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The Citadel has learned of alleged incidents involving the hazing and harassment of two female cadets. The school has requested a state law enforcement investigation and has restricted the members of the relevant company to campus until authorities can speak with all of them. Three student officers have been relieved of their duties pending the outcome of the investigation. The Citadel does not condone hazing in any form.
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The school learned of the complaints on late Thursday December 12 or 13 from a male cadet, not from Mentavlos or Messer themselves, who had declined to report the incidents; the public statement was issued December 14
The company-wide campus restriction and relief of three student officers pending investigation was the immediate institutional response, communicated through the Corps chain of command rather than a modern mass-alert system
This incident predates modern campus emergency notification platforms; The Citadel communicated through public affairs, the cadet chain of command, and local media