Rutgers student remains hospitalized as potential hazing incident investigated
The City of New Brunswick officially condemned the house, and a pink sticker is now on the door saying it’s not safe to live inside.
The Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity at Rutgers University was placed on probation and the fraternity's house along College Avenue is shutdown.
The decision was made after a 19-year-old student was critically injured in the fraternity house on Wednesday.
The City of New Brunswick officially condemned the house, and a pink sticker is now on the door saying it’s not safe to live inside. However, city officials have not yet said why the designation was made.
Meanwhile, detectives with the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office are trying to figure out if the student was the victims of a hazing ritual or some other type of incident.
Hazing is forbidden on the Rutgers campus.
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While fraternity members did not want to speak with News 12 New Jersey, students walking past the house on College Avenue were willing to talk about what they had heard.
“I’m hopeful that these types of things are certainly not encouraged and put down. Because it’s really unfortunate that that’s the case. I feel for the student and his family,” said Abby Shivers, a senior at the university.
“People go way beyond to do things to do in a frat or to have networks and connections and stuff it’s not worth it," said freshman student Ojala Nawaz.
Rutgers University has not offered details on the student's injuries.
The 19-year-old has not been identified. He’s being treated at nearby Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
The national chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi says that if this was a hazing incident, anyone involved will be expelled.
