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Boise State fraternity suspended for five years

Pi Kappa Phi has been suspended for repeated violations that went on for more than two years, according to university officials.

BOISE, Idaho — Boise State University has suspended a fraternity from campus after what they say were repeated violations by the fraternity that went on for more than two years.  

What exactly the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity did remains unclear.

The university said in a news release Monday afternoon that they were following a recommendation by the conduct hearing board after the fraternity violated the school's student code of conduct.

They say specific details from those hearings are not for public release.

The suspension will last five years.

"Consequences this severe do not come lightly or easily, but all members of our university community have a responsibility to each other to be respectful and safe," Boise State Dean of Students Christian Wuthrich said in a statement.

The last time a fraternity faced consequences this severe, was back in the 1960s.

"In the modern era of the university's Greek system there have been some temporary suspensions but this was the most severe," university spokesman Greg Hahn told KTVB via email. "Back in the 1960s was probably the last time for consequences like this."

Student members of the fraternity will remain students at Boise State. The fraternity can appeal the suspension.

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