Northwestern University suspended fraternity activities on all of its campuses after several students were allegedly drugged in frat houses over the weekend, sparking protests from fellow students.
The suspensions will remain in place at least until October 17, the Sunday after the university's homecoming events, officials from the Evanston, Illinois school said as they launched an investigation into the allegations.
'Let us be clear: The health, safety and well-being of our students remain our top priority and we are taking these allegations very seriously, We encourage you to seek support from campus resources if you need help processing this news, ' read the statement on the university's website.
Northwestern officials said a group of students reported on Friday that they had been drugged without their consent at a fraternity party at the university's main campus in Evanston.
Students at Northwestern University organized a protest after several fellows students were drugged at fraternity houses over the weekend
Several other students filed a new report on Saturday alleging they also were drugged at another frat house on the Evanston campus.
The addresses provided in the reports, 2325 Sheridan Road and 584 Lincoln Street, are consistent with the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and the Alpha Epsilon Pi chapters, respectively.
One of the students who claimed she was drugged, Isabel Podolsky, wrote an op-ed for the schools newspaper detailing her ordeal.
Podolsky said she was given a drink she was told was 'non-alcoholic. She had two within two hours and realized she had been drugged, she wrote.
She said that while she was able to talk she
