that these fraternities haze in exactly the way i depict. >> the only solution is to abolish fraternitiesletely. >> we're talking about very secretive institutions, they pose not great liability to the students but also great liability to the students themselves. >> so erin matson, should colleges ban fraternities to reduce campus rape? >> there's no question, they either need to change or be shut down. >> not every fraternity is a breeding ground for rapists and not every frat member is a predator. so i think we need to focus on the bad actors, whether they are in the fraternity or on campus generally. >> i been to uva, i'm actually an alum. greek culture at the fraternity is huge and these groups are very powerful and clearly the blank check they've been given is taken a a far. >> this is a problem, when you have sexual assault going on on campuses, we need major cultural reform on these campuses. >> you'll just wondering why is it so prevalent today, we talked about this last year, in the context of the ms. awards, i interviewed gloria stein steines it not hatching or wasn't reported?

. >>> still ahead for us on a friday night, shock and sadness as a teenage fraternity pledge dies. a big university is now in crisis mode as parents once again confront a terrible fear. >>> also, yes, it's a figure of speech, but have you ever seen someone actually search for a needle in a haystack? >>> as we mentioned, a big university is in crisis mode tonight after a teenage student found unconscious in a frat house has died. and there are a lot of questions about the events leading up to his death. and what's happening right now at west virginia university in morgantown is just the latest tragic incident involving fraternities at colleges all across our country. we have our report tonight from nbc's rehema ellis. >> reporter: west virginia university is a campus in mourning. >> nolan meant so much to so many people, it's hard to know where to even begin. >> reporter: 18-year-old nolan burch, a freshman, died today after he was found late wednesday night unconscious on the floor of the kappa sigma fraternity house. >> that certainly breaks all of our hearts because that's not wh

he was not a member of the fraternity, the zeta psi fraternity or a student at cal.e his name today. this is how it looked inside the house after police ariffed, wi a plastic cup scattered left over from the party, the man was face down upstairs one of hundreds of people would showed up for the saturday night party. police got the call yesterday afternoon. students say they hope this serves as a wake-up call. >> i want people to take this seriously, understand people are hurt by what happened, someone died who did not deserve it. >> family refused to comment. the zeta psi fraternity said "no comment." police are treating this as "suspicious," but have not ruled out drugs or alcohol. a witness told police the victim did have vomit around his mouth. uc berkeley has received criticism for fraternity incident and police have investigated a few incidents of rapes at different fraternityies and now just another problem at a

yesterday the university suspended all fraternities and sororities. >> i think it starts with us.have to take initiative and change the culture for this whole school. >> reporter: nationwide greek organizations have come under close scrutiny following recent deaths of pledges. in september a 19-year-old pledge died during a fraternity run at clemson university in south carolina. this past summer a 19-year-old pledge at california state university, north ridge, died on a fraternity trip. and last december a 19-year-old pledge from baruch college in new york died from head trauma at a fraternity retreat. professor elizabeth allen is studying what colleges are doing to prevent dangerous behavior. >> this is about changing the campus culture and helping students rise to, you know, the occasion. there are group situations and peer pressure. and people end up doing things they wouldn't ordinarily do. >> just two days before nolan burch was rushed to the hospital, the fraternity's charter had been revoked to a national organization due to an unrelated incident. tonight, police are invest

what about the fraternity then? all have been suspended? what is at stake for a fraternity if it turns out that this kind of activity was sanctioned? did indeed take place in their frat house or, what -- what could happen to a fraternity, an organization? >> i think universities have to deal with the cultural problem that fraternities might be fostering or creating environments for this stuff to happen but criminally, prosecutors and law enforcement will go after people who are considered to be parties to the crime. if you aid, abet, an accessory, facility, knowingly participate in a crime like this you can be charged just like the person who commits it. i think until that kind of serious sort of heavy handed dealing comes down on these universities and students and fraternities, we will see this problem continue to happen. >> one thing you have to remember, fred, it is one of the most underreported crimes we see in our country. we only prosecute -- >> correct. >> their accusations will be -- >> we don't see it come to light. you get lulled

