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Monday, May 21, 2007
The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom

Frat's national org dissolves 'U' chapter

By KATHRYN
VAN LONKHUYZEP
For the Daily
The Beta Theta Pi frat
national organization disbar
chapter at the University c
2 after members of the fr.
repeatedly defied disciplinai
sures imposed by national<
since 2005.
David Wright, the nation,

nization's general secretary, sent a In summer 2006, four chapter
NI letter to chapter members, advisors members were caught violating the
and alumni, as well as the Universi- organization's alcohol policies at a
tys Office of Greek Life, explaining Beta Theta Pi leadership program.
ernity's the sanction and the events that led After a new chapter member
ded its up to its enactment. who was under 21 was hospitalized
on May According to the letter, the for excessive drinking, the national
,aternity national fraternity's growing disap- organization putnthe chapter on pro-
ry mea- proval of the chapter began in April bation and forbade alcohol in the
officials 2005 after officials received photo- fraternity house.
graphs of chapter members drink- Wright said in the letter that after
[al orga- ing dangerous amounts of alcohol. finding out about a party the chapter
had while on probation he warned
members that the national orga-
nization wouldn't tolerate another
3fi c n ep violation.
A picture of a chapter officer
drinking alcohol in the fraternity
Discounts on short-term house on St. Patrick's Day finally
health, renters pushed the national organization to
and auto insurance 1 disband the chapter, the letter said.
5~0F 2nd Horras, an administrator of
from the Alumni ALUMNIASSOCIATION Beta Theta Pis national organiza-
Association. UNIVERSITY IF MICHIGAN noon, said the pictures of chapter
members that the letter referred to
were sent to the national organiza-

tion by a third party he refused to
identify.
The University's Interfraternity
Council stands by the decision of
Beta Theta Pi's national organiza-
tion to discontinue the chapter, said
Chris Haggue, the assistant director
in the Office of Greek Life.
"Even though this was a national
fraternity decision, we share thej
concerns that caused them to act,"
he said.
In the months leading up to the
disbandment, Haggue said he par-
ticipated in meetings andeconference
calls with the fraternity's national
leaders, alumni and chapter offi-
cers to try to improve the chapter's
standing.
Haggue said that the chapter had
been a good contributor to Greek life
and the IFC.
In the Beta Theta Pi national
organization's Men of Principle Ini-
tiative, an evaluation of the fraterni-
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