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Delta Sig chapter charter revoked
Ali Qari
Issue date: 4/4/08 Section: News
The Delta Sigma Phi fraternity closed their Gamma Chi chapter March 17 on Drexel University's campus for "non-compliance with the Delta Sigma Phi Policy on Responsibility and Accountability," according to a press release from the fraternity's national headquarters.
The fraternity's troubles began in June 2007 after the fraternity's alumni board decided to suspend the chapter amid allegations that X-rated photos of female Drexel students were posted on the group's internal web site (visit our archives at www.thetriangle.org/archives for the full story).
"Delta Sigma Phi expects that all chapters and members comply with our risk management policies," the fraternity's Executive Director, Scott Wiley, said in the press release. "Chapters and members who blatantly disregard those policies have made a conscious decision to ignore the fraternity's principles and ideals."
The Policy on Responsibility and Accountability is a set of guidelines for issues like alcohol and drug use, academic standards, hazing, and fire and health safety.
In the fall of 2007, the chapter reorganized and reopened its doors. By Dec. 4, however, the alumni board removed all undergraduate brothers from the chapter house due to "an alarming number of recent incidents reported to University security and city police involving chapter members," according to Delta Sig's alumni web site, gammachionline.com.
"The decision to remove the members from the house was made in the interest of their health and safety," according to the site.
Along with the fraternity's national office, the University also played a role in the chapter closure.
"The decision to close a chapter is never easy, as these decisions often have far-reaching and unpopular effect. In the case of Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity, the University has maintained a strong working relationship with the [national] fraternity staff over the years," Kathleen Peoples, director of Fraternity and Sorority Life, wrote in an e-mail. "This previously established relationship as well as the understanding that both the University and the national fraternity share common values and goals for the chapter made the fraternity's decision to revoke the Drexel chapter's charter amenable for both parties."
According to Peoples, the University expects to see the fraternity "successfully re-colonize and return to the Drexel community."
Delta Sigma Phi's Drexel chapter was originally chartered in 1956.
The fraternity's troubles began in June 2007 after the fraternity's alumni board decided to suspend the chapter amid allegations that X-rated photos of female Drexel students were posted on the group's internal web site (visit our archives at www.thetriangle.org/archives for the full story).
"Delta Sigma Phi expects that all chapters and members comply with our risk management policies," the fraternity's Executive Director, Scott Wiley, said in the press release. "Chapters and members who blatantly disregard those policies have made a conscious decision to ignore the fraternity's principles and ideals."
The Policy on Responsibility and Accountability is a set of guidelines for issues like alcohol and drug use, academic standards, hazing, and fire and health safety.
In the fall of 2007, the chapter reorganized and reopened its doors. By Dec. 4, however, the alumni board removed all undergraduate brothers from the chapter house due to "an alarming number of recent incidents reported to University security and city police involving chapter members," according to Delta Sig's alumni web site, gammachionline.com.
"The decision to remove the members from the house was made in the interest of their health and safety," according to the site.
Along with the fraternity's national office, the University also played a role in the chapter closure.
"The decision to close a chapter is never easy, as these decisions often have far-reaching and unpopular effect. In the case of Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity, the University has maintained a strong working relationship with the [national] fraternity staff over the years," Kathleen Peoples, director of Fraternity and Sorority Life, wrote in an e-mail. "This previously established relationship as well as the understanding that both the University and the national fraternity share common values and goals for the chapter made the fraternity's decision to revoke the Drexel chapter's charter amenable for both parties."
According to Peoples, the University expects to see the fraternity "successfully re-colonize and return to the Drexel community."
Delta Sigma Phi's Drexel chapter was originally chartered in 1956.
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Gary
posted 4/13/08 @ 11:00 AM EST
That's what they get for raping some poor girl and posting videos all over the internet, or whatever it is that frat guys do...
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