zeta psi fraternity is not officially recognized as a fraternity by cal. >>> thank you, we have highlighted the growing problem of binge drinking with so many getting so drunk they had to be taken to the hospital by paramedics. the number of calls is up over the past few years because students are urged to call sunday sunday -- 9-1-1. >> part of ballot count for mayor is over but mail-in ballots for santa clara were finished over the weekend and sam liccardo is retaining the 3,500 vote lead over supervisor dave cortese. the 14,000 provisional ballots will be countried ballots set aside for elgible tests with liccardo saying he is the winner although cortese has not conceded. >>> investigators with the f.a.a. will be at the seen of a deadly plane crash at highway 152. there was a single engine cessna discovered which went down saturday night. this is a photo provided by the sheriff. the pilot and a passenger were killed. the sheriff says the planes with traveling to watsonville. >> we have more video of the wrong-way crash on the bay bridge with investigators saying 32-year-old karrie lyn mo

and was not a member of the fraternity. family members say, he was here this weekend to celebrate his birthday. >> pam: while police are calling the death suspicious. there is no indication of foul play. >> we want to make sure that we investigate every avenue and make sure we find out what happened to this young man. >> pam: an autopsy was performed on loomba today. to see if drugs or alcohol played a role in his death. those results will not be available for at another least four weeks. >> pam: even though the fraternity sits just feet from the cal campus, it is not officially recognized by u-c berkeley. >> pam: kron 4's charles clifford is story. charles, what have you learned? >> reporter:the zeta psi fraternity house sits right across the street from the cal campus. according to the fraternity's website, the berkeley chapter was established in 1870 and was the >>but according to the university, as of august 2014 zeta psi is one of 19 fraternities that are not recognized by the school. >> reporter:a university spokesper

why all fraternities are suspended at the university of virginia and what it could mean for other schools? senator lindsey graham is furious that there was no coverup in the aftermath of the benghazi attack. >> no. no. i think that -- i think the report is full of crap. >> why? >> quite frankly. >> who he says dropped the ball. >> hello. i'm fredericka whitfield. we begin with a developing story. a 12-year-old boy shot and killed after police spotted him with what turned out to be a fake gun. the police opened fire. investigators say officers got a call yesterday afternoon for a boy waving a gun in a park. we now know that that gun was not real. sarah gannon has more on what happened. >> the gun was fake. an air soft replica gun that looks like a semiautomatic pistol, cleveland police said. the orange tabitha identifies it as a bb type gun had been removed. it's not clear if the corresponding officers knew that the gun was fake when they arrived at the playground where the 911 call was made. when an officer order the boy to put his hands in the air, police say the boy instead reached for

thinking of going to that fraternity house? she knows what goes on at the fraternities. there are active presence on campus. they're not just on houses off campus. they are promoted to the student union, here's the cafeteria, here's ten tables of greek organizations, presenting themselves, their college thinks it's a place for them to conduct their social lives, given the fact they do have what i call a rape culture within them. >> thank you, kate flannagan, her investigation into the dark power of fraternities. >>> next time on "america tonight": his view of sex crimes on campus. >> shi was confused. she looked at me and set, i'm sorry, i freaked out, it was just a misunderstanding. >> the grand jury said there was no rape, but often campus the accusation stuck and ruined his dream. our christof putzel with the story of how the universities responded, his story, tomorrow on "america tonight." >>> next up this hour. missing in mexico. gruesome discoveries, now a new wave of protesters from the families left behind. >> game of t

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. >> reporter: since the article, another student has come forward, similar story, same fraternity. >> i had to walk on campus with my rapist for the next two and a half years. >> reporter: and the issue is not just one fraternity house or even one school. ? i was told that university of virginia is quite typical, even though the things i discovered at university of virginia are really horrifying. what i was told is that what happens at uva is probably fairly normal at a college campus. >> reporter: according to rolling stone, the accuser did not report the incident at the time to police but did speak to a university official. >> when she left the fraternity house that night and called some of her friends they actually recommended that she not go to the police. >> reporter: at the university, damage control is in hyperdrive and police are investigating. the fraternity chapter is suspending all activity the and says it will cooperate fully with the investigation. uva's president said that the report includes many details that were not previously disclosed to university officials. the u

