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[ Thursday, Jan. 23, 1992 ]

University to receive report on alleged AFROTC hazing

Collegian Staff Writer

A report on the alleged hazing activities of members of the Air Force Aerospace Studies ROTC Drill Team should be released to the University this week, but the information will probably not be made public.

The students are federally protected under the Family Rights and Privacy Act, said Thomas Eakin, assistant vice president for student programs, which means that information about students involved in a conduct case need not be released.

The investigation, prompted after alleged hazing incidents Jan. 9, was conducted by the Air Force ROTC, Eakin said.

Keith Welch, drill team captain, and member Matt Lear refused to comment.

After the University receives the report, the students will probably have a grievance filed against them, Eakin said.

The Undergraduate Student Government Supreme Court will hear the case, Eakin said, adding that it will probably come before the court in a couple of days or weeks.

Punishment could vary from limited use of University facilities and the University name to losing registered status rights and funding from the Student Organization Budget Committee, Eakin said.

Because the case is complex and may involve several individuals, it may take time to set the schedule, Eakin said.

"It's not the kind of thing you get today and decide tomorrow," Eakin said.

The Air Force ROTC has indefinitely suspended its support of the drill team, said Col. Donald F. Kline, Air Force ROTC detachment commander and professor of aerospace studies. This includes the use of an adviser, equipment and transportation.

But because the drill team is a student-registered organization, the Air Force ROTC has not taken further action, Kline said.

"The colonel and others in AFROTC were sufficiently convinced that there was an incident of hazing," Eakin said. "So I assume that there was some evidence."

 

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