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UO Alert Eugene Security Advisory: Reported drink druggings and sexual assault at fraternity parties
On November 4, 2024, at 2:30 p.m., a UO student reported that they were sexually assaulted Saturday, Nov. 2, during a party at the Pi Kappa Phi live-out house, 1186 Ferry Street. The student also reported that they believe this may be related to an earlier possible drink drugging incident at a Halloween party on Oct. 31, at the same location.
A drink drugging incident was also reported at Lambda Chi Alpha live-out house, 669 E 15th Alley, from a party on Oct. 24. The report was received on Oct. 29. The party location was confirmed Nov. 1.
There have been recent reports of drink drugging at parties over the past several weeks at off-campus locations. Information currently suggests that individuals are responsible. Fraternities are cooperating with the investigations. These reported events are under investigation.
If you have any information, contact the UO Police Department non-emergency number at 541-346-2919.
Branded 'Security Advisory' — UO's name for an aggregated multi-incident timely warning. Combining three fraternity reports into one alert is unusual but legally permissible under Clery's 'continuing threat' standard
Naming both fraternity addresses (1186 Ferry St; 669 E 15th Alley) is rare — most universities decline to identify specific Greek houses by address. UO's transparency here is partly defensive: it had been criticized by [Eugene Weekly](https://eugeneweekly.com/2024/10/03/kept-in-the-dark/) for concealing earlier 2024 drugging reports
'Information currently suggests that individuals are responsible' is careful language — it neither blames nor exonerates the fraternities as institutions, while flagging suspect-level rather than venue-level culpability
The Halloween-party drugging is folded in via the survivor's own theory ('the student also reported that they believe this may be related') — a Clery-conservative way to disclose a potentially related earlier incident without making investigatory claims
Issued the same day as the report — fast turnaround that contrasts with UO's earlier-2024 [4+ month delays](https://www.opb.org/article/2024/04/18/uo-failed-to-alert-students-of-campus-druggings-in-a-timely-manner/) for which the university had been publicly criticized