KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A fraternity suspended from a Tennessee university after a student was hospitalized from what police said was an alcohol enema is returning this fall.
The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity said in a statement Thursday that it will be back on the University of Tennessee campus for the fall semester after a four-year suspension.
The fraternity was suspended after a September 2012 party ended with one student in the hospital with a nearly 0.45 percent blood alcohol level.
WREG reported back in 2012, 20-year-old Alexander Broughton of Memphis was treated and released from U.T. Medical Center after he reportedly received an alcohol enema.
He was reportedly unresponsive and in critical condition, with a blood alcohol level over .40.
That’s five times the legal limit.
The student denied it.
The party led to criminal charges and a suspension of the fraternity on campus until at least 2015.
The chapter surrendered its campus charter as part of a plea agreement, and UT formed a task force that pushed for reforms at fraternities and sororities on campus.