Boston University’s chapter of Sigma Delta Tau remains suspended as the Dean of Students office continues its investigation into hazing charges made March 3, officials said.
Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore said officials determined a number of students violated BU’s code of conduct and will face sanctions. The DOS office set plans to notify the students of their violations.
Some of the students could face expulsion, Elmore said.
“In some of their cases there will be conditions on their status as students, and in a few cases, there will be students whose status as students at the University will be ended,” he said.
At the time of the incident, three men carrying SDT members were stopped by the BU Police Department the night of March 3, according to the police report. Officers called an ambulance for two of the women, one of whom was reportedly intoxicated.
BUPD received a call March 6 from the DOS office about a hazing report related to the incident, as reported March 23 by The Daily Free Press.
The investigation into SDT is still ongoing in light of the information they received thus far, Elmore said.
“In the course of our investigation of these individuals, we received information that we want to follow up on, so we have not gotten to the final decision about the status of the organization,” he said.
Elmore said the sorority would remain suspended indefinitely until the investigation reaches a final decision.
“We’ll keep [the suspension] until we have determined that we’ve interviewed everyone that we need to, asked all the questions that we need to and have all the information that we need in order to make a final determination about the organization’s status,” he said.
The DOS office is also investigating the alleged hazing incident that occurred Monday night, which reportedly involved fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi.
“We believe that in that incident involving SDT that students who belong to AEPi were also involved,” Elmore said.
Elmore noted BU cannot suspend AEPi’s activities while it is under investigation as it is not an officially recognized BU fraternity.
However, Elmore said individuals would still be investigated.
“We will speak to the students involved, give them an opportunity to say what happened, and we will hold individual students accountable for their behavior,” he said.
AEPi is also being investigated for a separate incident involving “possible hazing,” as reported by the Free Press Monday night.
Elmore said responsibility for any suspension falls to the AEPi national organization.
“I sincerely hope that AEPi, the national organization, shows some leadership and gets involved to deal with any membership issues that this may raise for their institution,” he said.
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