Sorority receivesSorority receivesno formal penalty The Greek Alumni Council placed the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity on social probation for two months because of its unregistered February 8 mixer with the Chi Omega sorority. The fraternity will not be allowed to hold any social events during the probation. But GAC determined that Chi O "had done enough" in terms of liability education and is not punishing the sorority, according to the sorority's president, College junior Katie Leeson. Both AEPi and Chi O began self-imposed probations following the event, on the recommendation of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs. AEPi's probation will run through April 19, the scheduled date of the fraternity's Spring Fling "Hollywood" party, according to AEPi President Jon Cohen, a Wharton junior. He added that the fraternity has pushed the party's date back to April 20 but is still attempting to adjust its original band reservations. Leeson said the incident was a "complete miscommunication," and explained that the social chairs of Chi O and AEPi each thought that the other had registered the event. She and Cohen met with Tom Carroll, assistant director of programming for the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, on February 12 to discuss the investigation and possible punishment. Cohen explained that Carroll proposed a two-month social probation -- the typical penalty for an unregistered mixer. "We both thought that seemed a little harsh," he said. "[Carroll] said we could write a proposal and present it to GAC instead of just accepting the probation." Cohen and Leeson jointly wrote a summary of the incident and individually composed sections documenting the self-imposed internal sanctions of each chapter, which Leeson compiled to form the final document. "[Chi O's] actions looked a lot more impressive than ours -- we didn't write everything down because it's already policy," Cohen said. "Theirs was maybe a page long, and ours was half a page long." Cohen added he has already written a letter to GAC requesting adjustment of the ruling. IFC President and AEPi brother Josh Gottheimer, a College junior, said the IFC executive board has also written a referendum requesting equal sanctions for co-sponsored events in the future. "I think there definitely needs to be some consistency in the sanctions that are handed down, no matter who orders them," Cohen said. He added that the joint proposal submitted to GAC "looked like it was a little skewed toward Chi O." Gottheimer said he is also concerned with the lack of student representation at the March 13 GAC meeting where the ruling was allegedly issued because "it doesn't help a policy when you remove the student voice from the enforcement process."
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