Fraternity expels 38 Penn State members over Facebook page featuring nude women

Kappa Delta Rho Pennsylvania State University
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The Kappa Delta Rho national office expelled 38 Pennsylvania State University members Monday for their ties to the chapter's private Facebook page featuring nude women, The Associated Press reports.

The expulsions do not affect the students' status at Penn State, but rather only to their status in the fraternity. The Kappa Delta Rho executive director said members who took responsibility for their actions, including the chapter president, were instead moved to alumni status.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.