{"225061":{"#nid":"225061","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Suspension of Beta Theta Pi Amended; Fraternity to Resume Operation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFollowing a performance review and collaboration with national representatives, Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of Student Integrity (OSI) has announced that it will amend the disciplinary suspension for the Gamma Eta chapter of the\u0026nbsp;Beta Theta Pi\u0026nbsp;fraternity. The updated terms will allow the chapter to resume most of its normal operations, including membership recruitment, immediately.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a letter sent to current members of the fraternity, OSI Director Peter Paquette announced the chapter\u2019s suspension would be \u201cheld in abeyance\u201d until May 2, 2014. During that time, its involvement at Tech will be restricted to academic activities and selected non-academic activities such as intramurals, community service projects and Homecoming. The chapter will also work closely with members of the General Fraternity to initiate a phased reestablishment plan.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf the members of the reorganized chapter adhere to these sanctions and terms and govern themselves appropriately,\u201d Paquette wrote, \u201cthe disciplinary status of the group may be revised or lifted at the conclusion of the academic year.\u201d The OSI decision and reestablishment plan was made in collaboration with the General Fraternity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn May 2012, the Gamma Eta chapter of the\u0026nbsp;Beta Theta Pi\u0026nbsp;fraternity was suspended, both by the fraternity\u0027s national office and the Georgia Tech Office of Student Integrity, for a period of two years. The decision resulted from the findings of separate investigations concerning violations of the Institute\u2019s Student Code of Conduct and the General Fraternity\u2019s rules and policies.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFollowing a performance review and collaboration with national representatives, Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of Student Integrity (OSI) has announced that it will amend the disciplinary suspension for the Gamma Eta chapter of the\u0026nbsp;Beta Theta Pi\u0026nbsp;fraternity.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The chapter\u2019s suspension \u201cheld in abeyance\u201d until May 2, 2014"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2013-07-30 08:43:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:38","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"127261":{"id":"127261","type":"image","title":"Beta Theta Pi","body":null,"created":"1449178604","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:36:44","changed":"1475894751","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:51","alt":"Beta Theta Pi","file":{"fid":"194541","name":"btp_coa.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/btp_coa_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/btp_coa_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":51695,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/btp_coa_0.png?itok=wRc24fhL"}}},"media_ids":["127261"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/http:\/\/osi.gatech.edu","title":"Office of Student Integrity"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"32221","name":"beta theta pi"},{"id":"4705","name":"fraternity"},{"id":"22071","name":"office of student integrity"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}