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Old 02-12-2007, 03:04 PM
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Kappa Sigma Closes Lehigh Chapter

http://redandpurple.blogspot.com/200...igh-kappa.html

The chapter was closed due to a single violation after they had come off of trusteeship.


Sunday, January 28, 2007
National Office Closes Lehigh Kappa Sigs
Kappa Sigma loses its charter

By Madelyn King
Assistant News Editor
The Brown and White

The charter of the Lehigh University chapter of Kappa Sigma has been revoked because of a violation of the fraternity’s code of conduct, said Mitchell Wilson, Kappa Sigma fraternity’s national executive director.The decision is effective immediately, Wilson said.

Lehigh was contacted by the national charter through telephone Monday morning to inform the university of the chapter’s status.Kappa Sig President Greg Shurts, ’08, said the Code of Conduct violation referred to a registered party that took place during the fall 2006 semester.

“The event itself was a Lehigh registered party,” Shurts said. “It went very smoothly.”

However, the morning after the registered party, members of the fraternity volunteered to help initiate new members into the Kutztown University chapter, but they got lost and were late to the event, Shurts said.Their tardiness prompted the fraternity’s district grand master to come to Kappa Sig’s house on Lehigh’s campus. Once inside, their adviser found a few bottles of liquor in the garbage, a violation of their alcohol policy.

According to Kappa Sig’s alcohol policy, “No chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity may purchase alcoholic beverages with chapter funds, nor may any member, in the name of or behalf of the chapter, coordinate the collection or provide any funds for such a purpose.”Shurts said a bottle of hard alcohol is technically considered “common containers,” which violates the national policy.

The fraternity was reported to nationals by their district grand master and was summoned to attend a “show cause hearing.”“Basically, at a show cause hearing you plead your case,” Shurts said. “You have 20 minutes to explain why you should remain a charter.”
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