fraternities and sororities' days may be limited.ote social events that may or may not involve drinking, no supervision and all kinds of potential injuries, crimes, things -- i'm not saying that it would necessarily happen there but as a liability entity, maybe their days are numbered. they are just too subjected to liability and just not enough oversight. that just may be the case. maybe in 20 years they will no longer exist. >> paul, last word? >> you can still make a case here, a disciplinary case and a criminal case. i'll tell you why. if there were seven men involved in this, what law enforcement does is they go in and get one guy to turn. they will offer him a deal to turn against the others and even though time has passed, you can still make a case here if there is a case to be made. >> and college students are going to be the most likely to take that deal. those are the kind of students with a lot to lose and paul is exactly right. one guy with a deal, i don't care how much that is your bro, they will turn when their future i

it's a typical fraternity.sn't party too much but i mean you know it's a fraternity, the average fraternity. >> reporter: berkeley police were tight-lipped but they did call the death suspicious. for now no arrests. just unanswered questions. and berkeley police say they've been to this house before. but mainly just for noise complaints. in fact it got bad enough they call it a public nuisance house. we're live in berkeley, i'm ryan takeo, kpix 5. >> fra ternsy is not affiliated with the university and no one where the chapters -- from the chappers' headquarters responded to our calls average check of the monday weather after just a gorgeous weekend. >>> really nice weekend and temperatures above average today and probably going to be just slightly above the average but we're going to be cooling down and maybe a little rain later in the week. out the door the big concern again this morning is some of that patchy dense fog that we are seeing out there right now. some of that sliding inside the bay as well. also

it's a typical fraternity.n't party too much but i mean you know it's a freshty, the the average fraternity. >> reporter: berkeley police were tight-lipped but they did call the death suspicious. for now no arrests. just unanswered questions. police say they've been here several times to the house. mainly for noise complaints. they say it got bad enough they called a chapter of public nuisance. live in berkeley, ryan takeo, kpix 5. >> the zeta psi fraternity is not affiliated with if university and no one respond today our calls. >>> -- respond today awe calls. >>> no official winner in the san jose mayoral race even though workers kept counting through the weekend -- ballots through the weekend. liccardo has a small lead. he declared victory last week but dave cortese not ready to throw in the towel just yet. there are still a number of provisional ballots to be tallied up. that can take up to a week because each of the ballots has to be verified. there are 14,000 in the county but it's unclear how many of the

house, at zeta psi fraternity yesterday.not a california student or frat member. >> the fog is dense and widespread. the only airport affected is sfo. minneapolis has a six-hour delay at the airport because of snow. if you travel by ferry the bay is calm but you cannot see anything. the sun breaks out at 11 o'clock and inland, up to 80 and warmest this week. >>> we will hear the fog horns blowing. it is very dense fog crossing the bridge and c.h.p. issued a fog advisory. in san francisco, this crash was a sig-alert involving a motorcycle that is cleared. everything is re-opened northbound 101 at 9th. that is san jose. travel is slow on 101 approaching the san jose airport. >>> safety measures at the san francisco zoo are getting a second look after the delegate of the youngest gorilla kill when she darted under a closing hydraulic door which had a manual shut off but works did not get there fast enough. >> final round of ballot counts for san jose mayoral is underway with provisional counts. sam liccardo leafs dave cortese b

. >> troubling accusations against a fraternity at the university of virginia. >> how the schoo >> on the campus of the university of virginia, active investigation into a legend sexual assault involving a fraternity. >> the university held in a metered and see -- an emergency meeting to address the allegations. >> the board of visitors approved a zero-tolerance property -- policy for sexual assault on campus, and they might even extend the suspension of activity for fraternities if changes are not seen. on peabody hall, posted notes honoring survivors of sexual abuse and criticizing the university for ignoring this problem for too long. the board of visitors and student leaders discussed the influence of alcohol on assault, with some discussing the idea of a band of hard liquor in fraternities. they talked about encouraging reporting of crimes and increasing presence of police. stone" article detailed and assault where a student at a fraternity house named jackie was the victim of a gang rape. the article faulted uva for its poor response to the incident. >> my initial reaction was n

