University places AEPi on social probation

Alpha Epsilon Pi was placed on social probation for an incident concerning a party which the Dean of Students was called to investigate at a hearing Tuesday, said an AEPi brother who wished to remain anonymous.\nSocial probation restricts a chapter from participating in officially sponsored campus events, such as dances and parties, said Dean of Students Richard McKaig, although he had yet to be informed of the ruling by press time.\n"It means we are not going to be able to pair for our Homecoming," said AEPi President, junior Nathan Schiller. "(The judgement is) a major blow to our character and our reputation on campus." \nSchiller also emphasized AEPi accounting for its actions, and for the most part, agreed with the decision for probation. \n"We take responsibility for our actions, and we believe we deserve social probation until the end of this first semester," Schiller said. "But we were sanctioned until March 1, contingent upon compliance with some other self-imposed sanctions. AEPi will not be appealing the decision."\nThe source inside AEPi expounded the reasons for the hearing and probation. \n"The ruling was concerning the fact that the Dean was called to our house," he said. "Given our history, the ruling was to decide what type of probation to put us on."\nThe incident that spread the hearing occurred in the early morning hours of Friday, Sept. 3. The IU Police Department arrived at the AEPi house at 3:24 a.m. after students stopped for underage drinking earlier in the night reported they had been served alcohol at the house, according to a Sept. 6 article in the Indiana Daily Student. \nThe officers at the scene observed plastic cups scattered in the yard in front of the house at 1412 N. Jordan Ave., along with a large pool of vomit next to a vehicle. The officers also noticed the smell of beer and a wet floor inside the house.\n"It basically looked like a party ... with cups lying about and a wet floor," McKaig said in the article, "But when we got there, it was mostly just people who lived in the house that were there."\nThe IU Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct states that the University may discipline a student for the use or possession of alcoholic beverages in any undergraduate residence supervised by the University, include fraternity and sorority houses.\n-- Contact staff writer Mike Wilson at mwhilson@indiana.edu .