Radford University is barring members of the Sigma Chi fraternity from holding social gatherings this spring, following an investigation into alleged hazing during a bid night this fall.

The organization also will be placed on probation for 32 weeks, the highest sanction the university can level. The punishment comes after its members admitted to violating the school's hazing policy, according to a statement released Thursday.

If the fraternity violates university regulations again, it could be removed from campus. Its members must not have any alcohol present during functions and all their meetings must be held on campus until January 2008, according to the university's sanctions.

School officials and Radford police had been looking into allegations about the Kappa Zeta chapter of the fraternity since last month and placed the fraternity on suspension Feb. 23.

A student, Ken Cleaver, told police that on Sept. 13, fraternity pledges were forced to drink alcohol and spoiled milk, among other things.

Cleaver, who was 20 during the hazing, said he drank so much alcohol that he eventually passed out at the fraternity's off-campus house.

"I never thought I'd end up blacking out," Cleaver said Thursday. "I knew there would be some drinking, but I never thought that."

He also alleged that pledges were dressed as women and that fraternity members wrote profanities on their bodies. Pictures of a similar ritual then surfaced on a student Web site.

Cleaver said the university's penalties are what he expected and they'll likely do little to quell hazing at the college.

"Right now, they still take it all as a big joke," Cleaver said. "Honestly, I don't think that's going to do jack. Flat out, I honestly think they'll just violate that no alcohol thing. That's not going to fly."

University spokesman Rob Tucker said university administrators believe the sanctions are appropriate.

Tucker would not say which specific allegations the fraternity brothers admitted to.

As further punishment, fraternity members also must hold educational sessions on hazing, pay for and organize two university-wide lectures about hazing and "risk management."

Sigma Chi International worked with the university to investigate and is completing its own look into the allegations, said Karina Shaver, a spokeswoman for the organization.

She could not say when a decision from its own panel would be reached or how the local chapter might be sanctioned further. She said the chapter could take part in fraternity-wide education program called CHOICES, if needed.

"Alcohol abuse is something that plagues college students. Sigma Chis are not going to be immune to that just because they're Sigma Chis," she said.

In April, the university canceled two of its women's soccer games after a hazing episode.

Hazing is something that does concern campus officials, Tucker said, although he stopped short of saying it was an increasing problem.

Cleaver said he has high hopes for the criminal investigations under way.

"I just want to stop the hazing," Cleaver said. "I don't want people going through what I have gone through because I don't want to be here, or be anywhere in life down the road, and have that one time that, 'Oh, my God, some kid died at Radford University.' "

No one from the Radford Police Department was available to discuss the status of the investigation Thursday night.