they point to riots and other fraternity arrests, including three last week. there is also this student-run twitter account that encourages student to send pictures of blacked out classmates. and just days before burch died, the school learned the kappa sigma's fraternity charter had been revoked by its national office. police records show cops were called to the fraternity house 18 times just this year. and, jim, they also show a criminal citation for under-aged possesion of alcohol for nolan michael burch last march. >> axelrod: juliana goldman in noorgt, west virginia, thank you. bill cosby stayed silent today when asked about sexual assault allegations and the lay-up that wasn't in last night's southern utah-kansas state game when the cbs evening news continues. >> axelrod: a social media are reviving sexual assault aldzs against comedian bill cosby. a woman cameed for this week to say she'd been raped pie the comedian years ago. carter evans has more on the backlash that followed including a cancellation of an appearance on the "david letterman show" for

since 2005, there have been 65 fraternity-related deaths, five in the last year alone.me here to be with their son this week are now making funeral arrangements. morgantown police are investigating whether to bring criminal charges in the case. >> pelley: juliana goldman for us tonight, thank you. some thought a video from the war in syria seemed suspicious. we'll have the real story when we come back. what if one push up could prevent heart disease? one. wishful thinking, right? but there is one step you can take to help prevent another serious disease- pneumococcal pneumonia. one dose of the prevnar 13 ® vaccine can help protect you ... from pneumococcal pneumonia, an illness that can cause coughing, chest pain, difficulty breathing, and may even put you in the hospital. prevnar 13 is used in adults 50 and older to help prevent infections from 13 strains of the bacteria that cause pneumococcal pneumonia. you should not receive prevnar 13 if you've had a severe allergic reaction to the vaccine or its ingredients. if you have a weakened immune system, you may have a low

the fraternity brother brought her to this fraternity party and then brought her up to a darkened roomen men were in that darkened room and this person she had the date with was directing the action, so to speak. it's just -- it was such a chilling story and it's hard to believe that sort of thing goes on at fraternity houses, at uva. >> well, it goes on in fraternity houses at uva, but it also goes on at all the other 4, 500 colleges throughout the united states. i think this particular case, though, is an egregious one and, frankly, i don't find it too surprising. but when we put all of these t emphasis on one incident, one perpetrator, bill cosby or whomever, it takes us away from the issue that 5% of women on college campuses every year experience rain. one in four college women have experienced rain at sope in the lifetime. this is isn't a one campus issue, a one person issue. it's national. i'm pleased to hear so much coverage of the issue in general because that awareness can be a springboard to research-based prevention. >> i hope so. the president at uva suspended all fraterni

police have not said which fraternity.im has not come forward and they hope she will saying they cannot pursue the case until he hear from her. police say this is a variety of reasons why some victims choose to stay quiet. >> with these cases of sexual assault circumstances if they health they -- they were or not aware of the laws. >> police are investigating the fraternity when five women unknowingly ingested the date rain drug but no one has come forward. the drugs are potent and a victim could not fend off an attack so anyone with information should please come forward. >> most people who think they are allergic to penicillin may not be. 384 people who said they were allergic and results show that 94 percent were not allergic. a second study found 100 percent of patients were incorrectly diagnosed. our medical expert said it is critical to know if you are really allergic. >> penicillin is the most important class of drug for strep throat, ear infection, sinus infection, and other drugs put you at more risk for drug resi

police say, he was not a member of the fraternity. and as kron 4's charles clifford reports. even though the fraternity sits close the cal campus, it is not officially recognized by u-c berkeley. this for eternity is one of 19 fraternities and sororities better not reckoned nuys by uc- berkeley a spokesperson for the university said the group cannot lose its recognition if a fail to recognize a university policy the fraternity still has decided to remain independent coming up. a tragic death at san francisco zoo. new concerns about the zoo's procedures after a young gorilla was crushed to death. also -- why the 49ers defensive end will not face charges. in the domestic violence case. but first -- a special reunion for a group of world war-two vets on the eve of veterans day. next we saw fog out there this morning in more flood coverage tomorrow and i see even some drizzle pleasant rain will return - ( helicopter whirring ) - ( roars ) ( siren wails ) ( pop music playing ) ♪ when you're ready ♪ ready, ready, ready ♪ come and get it ♪ get it, get it ♪ when you're ready, come an

uc-berkeley fraternity hous. after a young man is found inside. and it's not the >>> the police are called out to a uc berkeley fraternity house after a young man was found dead. it is not the first time there has been trouble there. >> we go to berkeley tonight, christian? >> reporter: yes, there are still remnants of a party. the police say a party happened last night here. you have a red cup here and this other one. the police believe the man was at the party last night at the house but are staying tight lip how he might of died. the police say he is not a uc berkeley studient and does not live at the fraternity house and he did not confirm -- and they did not confirm if the man knew anyone there. i spoke to a student who partied at this house before and this is his reaction. >> oh my gosh, devastating to hear that someone died on it this beautiful campus. you know, it does not happen every day in this area, exactly, so, yes, devastating. >> reporter: the police did not answer questions if the body showed signs of alcohol poisoning or foul play

