UNM SUSPENDS A FRATERNITY AFTER AN ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT. SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON IS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED AFTER THE INCIDENT ON APRIL 2ND. THAT'S WHEN AN 18-YEAR-OLD FEMALE STUDENT WHO BELONGS TO A SORORITY AT UNM ATTENDED A PARTY AT THE FRAT HOUSE WHERE ALCOHOL WAS SERVED.
SHE TOLD POLICE SHE WENT TO ONE MEMBER'S ROOM AND ONLY REMEMBERS WAKING UP, FEELING SICK. SHE THOUGHT SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN DATE-RAPED SO WENT TO BE CHECKED BY A SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE. THE FRATERNITY MEMBER WHOSE ROOM SHE VISITED SAYS HE DIDN'T HAVE SEX WITH HER.
THE SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON CHAPTER AT UNM WAS ALREADY ON PROBATION FOR HAVING A PARTY THAT INCLUDED ALCOHOL. UNM POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER A SEXUAL ASSAULT TOOK PLACE.
