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AZ State U, fraternities try to mend fences
Scandal, enrollment troubles forced three chapters out
by Nicole Saidi

Three fraternities are coming back to campus after suspensions due to enrollment difficulties and scandals.

Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Delta Tau Delta, each members of the Interfraternity Council, are all planning to hold rush for new members in September, according to organization officials.

The chapters were suspended from ASU because their national organizations requested it, and not because ASU officials decided to take action, said Tim Guelich, president of the ASU chapter of IFC and a communication senior.

Sigma Nu was closed in fall 2002 due to a "risk management issue," said Brad Hastings, director of chapter programs for the national organization.

Sigma Phi Epsilon faced other problems.

The fraternity's national office put the ASU chapter on probation after learning of allegations of hazing during a Fall 2000 chapter retreat, said Ryan Jacobsen, director of resource development for the organization.

While on probation, the fraternity held a party at its house when it was forbidden to do so, and also had a fight break out in the house parking lot on a different night, Jacobsen said.

He said his group would be committed to improving itself.

"We, unlike other national fraternities, will actually go out and do something," Jacobsen said.

Delta Tau Delta's low enrollment caused its absence from campus said Nick Prihoda, director of expansion for the national organization.

"There were no behavioral issues or risk management issues," Prihoda said.