. >> how west virginia university is punishing its greek life community after tragedy at a fraternity house. >>> and starting off, cold, cold, cold out there. >> it most certainly is. cold and windy, as well. there's a bit of a windchill you'll be coping with this morning. when i see you in a bit, we'll talk about h >>> this morning, an ns u way to see what led to a student's death at west virginia in morgantown. it's the latest death involving fraternities at colleges acrs >> west virginia university is a campus in mourning. >> noah meant so much to so many people, it's hard to know where even to begin. >> 18-year-old nolan birch died after he was found late wednesday night, unconscious on the floor on the capa sigma fraternity house. >> that certainly breaks all of our hearts because that's not what students go off to college -- that's not what's supposed to happen. >> according to the student t spaper, a big brother nit for fraternity pledges. birch's final sweet that afternoon, it's about to be a very eventful night, to say the least. last week, another fraternity on campus was su

it's a fraternity, they don't party too much but i mean you know it's a fraternity. the average fraternity. >> reporter: police were tight- lipped when asked if there were signs of foul play. or alcohol poisoning. for now, no arrests and a lot of unanswered questions. since we've been here there have been a few people going in and out but other than that it's been pretty quiet out here. in berkeley, chris harden, kpix 5. >> they are not affiliated with the university. berkeley police labeled the frat a public nuisance last month and warned it not to have large and noisy parties. >>> 4:32 right now. and right now the lava flow on the big island in hawaii causing some small fires and a lot of smoke too. emergency crews are warning people with respiratory problems to watch for the smoke as winds shift around the volcano now. it's getting wider but the leading edge has not moved in more than a week. but all eyes on the big island as that continues to cause lots of problems. >> very interesting scene that. it's amazing that it stopped for a day and we hope it continues to

. >>> good morning, we want to take you to a fraternity house where a 20-year-old man was found dead after a party, katie will tell us what she learned coming up. >> good monday morning, i am pam cook. >> and i am dave clark. steve, is pam going to like today's forecast? >> well, it is a little cooler, it is november and it felt like something else on saturday when it was in the 80s, some of that fog is thick, thick, thick so be careful and temperatures will be cooler coast and bay, not as warm inland and they will still be in the 70s. they could get some rain in the north bay, it has not been so decent, still a couple of days away which was a good sign and this looks like it will be won and done and that fog is ahead of something here, there is a lot of fog for reports coming in from santa rosa and san jose, it moves around a little bit. 50s and 60s and 40l1sl0 at the surface. our system is setting the stage to work and low cloud deck, 60s and 70s, this is probably the last day of the week for 70s. sal, we continue to have it work for traffic and the fog is making it tough, we had g

a student died after partying at a fraternity house. how this is shedding light on more problems in greek life across t. >> and consumer reporter erica gonzalez this morning shows us four ways to beat the crowds on black friday. don't let the sunshine fool you out there this morning. it is freezing. coming up, we'll tell you about the arctic blast coming our way next >>> staying safe while shopping for the holidays involves more than just protecting your wallet. retailers work around the clock to keep you safe. >> but the stores aren't the only ones with a plan. consumer reporter erica gonzales has four things you can expect, whether you're a rookie or if .ou've been shopping on black >> and they're off. tents, clouds and deals, lots of deals, all add up to one thing. black friday. >> for us, it's worth it because you definitely get the deals. >> these two have been shopping friday friday sales together for the past eight year. >> anybody that sits here and is watches this and goes, they're crazy -- happens all t time. >> yes. >> but be

