to prove their masculinity, and sleep on the floor in the fraternity house's basement in only their underwear. In 2015, the chapter at Auburn University was suspended for multiple hazing and alcohol violations. In 2016, the chapter at Middle Tennessee State University was placed on probation for hard drug usage and hazing violations. In 2016, the chapter at the University of Chicago was sued by a former new member who alleged hazing. In 2016, the chapter at Baylor University was suspended after its president, Jacob Walter Anderson, was charged with sexual assault and rape of a woman who was unconscious at a party the fraternity hosted. The fraternity was cited for providing alcohol to underage students. In 2016, the chapter at Washington State University was suspended for providing alcohol to minors and hazing violations. In 2017, the chapter at the University of Central Florida was suspended after a former new member reported to university authorities that he was severely physically and mentally abused by fraternity members. In 2017, the chapter at Louisiana State University was suspended, along with all Greek life at LSU (per university president), after a new member was rushed to the hospital where he later succumbed to alcohol poisoning and died. Suspected hazing; alcohol abuse in addition to THC was found in his urine. Later, ten people were arrested and charged with hazing, and one was charged with negligent homicide in the death. In 2017, the chapter at the University of New Mexico was suspended due to hazing allegations. The chapter was shortly reinstated in Spring 2018 but remained on a probationary period until January 2019. In 2018, the chapter at Washington University in St. Louis was permanently suspended after an AR-15 semi-automatic weapon was found in the house. They had previously been temporarily suspended because of a hazing incident and had repeatedly violated this suspension by hosting unsanctioned social events. In 2022, the chapter at University of Kansas was suspended for several years due to extreme verbal, emotional, and physical abuse of pledges. One of several disturbing incidents reported included a pledge being strong-armed into watching a video with a gruesome scene of a dolphin’s slaughter. That pledge's name, from then on, became “Dolphin.” Membership Membership to Phi Delta Theta is open to all qualified men without concern for race, religion, or ethnicity. Initial membership to the fraternity is contingent upon receiving an invitation to an