IUPD busts AEPi party

An IU Police Department stop of two underage students at the corner of 17th and Grant streets began a chain of events that could lead to disciplinary action against Alpha Epsilon Pi. The routine stop early Friday morning also led to an illegal possession and consumption charge against the fraternity's president, junior Nathan Schiller. \nAccording to IUPD reports, the students who were stopped on suspicion of underage drinking told officers they were served alcohol at an AEPi party earlier in the night. Police stopped a total of five underage IU students throughout the night who told officers they had consumed alcohol at the fraternity. At 3:24 a.m., IUPD officers went to the house at 1412 N. Jordan Ave. and observed several people in the doorway on the left side of the house. \nIUPD Lt. Jerry Minger said officers witnessed plastic cups scattered in the yard in front of the house, and a large pool of vomit next to a vehicle.\nIUPD reports indicate Schiller spoke with officers, and denied any underage drinking was going on in the house. But the officers smelled alcohol on his breath and began to question him about drinking. Schiller, 20, was then issued a citation for illegal possession and consumption and Dean of Students Richard McKaig was called to the house. \nThe officers noted a wet floor and the smell of beer inside the house. Minger said further disciplinary action will be decided by McKaig and the University. \nMcKaig, who arrived at the scene at 3:44 a.m., said the house looked like a party had taken place.\n"It basically looked like a party ... with cups lying about and a wet floor," McKaig said. "But when we got there, it was mostly just people who lived in the house that were there." \nMcKaig said if the Office of Student Ethics decides there was enough evidence at the house to prove alcohol was served, the fraternity could face sanctions.\nThe IU Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct states the University may discipline a student for the use or possession of alcoholic beverages in any undergraduate residence supervised by the University, including fraternity and sorority houses.\nMinger said this was the first fraternity alcohol-related incident of the school year.\nMembers of AEPi were unavailable for comment.\n-- Contact staff writer Mike Wilson at mhwilson@indiana.edu.