a grim discovery inside a cal fraternity house is leading to questions. somebody found the body of a 20-year-old man just hours after the fraternity hosted a party. bob, what are police saying about the circumstances of the man's death? >> reporter: police are calling the death suspicious but they're not ruling out that the young man was drinking or using drugs here. the man was 20 years old. someone found him unconscious inside the front fromaternity. he was declared dead on the scene by emergency responders. he never made the trip to the hospital. authorities will only say he did not live in the house, nor did he attend college here at cal. >> thank you very much, bob. >> it's 5:301 right now. breaking news, a suicide bomber reportedly disguised in a school uniform bombed a school. in the meantime hospital workers say in addition to the 48 killed, dozens are being treated for injuries. >> there is a renewed push to find a missing software engineer in san francisco. his family has come all the way down from canada to scour the street, looking and tough,

they say it happened at a fraternity house. friend of the accuser said the victim did not report the incident to the police, but spoke to a university official. >> when she left the fraternity house that i and called friends, they recommended that she not go to the police. >> dozens of uva students and charlottesville residents held a protest in front of the fraternity house. uva president teresa sullivan issued a letter, saying the board will meet to discuss the allegations in the schools's policies and procedures concerning sexual assault. >> d.c. councilmember marion barry was released from howard university hospital tonight. his spokesperson would not reveal the nature of the illness. he checked io the hospital thursday because he did not feel well. 78-year-old is reportedly feeling great tonight and looking forward to his scheduled interview with oprah winfrey on "where are they now" and taking part in his turkey giveaway next week. a child playing with matches is blamed for causing a fire that damaged for townhomes in gai

, the third claim in two months. >>> all police know it happened here on fraternity row at a fraternity house according to an anonymous letter saying that a woman went to a fraternity party at uc berkeley on halloween night and she believes she took the date rain drug and was assaulted by a from fraternity member. police say they cannot proceed until they hear from the victim. police say this is a variety of reasons why some victims choose to stay quiet. >> sometimes with sexual assault cases maybe circumstances if they felt they were too inebriated or not aware of what the actual laws are pertaining to sexual assault. >> uc berkeley police have similar cases including the theta delta chi when five women ingested the rape drug but no victims have come forward. police say date rape drugs are extremely potent and the victim could not fend off an attack. police are encouraging anyone with any information to please come forward and tell them what they necessity -- know. >> today, a san antonio gro with meet with raider officials to lure the team to texas, according to the express news, the

she wouldn't be allowed to go to any fraternity parties.told her that she was being a baby and that she should move on. believe it or not, that was actually the response that most of the rape victims at uva that i spoke with got from their peers. they were discouraged from even really considering it a trauma or a crime. they were more encouraged to see it as a misunderstanding, a party foul, something to sort of brush off, move on and just get back to the party scene. >> to be clear, your article details seven men gang raping allegedly gang raping this young woman. this is, you know, unbelievable and difficult to even comprehend. stay with me. i want to bring in also a clinical psychologist and our legal analyst joey jackson to continue this conversation with us. joey, should it be legal for universities to be able to handle things like this, allegations like this internally and give victims the option of not taking it to the police and the authorities? >> the short answer is, absolutely not. very disturbing in terms of the report. i read t

. >> allegations of gang rape have led to fraternities and other organizations to be suspended. it comes a a dispute, and the school's governing body will meet to determine how to move forward. >> reporter: founded by thomas jefferson, uva is one of the nation's top ranked university steeped in tradition with an honor code that for bids lying, cheating and stealing, but the "rolling stone" article paints a very different picture of the prestigious public university. reporting that drinking is widespread and sexual assault far too common, especially at fraternity parties. the author told al jazeera that the school was uncooperative and would not allow her access to key administrators. >> i think they've known for a long time that a great harm was done to this particular student and many students. they're only taking action now because there has been a great harm done to its reputation, and it's always been paramount to them. >> the article talks of protests on campus. students and professors demanding that the administration crackdown on sexual violence. victories profiled in the

the fraternity is cooperating. new at 11:00 there has been another sexual assault. near the campus of george washington university. a student says an attacker followed her into an alley. derek wood is live with the latest. >> reporter: they are increasing patrols. they heard about this through the campus network. campus police, metropolitan police and students and staff are all on alert. police say it was half past midnight, the victim was walking through an alley when she was sexually assaulted by three men. >> it's concerning. >> reporter: d.c. police responded the place where it was reported as happening was off the campus. >> i always try to be aware of my surroundings and travel with friends. >> reporter: last month a brazen act not far that here. a man tried to assault two women. in one instance she got away. in the other she screamed and others came to her aid. an incident which serves as a stark reminder about safety. >> i guess they don't like to think a lot about campus security because you don't think it will happen to you. >> the gw pal is an app that ca

