MIT Fraternity Suspended for ‘Inability to Adhere to Certain Standards’
A fraternity has suspended its Institute of Technology chapter for at least five years. The move comes nearly two months after an intoxicated student fell from the frat house’s window.
Lambda Chi Alpha’s Lambda Zeta chapter was accused by its national board of directors of “conduct that does not support the fraternity’s priority of providing a healthy chapter environment for its members,’’ reported the MIT news office.
The ruling, effective immediately, means that the frat house will be closed, forcing those living in it to find someplace else to live by Sunday. After that point, events and alcoholic beverages will be prohibited from the house, which is located at 99 Bay State Road in Boston.
The university is offering on-campus housing to fraternity members affected by the suspension. Chris Colombo, dean for student life, wrote a letter to the chapter members and referenced the adverse affect the suspension could have on Greek life at MIT:
Lambda Zeta chapter has demonstrated an inability to adhere to certain standards, and that has had reputational consequences for all of the other FSILGs. MIT determined that allowing Lambda Zeta chapter members to continue to live in the chapter house even after having been suspended by the national chapter would introduce further risk to the FSILG system as a whole.
In September, MIT officials banned large parties and gatherings at university fraternities, sororities, and independent living groups just days after the woman fell from the frat house window.
Months earlier, MIT’s Delta Upsilon was suspended until 2016 by the fraternity’s international organization following an investigation into inappropriate behavior “during unsanctioned events.’’
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