Alpha Epsilon Pi reinstated at SU after almost 8-year suspension
SU reinstated its chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi, the fraternity confirmed on Monday. SU suspended the chapter in 2018 for violations of the Student Code of Conduct and Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs policy. Avery Magee | Photo Editor
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Syracuse University’s chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi has been reinstated after a nearly eight-year suspension, the fraternity confirmed Monday.
“AEPi is thrilled to once again be recognized by Syracuse University and the IFC (Interfraternity Council) and we look forward to working with administrators and other chapters on campus,” Dylan Lipof, the president of SU’s chapter, wrote in a statement.
The fraternity is operating again following a Jan. 15 vote by SU’s IFC to “return the chapter to membership,” SU’s Vice President of Communications Sarah Scalese wrote in a Monday statement. Scalese added that AEPi agreed to comply with university and IFC standards.
SU suspended the Sigma Deuteron chapter of the Jewish fraternity in February 2018 for violations of the Student Code of Conduct and Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs policy. While the nature of the violations were unclear, Scalese, at the time, said the fraternity’s conduct threatened a student’s safety during the new member process.
Jonathan Pierce, Alpha Epsilon Pi International’s Chief Communications Officer, also confirmed the chapter’s renewed status in a statement.
“We are confident that our brothers will uphold and advance AEPi’s mission by developing principled, engaged leaders for the Jewish community and beyond,” Pierce wrote. “Our hundreds of living Syracuse AEPi alumni are energized by this milestone and excited to once again be part of the greater university community.”
SU leaders met with the fraternity’s national and regional staff “to reaffirm expectations,” Scalese wrote.
AEPi no longer appears on SU’s list of organizations that are “currently not allowed to operate at Syracuse University.”
“Our commitment to developing leadership for our campus and our community remains strong and we can’t wait to get some programs underway,” Lipof wrote. “We are grateful to Syracuse University for taking this step and we will do everything possible to reaffirm the faith you have shown to AEPi Sigma Deuteron chapter at Syracuse University.”
