University of Virginia Library

IFC Orders Service Project
From Offending House

By PARKES BRITTAIN

The Inter Fraternity Council voted
last Thursday to prohibit the Kappa Sigma
Fraternity from having any rush activity
or sponsoring any social function last
Saturday. Their ruling also stated that the
president of the house should write
letters of apology to the eleven
prosecuting students, and that the house should
sponsor a community service project.

The service project outlines a basketball
league for underprivileged boys in the
Charlottesville area. The project will work in
conjunction with Madison Hall, and it will be
one in which each fraternity house will sponsor
their own team for organized competition.

The actual proceedings of the trial will
remain confidential, according to IFC policy.
Mr. King noted, however, that representatives
for both the defense and the prosecution
seemed "co-operative."

The trial proceedings were tape recorded,
according to Mr. King, and forwarded to Dean
Canevari in the Office of Student Affairs for
use solely in any possible appeals to the case in
the future.

In response to the question of the
jurisdiction of the Student Council in this
particular case Mr. King noted that the Inter
Fraternity Council is one of three legislative
bodies which include the Honor Committee and
the Judiciary Committee. These bodies are
therefore independent of Student Council
control.

According to Tom King. President of the
IFC, the Standards and Procedures for the
Operation of Fraternities states in section 12,
subsection D, that "any action by a fraternity
member which tends to bring discredit to the
fraternity or to the University shall be dealt
with by the Inter Fraternity Council governing
board."

Mr. King, in reference to the verdict, stated
that the investigation indicated that "an
individual acted within the house during a
house activity; therefore, someone of
responsibility in that house should have been
aware of it."