(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – The Nittany Lion logo taken before an NCAA college football game between Penn State and Delaware, Sept. 9, 2023, in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(University Park, PA) A fraternity at the University of Penn State is facing charges after according to officials, at least two of its members allegedly subjected pledges to physical and emotional abuse. According to court documents obtained Sunday, leaders of the Phi Beta Sigma chapter at the state college are accused of conducting physical hazing rituals. These led to pledges being subjected to paddling and other forms of abuse that are both physical and mental. Hazing and simple assault charges went to the president of the fraternity, twenty-year-old Jayson Archer and the chapter of the dean of the fraternity, twenty-three-year-old Jacob D. Francis. August 13th will be the date of the preliminary hearing that will be held inCentre County, Pennsylvania.