"IU Fraternity kicked off campus"
The Associated Press (From Fraternal News)
Another fraternity at Indiana University has been kicked off campus, this time amid allegations of repeated alcohol violations.
National organizers for Beta Theta Pi revoked the IU chapter's charter for violating national management policies, which usually apply to issues such as alcohol and pledge rules.
The fraternity's roughly 100 members were told about the move Monday.
In the past three years, the fraternity has had five alcohol cases brought against it by the university, including two that still are pending.
Richard McKaig, dean of students, said five cases is higher than average for the fraternity system, but not enough to have impelled the university to kick the group off campus.
Beta Theta Pi is the third fraternity chapter kicked off campus in the past two years.
Sigma Alpha Mu was suspended by its national organization for hazing and other activities in April, 2000. Theta Chi lost its charter in February after a freshman died as a result of an injury sustained at a party in the fraternity's house."
(What is interesting to me is that the Beta National apparantely took this action, not the university. IU has a huge Greek System. When I visited there I was absolutely blown away by the size of the houses and chapters. This story is really disturbing to me -- losing three chapters in such a short time is really bad news.)
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