The University at Buffalo this weekend suspended all official activities of its more than 35 social fraternities and sororities after a freshman was taken to the hospital in what the school has called a “suspected hazing incident.”Early Friday morning, Sebastian Serafin-Bazan, an 18-year-old student from Port Chester, N.Y., was transported to Buffalo General Hospital after going into cardiac arrest at the Sigma Pi fraternity house near the university. As of Sunday afternoon, he remained at the hospital in critical condition, according to the school. After the police opened an investigation, Satish K. Tripathi, the university president, announced the suspension and a full review of the school’s Greek system. “Over the next several days, the university will perform an internal review into the activities of U.B. fraternities and sororities and will strongly counsel all Greek organizations about U.B.’s zero-tolerance policy on hazing and the very serious consequences of hazing,” Mr. Tripathi said in a statement on Friday.

Source: New York Times April 14, 2019 20:19 UTC