Zeta Psi fraternity will face College charges for the series of offensive newsletters attributed to the house and will soon participate in judicial hearings. But it was unclear late last night what exactly those charges are, and just how gravely they will affect the Greek organization's future at Dartmouth.
Zeta Psi was informed of the charges in a letter sent from the Office of Residential Life last Friday. Now it is up to the fraternity to decide whether its hearings, which could begin as early as this weekend, will be under the Greek judicial body or a solely administrative group.
The head of the investigation declined to say what his office found and what the basis of the charges are. "We investigated and we reached some conclusions," Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman said.
President of Zeta Psi Gene Boyle '02 could not be reached for comment yesterday. He did not respond to repeated BlitzMail or phone messages from The Dartmouth.
Redman said the investigation was fair to the views of members of Zeta Psi and the fraternity's critics.
"A lot of time went into trying to understand if there were issues here that warranted bringing the case in front of a judicial organization," he said.
Neither of the CFSC's two top officers know what ORL's findings are, president Shihwan Chung '02 and vice president and chair of the Judiciary Committee Lauren Lafaro '02 said yesterday.
That may or may not indicate a breach of communication between the administrative office and the CFSC vice president, who is charged with assisting ORL with such investigations and whose name is typically signed in official letters.
Chung said he hopes Zeta Psi chooses to be tried by the Greek Judicial Committee.
"That would be ideal because it will allow us to see the facts and decide what sanctions there should be," he said, adding, "The CFSC was very upset and disappointed with the newsletters."
