Ohio University has handed a one year suspension to its oldest fraternity after chapter leaders admitted to alcohol related violations.
Beta Theta Pi will not be allowed to display fraternity letters on its house, hold any formal recruitment and won't be recognized as an OU organization until winter 2012.
They can do no formal recruitment or hold any social activities
said OU Dean of Students Ryan Lombardi.
The sanctions come after chapter leaders chose not to contest judicial charges that a 100-person party was held in a common room of the fraternity's 23 S. Congress house - a minor offense that was punishable by suspension only because it was a probation violation.
Beta Theta Pi, which was originally founded at OU in 1841, had been on probation since June for alcohol violations.
The fraternity has three days to appeal the suspension, according to the letter sent from OU Judiciaries to chapter president Andrew Urban.
The chapter was pulled from campus by its national board on Wednesday, which expressed frustration with repeated alcohol violations.
The 20 fraternity members living in the house were told they have until Thursday to move out.
Fraternity alumni plan to renovate the house starting next week and are aiming to re-start the chapter in 18-24 months. 1
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Wesley Lowery
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OU's Beta Theta Pi house at 23 S. Congress St.
Fraternity not allowed any formal recruitment until Winter 2012
