ZBT loses house for 2013-14

The lease for Zeta Beta Tau’s house on the Jordan Avenue Extension has not been renewed for the 2013-14 academic year, national fraternity officials confirmed Monday.

Additionally, IU placed the chapter on deferred suspension through Jan. 1, 2014, with social restrictions imposed until April 23, 2013, following a judicial review.

Those sanctions are accompanied by more than 15 “educational expectations,” IU Assistant Director for Fraternity and Sorority Life Michael Goodman said in an email.

International ZBT Executive Director Laurence Bolotin said in an email the chapter’s landlord decided not to renew the IU chapter’s lease for 1640 N. Jordan Ave.

“The Fraternity will be un-housed during the 2013-2014 academic year while it rebuilds its internal structure with new members, but looks to be housed again in the 2014-2015 year and beyond,” Bolotin said.

The chapter was found responsible for actions that endanger the community, disorderly conduct, harassment and alcohol violations, Goodman said.

Kyle Mataloni, ZBT president, after refusing to comment Monday evening, said that the removal is not related to University review.

"It has nothing to do with the University," Mataloni said in a call to the Indiana Daily Student after midnight Tuesday. "Many people saw this coming including former presidents I've talked to."

Interfraternity Council officials confirmed that the chapter had undergone a University judicial review and that the ZBT letters had been removed from the house but were unavailable for further comment.

The international organization also conducted a review of all ZBT members at IU, and some were removed from the organization due to, “their past judicial record on campus,” Bolotin said.

He also said some men elected not to participate in the membership review, and they were granted early alumni status.

According to University reports, the fraternity had been placed on disciplinary probation, a “serious warning” that could result in a student organization’s suspension in the case of further misconduct, since Feb. 23.

In cases of “deferred suspension,” according to the document, an organization’s sanction of suspension can be deferred for a period of time, as long as the group completes a “lesser sanction” within that time.

The fraternity remains an active chapter, Goodman said, but will be without a house next semester.

— Kirsten Clark and Michael Auslen