US: UT fraternity reforms after wine enema incident

(AP) - University of Tennessee fraternities are implementing sweeping reform recommended by a Greek life task force that urged a change in culture.

The changes follow embarrassments that resulted in two UT fraternity chapters closing. The one that garnered most attention was an incident at the former Pi Kappa Alpha chapter house where members were found intoxicated after one was brought to a hospital emergency room passed out.

A police investigation said a wine enema was the cause of the extremely intoxicated 20-year-old’s condition, which became fodder for late night television humor.

The university closed the fraternity and a second one, Phi Gamma Delta, has also shut down its UT chapter.

The chapter adviser for Sigma Phi Epsilon, Kelly Williams, told the Knoxville News Sentinel it was time for change.

“The need was there, obviously, to try to work toward a change in the culture, but that was the one event that brought attention to it more than any other,” Williams said. “There’s been a concerted effort, especially here in the last several months, to work with the university to implement the recommendations in the task force, but also to impact the culture among the students at the university.”