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USC fraternity parties must have security guards following abuse allegations

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Most fraternities on the College of Southern California can be allowed to start out having events once more in March if safety guards are posted at stairs or hallways in fraternity homes that result in bedrooms, the Los Angeles Occasions reported. 

Strict guidelines issued upfront of spring recruiting often called “rush” observe allegations of drugging and sexual abuse at a number of fraternities final 12 months, the Occasions stated Wednesday. 

All fraternity social occasions on the school have been halted in October after the allegations surfaced. 

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On this March 12, 2019, file picture individuals stroll on the College Village space of the College of Southern California in Los Angeles.
(AP Photograph/Reed Saxon, File)

The resumption of social actions is not going to apply to a number of suspended fraternities. An investigation of the intercourse abuse allegations continues underneath Title IX of federal civil rights legislation that prohibits intercourse discrimination in faculties and academic packages. 

Sexual violence prevention coaching may also be necessary for all USC fraternity members underneath the foundations drafted by representatives of a bunch with representatives of fraternities, scholar authorities, different scholar teams, security specialists and college. 

 

In this March 12, 2019, file photo, people pose for photos in front of the iconic Tommy Trojan statue on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. 

On this March 12, 2019, file picture, individuals pose for photographs in entrance of the long-lasting Tommy Trojan statue on the campus of the College of Southern California in Los Angeles. 
(AP Photograph/Reed Saxon, File)

USC Provost Charles Zukoski stated the partnership between the group and the college was vital to the way forward for Greek life on the college, which has about 21,000 undergraduate college students and about 4,000 as members of fraternities and sororities. 

Along with stopping company from getting into bedrooms throughout events, the foundations name for safety guards to be posted at fraternity home entry factors. The safety corporations have to be employed in session with the college. 

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