Alpha Phi Alpha update

I'd hoped that it was going to happen before writing Sunday's editorial praising the strong stand taken by Alpha Phi Alpha's general president on hazing, but as things turned out, I didn't get in touch with Cory Thornton, adviser to the University of Georgia's Zeta Phi chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, until Monday morning.

In the wake of a December hazing incident involving the Alpha Phi Alpha chapter at Fort Vally State University that sent a 19-year-old man to the hospital and saw a 21-year-old man charged with felony-grade assault, the fraternity's national general president has suspended "new member intake" until problems with hazing can be resolved.

According to Thornton, the effort to deal with those problems will begin later this month at a regional meeting of the fratenrity, where the national general president will hold a training session on new member intake.