Beta Theta Pi at Penn State on Temporary Suspension

[nittanyalum]

They were the isht in the 80s, too.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

They were the isht in the 80s, too.

I think they always were! My mother has scrapbooks from the 1920's and on (she's become the depository of old yearbooks/scrapbooks), and there were photos of the Beta house then, too. If I could only find them....

That's a shame that it's closing for even a little while, though. With so much going on with the house, you'd think they'd realize what a gigantic gift they've been given!

[exlurker]

Update: Students Will Not Be Forced to Move Out of House

See article on local paper's site:
http://www.centredaily.com/116/story/1142716.html

Excerpts from longer article:

Brothers of the disbanded Penn State chapter of Beta Theta Pi will not be forced to move out of their house by March 7, said attorney Kathleen Yurchak.

. . . In response, Yurchak sent a letter to Wilhelm on Monday, which said the alumni board’s threat to close the house and terminate the lease of the occupants through e-mail is “unconscionable, illegal and unenforceable” under the Landlord Tenant Act and Pennsylvania Consumer Protection laws.

The alumni board’s lawyer, Julia Cronin, responded to Yurchak’s letter Wednesday.

“While we hope that all tenants abide by the landlord’s request that they vacate by March 7, 2009, self help eviction will not occur,” Cronin wrote in an e-mail.

The lease signed by each brother specifies that the landlord “does not have the right to throw tenant out of the leased premises (self-help eviction). The landlord can only evict by court action.”

No eviction notices have been filed with any court, Yurchak said. She argued that, in order to evict the brothers, the alumni board would have to prove that each person violated his individual lease.

“I don’t think there’s enough evidence,” Yurchak said. “They haven’t done enough to get thrown out of their home.” . . .

[exlurker]

Update September 28 '09: Alum Donor Creates Site Allegedly Documenting Problem Behavior, Vandalism, etc.

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive...s_damages.aspx

According to the campus paper ^ the alumnus who has given millions of dollars to renovate, repair, etc. the Beta Theta Pi house at Penn State has established a web site documenting alleged problem behaviors and actions.