports made on Sept. 24, with incidents having taken place over the fall 2025 semester, according to reports. The conduct process began Sept. 29 and ended Nov. 5.
The general description of hazing incidents show that new members were expected to be at the chapter facility when not in class and to complete “acts of servitude” for active members including cleaning members’ houses, doing laundry, providing rides and food using their student meal plans and other means.
Hazing included drinking games, interviewing active members, physical exercise with occasional blindfolding, illegal alcohol consumption, consumption of food such as raw onions and off-campus hazing.
The report states that as punishment for not completing a certain number of interviews or not spending enough time at the chapter’s facility, new members would be broken into small groups and sent to the off-campus residence of an older member, referred to as a “previous pledge master.” Members were required to complete various exercises and consume a drink made by the pledge master.
This activity resulted in the hospitalization of a pledge member following an allergic reaction of a drink, according to the reports.
Kappa Sigma was found responsible for six charges from the Student Rights and Responsibilities Code of Conduct: violation of the university alcohol policy, providing alcohol to individuals under 21, hazing, hazing with physical harm, hazing with degrading behavior and university policy violations.
Kappa Sigma did not immediately respond to the Daily’s request for comment by the time of publication.
This story was edited by Ana Barboza and Natalie Armour. Sophie Hemker copy edited this story.
