ECU fraternity closed after drug-related investigation

OFF TONIGHT WITH AN E-C-U FRATERNITY GETTING KICKED OFF CAMPUS. PHI KAPPA TAU NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS SHUT THE E-C-U CHAPTER DOWN… EFFECTIVE MONDAY OF THIS WEEK. THEY JOIN ‘TAU KAPPA EPSILON, DELTA CHI, SIGMA PHI EPSILON, AND SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON ON THE LIST OF HOUSES KICKED OUT OF GREEK LIFE IN THE PAST YEAR… W-N-C-T’S COURTNEY

ALLEN JOINS US LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE FRATERNITY HOUSE WITH THE DETAILS. COURTNEY. SHAYLA… THE GAMMA ETA CHAPTER WAS SUSPENDED LAST MONTH FOR VIOLATING POICIES ON ALCOHOL AND SAFETY. IF YOU REMEMBER, FOUR PEOPLE WERE CHARGED WITH DRUG- RELATED OFFENSES. THAT… ALONG WITH THE CHAPTER’S OVERALL HISTORY… LED TO THIS DECISION. E-C-U’S CHAPTER OF

PHI KAPPA TAU SHUTTING ITS DOORS FOR GOOD THIS WEEK. “It was time for them to close this particular chapter…” DIRECTOR OF GREEK LIFE JOHN MOUNTZ SAYS THAT MAKES IT THE FIFTH E- C-U FRATERNITY SHUT DOWN IN THE LAST YEAR. “the level of accountability from national offices for their local chapters has increased dramatically.

Fraternities and sorities are held to a very clear set of standards, when they don’t meet those standards, those organizations are facing consequences.” THIS COMES AFTER FOUR MEMBERS OF THE FRATERNITY WERE SUSPENDED IN APRIL WHEN 25-HUNDRED BARS OF XANAX WERE SEIZED FROM THE HOUSE. PHI KAPPA TAU NATIONALS RELEASING A STATEMENT, READING IN

PART — ‘IT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE A CHAPTER THAT HAS STRAYED FROM OUR MISSION OF PROVIDING BROTHERHOOD, LEARNING, ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND EXEMPLARY CHARACTER — FRATERNITY MEMBERS WERE AT THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY… AND TOLD US THEY WERE ADVISED NOT TO TALK TO THE MEDIA. THEIR FELLOW E-C-U STUDENTS… WEIGHING IN.

:”have plenty of friends that are in fraternities, and I don’t think there is really a lot of things bad about them, I just think they can get caught up in the wrong things sometimes.” : “the reason they are getting kicked off isn’t what greek life is about, it’s about philanthropy and the social

Part is fun too, and I just think it is really disappointing, it puts a bad rep on greek life.” MOUNTS SAYS THE CHAPTER HAS BEEN ON DEFERRED SUSPENSION SINCE FALL OF 20-17 DUE TO SAFETY AND ALCOHOL VIOLATIONS… AND THE ARRESTS IN APRIL… WERE THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. “We are committed to having

Safe, strong, healthy opportunities for students to join. We need to take responsibility for our chapter and for our community as well.” OFFICIALS SAY ANY INVESTIGATIONS INTO INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIORS WILL CONTINUE AND HAS NO IMPACT ON THE CHAPTER CLOSING. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC DATE FOR IF AND WHEN THIS CHAPTER WILL BE

ABLE TO RETURN TO CAMPUS. LIVE IN GREENVILLE, COURTNEY ALLEN, 9OYS. AS COURTNEY MENTIONED…PHI KAPPA TAU IS THE FIFTH FRATERNITY TO CLOSE AT

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