2008 Woodie Awards
DZ, Beta receive sanctions
Brianna Mulligan
Issue date: 4/25/08 Section: Front Page
DZ is an Alpha chapter on campus, founded at Miami in 1902. However, Vaughn insists it did not receive special attention.
"The last thing you want to see is a chapter gone, but it's not immune," Vaughn said. "It was not treated any differently."
Beta Theta Pi (Beta) fraternity was also sanctioned by the Office of Ethics for violating the code of conduct.
Beta received the same sanction, with 100 percent of the new member class and 80 percent of the active members required to attend an alcohol education course. The fraternity is also required to provide a copy of its new member manual to the Office of Ethics.
Beta was accused of hosting an off-campus party Feb. 25 at which minors were served alcohol. The university received the complaint Feb. 25. Beta was notified March 3 and attended a procedural review March 10.
Instead of accepting responsibility at the procedural review, Beta elected to have a hearing April 8. According to Beta adviser Brian Breittholz, this decision was made by Beta president Ben Bressler.
"It wasn't an issue over whether they were going to accept responsibility," Breittholz said. "Ben wanted to explain how Beta was addressing the situation. He wanted a chance to explain how they were taking a pro-active approach."
Beta has until Sept. 30 to complete the sanction.
"The last thing you want to see is a chapter gone, but it's not immune," Vaughn said. "It was not treated any differently."
Beta Theta Pi (Beta) fraternity was also sanctioned by the Office of Ethics for violating the code of conduct.
Beta received the same sanction, with 100 percent of the new member class and 80 percent of the active members required to attend an alcohol education course. The fraternity is also required to provide a copy of its new member manual to the Office of Ethics.
Beta was accused of hosting an off-campus party Feb. 25 at which minors were served alcohol. The university received the complaint Feb. 25. Beta was notified March 3 and attended a procedural review March 10.
Instead of accepting responsibility at the procedural review, Beta elected to have a hearing April 8. According to Beta adviser Brian Breittholz, this decision was made by Beta president Ben Bressler.
"It wasn't an issue over whether they were going to accept responsibility," Breittholz said. "Ben wanted to explain how Beta was addressing the situation. He wanted a chance to explain how they were taking a pro-active approach."
Beta has until Sept. 30 to complete the sanction.
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Old grad
posted 4/27/08 @ 5:05 AM EST
Were they truly serving minors, or just persons under 21? It all seems so Orwellian. Off to the re-education camp.
nicole
posted 4/27/08 @ 8:52 PM EST
And how many dz's individually got in trouble for underage consumption? I'm sure none were suspended since their advisor does the suspending.
Ralph
posted 4/28/08 @ 10:58 AM EST
DZ's advisor did not run the investigation nor had a role in any of the sanctions. The Dean of Students office ran the investigation and completed the hearings. (Continued…)
nicole
posted 4/28/08 @ 4:29 PM EST
But the DZ advisor heads up the Department of Conflict Resolution under the Dean of Students. I still would like to know how many 1st strikes or suspensions were individually handed out to DZ's for the underage serving/consumption. (Continued…)
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