was found dead at the zeta phi fraternity over the weekend. we've learned this frat has been in trouble with police before. >> reporter: janelle, berkeley police tell me that they came to this house twice in the month of october to respond to complaints to loud parties. they even issued an official warning notice. the university also tells me that this frat house has had hazing and alcohol violations. but tonight, a young man is dead. and police are trying to figure out just what happened here. >> i feel sorry for that guy for losing his life. he's so young. >> reporter: students at uc berkeley are shocked and saddened by the death of a visiting student found dead at a fraternity house yesterday afternoon. after a party took place there saturday night. >> we are trying to determine exactly what occurred. we haven't ruled out that alcohol or drugs may have been a factor. we are looking to see if maybe that was the cause of death. >> reporter: berkeley police were called to zeta phi fraternity sunday to find the 20-year-old man dead in an upstai

juliana goldman reports the university of virginia is banning fraternities temporarily after a student says she was gang raped. and jeff glor reports a driver's homicide conviction in a fatal crash is thrown out. >> i never thought this moment would come. >> pelley: after gm admits the car was defective. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. protesters are gathering outside the police department in ferguson mo at this hour. this is a live picture. in a few minutes, we'll know the grand jury's decision in the fatal shooting of michae michaen by darren wilson, ferguson police officer. late today the announcement came that the jurors have decided whether there is probable cause to charge the officer with a crime. the announcement is expected about 6:00 pacific time. we have two reports tonight. first to mark strassmann tonight in the courthouse in clayton. >> reporter: we've watched national guard troops go inside the county justice center behind me where tonight's announcement will take place. t

someone found him unconscious inside the fraternity yesterday around noon. he was declared on the scene by emergency responders. he never survived long enough to make it to the trip to the hospital. detectives know who he is. all they will say is he did not live in this house and did not attend cal. he was not a student here. reporting live here at berkeley, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> an update. breaking news from nigeria. investigators say 2,000 students were gathered for a weekly assembly when a suicide bomber set off a device. 45 kid lost their lives, many more were injured. the military has not been able to stop terrorists from attacking there. >> investigators will start combing through a wreckage of a small plane that crashed in the south base. kris, i understand it took some time to reach the craft because it had rough terrain? >> it is a remote area, a ravine on private property, but the victims have been recovered. the plane took off from frasier lake and it failed to reach its destination on its flight plan. the gilroy man piloting the plan

a lot of fraternal societies were secret in nature. many of them offered insurance for their members. that was one of the reasons you'd get involved. a lot of immigrant societies, the polish alliance. they would congregate with people like themselves. they would get benefits like insurance. the world was just as secret as the klan, in a way just as kind of bizarre. i've seen some of the pictures of their costumes. they would have like a tree stump and an ax, their big thing. for many years, when a woodman of the year died, he would have a gravestone that looked like a tree stump. but that's how they learned, from those organizations, and transferred it right into their recruiting for the klan as well. >> i wonder, do you have a topic for your next book yet? >> i have a thought. i have a thought. it's early 20th century. it is actually involving the -- it would probably be the philippines insurrection, which is a war almost nobody knows anything about. making our microphone man work. >> what was the relationship between organized crime

a quieter weekend here fraternity row, all of the university of virginia's fraternities suspend as theresident calls for a criminal investigation and serious change to protect students. overnight protesters in place of partyers at the university of virginia's fraternity houses voicing outrage over the school's handling of sexual assault cases. >> it's been anger that this is happening and a little bit of shame. >> reporter: several angry protests this week sparked by a scathing "rolling stone" article. an 18-year-old freshman telling the magazine the devastating story of her alleged rape by seven young men at a phi kappa psi fraternity in 2012. >> these are our students, both the victims and the perpetrators. >> reporter: now the university is taking bolder action suspending all fraternities and their events for the rest of wai this semester. its president writing in a statement, "we can demand that incidents like those described in 'rolling stone' never happen and that that if they do the responsible are held accountable to the law." the university of virginia just 1 of 86 schools nat

