Statement of Official College Policy Concerning Illegal Drugs in Fraternities

Statement of Official College Policy Concerning Illegal Drugs in Fraternities
Should a member or pledge at any time be caught using and/or possessing illegal drugs in or around a fraternity house or its environs, or should at any time a fraternity tolerate the use or possession of illegal drugs openly or covertly by anyone in or around its house and environs or at an off-campus fraternity function, the Interfraternity Council Judiciary Committee would take the following actions:

1. Notify the fraternity in question of the situation. The fraternity would be given 48 hours to report any individual(s) involved with the drug-related offense to the Interfraternity Council Judiciary Committee. The Honor Code shall be upheld throughout the course of the investigation and resolution. If the fraternity fails to report the individual(s) involved, the Interfraternity Council Judiciary Committee would place the fraternity under a twelve-week period of social closing.
   The individual(s) turned over to the Interfraternity Council Judiciary Committee would then be turned over to the Student Court system with all information that became known from the initial accusation and following internal investigation.
2. All resolutions shall be reported to the Assistant Dean of Students. The Interfraternity Council shall then notify the national office of the accused fraternity and report the Interfraternity Council Judiciary Committee's resolution. The national fraternity can then place the chapter on probation, suspend the charter, or lift the charter (permanently), depending on the specific circumstances.
3. If the Interfraternity Council Judiciary Committee does not take satisfactory action as presented in this policy, the Assistant Dean of Students shall act on behalf of the College to place the fraternity at least on probation and, possibly, to withdraw institutional recognition of the fraternity, in effect, closing the fraternity for a stated period of time, indefinitely, or permanently.

Should a member or pledge at any time be caught selling and/or distributing illegal drugs in or around a fraternity house or its environs, or should at any time a fraternity tolerate the sale and/or distribution of illegal drugs openly or covertly by anyone in or around its house and environs or at an off-campus fraternity function, the Assistant Dean of Students would take the following actions:

1. Notify the national office of that fraternity and suggest that the national fraternity, depending on the specific circumstances, place the chapter on probation, suspend the charter, or lift the charter (permanently).
2. Act on behalf of the College, to place the fraternity at least on probation and, possibly, to withdraw institutional recognition of the fraternity, in effect, closing the fraternity for a stated period of time, indefinitely, or permanently.Individuals involved would be handled according to normally established procedures.