Sources & Records

The central police record for the case. MPD reported finding approximately 30 partially clothed males in the basement, mostly 18 years old, covered in food, condiments and other liquids. Police also reported visible injuries consistent with physical assault, an 81°F thermostat setting, and the arrests of chapter president Brayden J. Klein and vice president Samuel N. Vane.

UW's official incident page confirms that the event occurred at an unrecognized student organization, describes the university response, and documents UW's contact with Alpha Epsilon Pi International after the police investigation began.

A university-wide message issued after the incident discussing hazing prevention, reporting, student safety, the September 23 case, and the university's response.

UW's current record for organizations not in good standing summarizes AEPi's earlier disciplinary history and states that additional allegations involving the chapter were brought to the university after recognition was terminated, including later hazing reports.

UW's official announcement terminating AEPi as a registered student organization after repeated policy violations while the fraternity had already been suspended for several consecutive semesters.

UW's page explaining what it means for a fraternity or sorority to operate without university recognition and identifying organizations that are not affiliated with UW–Madison's recognized Greek-life system.

The university policy defining hazing and setting out the institution's prohibition on hazing-related conduct.

UW's public hazing-transparency page containing institutional hazing findings and sanctions under current campus and federal reporting requirements.

The conduct framework governing registered student organizations, including organizational accountability, prohibited conduct, investigations and sanctions.

Historical campus-safety report from the same general period in which AEPi was repeatedly disciplined and ultimately lost university recognition.

AEPi's own Madison chapter newsletter published years after UW terminated campus recognition. The publication describes chapter growth, a 37-member Fall 2017 pledge class, chapter activities and leadership.

AEPi's international awards publication documenting continued national recognition of the UW–Madison Pi Chapter after the university had terminated campus recognition.

AEPi's current national health-and-safety rules, including its prohibition on hazing, physical brutality, coerced consumption and other conduct associated with new-member activities.

National governing document describing AEPi's organizational authority, including discipline of members and the ability to grant, suspend or revoke chapter charters.

AEPi's strategic plan discussing member development, health and safety, misconduct investigations, anti-hazing intervention, housing oversight and chapter support.

A 248-page chapter operations guide addressing health and safety, hazing prevention, new-member education, executive-board responsibilities, events and crisis management.

Earlier AEPi chapter-operations material documenting officer duties, health-and-safety requirements, hazing policy and chapter administration.

AEPi leadership statement describing its anti-hazing education, new-member training and chapter-oversight practices, including review of new-member education plans.

AEPi leadership statement published months before the Madison incident describing the fraternity's approach to safety, wellness, hazing, alcohol abuse, sexual assault and other chapter risks.

AEPi's chapter roll listing the Madison Pi Chapter in the fraternity's organizational history. AEPi separately notes that its chapter recognition does not necessarily mean a university recognizes the chapter.

The Wisconsin Historical Society corporate index for the Pi Chapter. The archival file can contain incorporation papers, amendments, annual reports and documents showing historical changes in officers.

Wisconsin's criminal hazing statute. The law addresses conduct that endangers a student's physical health or safety for initiation, admission or affiliation with an organization.

Rules governing nonacademic student misconduct and disciplinary procedures within the Universities of Wisconsin.

University guidance explaining Wisconsin public-records access and how to request records from UW–Madison.

Federal legislation establishing new campus hazing reporting and transparency requirements for colleges and universities.

Historical record for the earlier structure at 112 Langdon Street. The archived photograph is identified by the Wisconsin Historical Society as no-copyright in the United States.

Campus reporting on the arrests and the immediate UW–Madison response following the September 23 police investigation.

Local television reporting on the police investigation, arrests and conditions described by investigators.

Statewide reporting on AEPi's unrecognized university status, the police investigation and the institutional questions surrounding the chapter.

Television reporting from outside the AEPi house. The report also contains the brief exchange that later spread online as the 'Relax, pal' clip.

Coverage of online and purported participant-linked allegations involving feces. The allegations are preserved as part of the public record, but this archive does not treat them as established fact without independent verification.

Official route for requesting additional records tied to Case #2026-437753, including releasable reports, supplements, photographs, dispatch records, evidence logs and other responsive material.