he was found unresponsive inside the fraternity house sunday afternoon. police are calling his death suspicious and investigate figure drugs or alcohol played a factor. another friend spoke to us by phone. >> i don't know. right now i can't believe -- i can't believe that he is gone and i will never see him again. it is just -- i am really in disbelief. devastated. >> reporter: she went to high school with him and says he was their class president. >> he gave one of the nicest graduations speeches. >> he was from antioch and enrolled at uc davis. >> so well rounded. he was a people person. he had such a great sense of humor. >> reporter: his death is a reminder of how precious life is. >> heart breaking that this happened. >> reporter: and the fraternity extended their cull doneerances to the family -- condolences to the family. police have been called here twice last month for disturbing the peace. >> all right. such a sad story. thank you. >>> the san francisco zoo is releasing new details on the death of a 16-month-old gorilla. the zoo says the gorilla

nineteen of that fraternity's members were either arrested or given citations. another incident in october, resulted in rioting after a football game. the university is offering counseling for students: bob allen for cbs news, morgan town, west virginia. >>> well, deep freeze that has settled over the country causes a rare event in ohio. check this out. that is what you call thunder snow, apparently it only happens in extreme storms. now, further east snow blanketed the buffalo area where up to 6 inches fell. so looking very much like winter in those parts. we've got the cold, carol but thankfully in thunder snow. not the yet. >> that combines the two element of weather i like the least, snow and thunder, all in one. >> i'm right there with you. >> look at this up in the poconos and it is cold enough up there that they can make snow. they are busy doing that. it looks like a nice early start to a ski season, look at this, jack frost, big boulder this morning and frost is kind of the word. it is cold out there dew points are down. you may not encounter any frost.

sexual assault on campus in the wake of a rolling stone magazine article about a gang rape at a fraternity house. peggy fox tells us some students wanted to see more action from the board. >> there was a lot of talk, but not much action. one thing the board of visitors did vote on was to adopt a policy of zero tolerance on sexual assault. a small number of protesters greeted the board members as they arrived from all over the state for this emergency meeting of uva's governing board. >> i would like to see a change in culture. they talk a lot about change in culture with students, but it involves in a culture change in the university as a whole. >> several members and the president discussed how they were appalled and shock second- degree in the account of a freshman student who described being gang raped at the fraternity house. >> i want to make it perfectly clear to you and the watching world that nothing is more important to me than the safety of our students. not our reputation. not our success. and not our history or our tradition. >> i deeply believe that sexual violence is a cultur

the fraternity says they're confident that the fraternity is innocent. >>> look at this.m's mascot got lost. flew up into the stands. usually, the handler lets this hawk go. it flies around the stadium. it's supposed to go back to the handler. it landed on the guy as you pointed out, who had real hair. the team won, beat the giants, 38-17. >> you know how superstitious those teams are. >>> monday night football has the panthers taking on the eagles in philadelphia. >> for other highlights, here's our guy at espn. >>> welcome to "sportscenter," i'm steve levy. the cardinals came into sunday with the best record if the nfl. they still have it. they may be without their starting quarterback carson palmer the rest of the way. here's the deal. fourth quarter, third and seven, carson palmer drops back. as he steps up to avoid pressure, he goes down awkwardly. you can see, buckles. as he plants. goes down without contact. watch the scary stumble there. adam schefter and media reports have it that the cardinals fear he suffered a torn acl in his left knee. gone in need plays like

. >>> coming up, fraternities suspended at a large university after gang rape allegations.e accusations and what the university is saying about them. >>> and one family is fighting against time to save their pit bull who could be taken from their home by police and disposed of. coming up. >>> welcome back, everyone. some troubling news here. the president of the university of virginia is suspending all fraternities after disturbing sexual assault allegations. a student told "rolling stone" magazine that she was gang raped at a party. as joe johns reports, she's not the only accuser. >> reporter: it's a shocking allegation of rape. a current report in the rolling stone magazine reporting rape and sexual assault there. a first year student considering suicide after she went to a party in 2012 and was allegedly gang raped. quote from the article. grab its leg, and that's when jackie knew she was going to be raped. she remembers every moment of the next three hours of agony during which she says seven men took turns raping her. annie is a friend of the accuser. >> he led her up