Fraternity put on probation for damaging house
Members of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon must perform
150 hours of community
service and write apologies
By Jared Paben
Senior News Reporter
The University has put Sigma Al
pha Epsilon on probation after mem
bers of the fraternity admitted to
damaging a house near Bend in mid
November, Student Judicial Affairs
Director Chris Loschiavo said.
A fraternity member rented the
house from Nov. 14 through
Nov. 16, 2003, for a weekend party
with other members.
Because members of the fraternity
violated their own "social code" and
the University's student conduct code,
the fraternity must complete 150
hours of community service, write let
ters of apology to neighbors of the
house and examine their own chapter
and national bylaws to ensure that no
similar incidents occur in the future,
Loschiavo said.
The probation period will last
through the end of the school year. If
Adam Amato Senior Photographer
After members admitted to damaging a house in Bend, University fraternity Sigma Alpha
Epsilon was put on probation until the end of the year.
another incident occurs during that
time, the University would consider
not recognizing the fraternity, Loschi
avo said.
I he owner of the house, Les Brock,
told The Register-Guard that damage
included two cut-down trees, a de
stroyed footbridge, ruined carpeting,
extensive smoke damage from an out
side bonfire and water damage from
a broken water pipe. In the article, he
said damage totaled about $20,000.
Emerald efforts to contact Brock
were unsuccessful.
Robert DeMarco, assistant execu
tive director for SAE Region IV, said
fraternity members elected to under
go the community service for the
damage they caused. However, he
said much of the damage Brock
complained of — such as damage to
a footbridge, the cutting down of
two trees and the bursting of a water
pipe — were not caused by fraternity
members.
DeMarco added that, despite re
quests, Brock has not provided a com
plete list of damage.
"It doesn't appear that all of Mr.
Brock's claims are well-founded,"
he said.
DeMarco said Brock's contract was
not with the international fraternity
organization, and the fraternity
would not be responsible or pay any
amount to him.
DeMarco said the fraternity's inves
tigation of the incident is "relatively
complete," but he would not com
ment on whether the University chap
ter of SAE will be punished.
"I'm not going to comment to the
newspaper about what sanctions, if
any, will be imposed," DeMarco
said. "Whatever action the (interna
tional organization) is going to take
will be kept confidential. We have
an ongoing investigation until we
have our final conversation with the
University."
Greek Life Coordinator Shelley
Sutherland said fraternities or mem
bers of fraternities occasionally
make mistakes when they're partici
pating in events.
"It's appropriate that they be held
reasonably accountable for their mis
takes," she said. "And in this case, the
chapter is cooperating with concerned
parties and doing just that."
Loschiavo said there were problems
with SAE in the past, but after some
reorganizing it has been a "pretty
good chapter."
"The University doesn't condone
any kind of damage to someone's
property, and we believe that student
organizations should take care of that
property as if it were there own,"
Loschiavo said. "I think all of those
things hopefully will teach the chap
ter that when we go away that's not
permission to go wild."
Contact the people/culture/
faith reporter
at jaredpaben@dailyemerald.com.
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Thefts and recoveries
The Department of Public Safety
received one report of burglary from
Hamilton Complex, three found
property reports, one report of a
bike impound at Hamilton Complex
and three reports of larceny: one at
the EMU, one at Klamath Hall and
one at Bean Complex.
Disorderly conduct
DPS received four reports of
disorderly conduct, three reports of
skateboard stunting, three reports of
arrests, nine reports of a suspicious
condition, four reports of a
suspicious subject and six reports of
vandalism.
Saturday, Feb. 7, 7:17 a.m.: DPS
received a report from a female staff
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law violations, three reports of liquor
law violations, one report of public
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of public indecency, four alarm
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Riverfront Research Park, two from
H.P. Barnhart Hall, one from the
Knight Law Center and two from the
Prince Lucien Campbell Hall
parking lot.
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received a report of a male in
McKenzie Hall sitting at a computer
masturbating.
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