SU chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon to no longer operate on campus

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The Syracuse University chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon is “currently not allowed to operate” on campus, according to SU’s Fraternity and Sorority Affairs website.

The chapter has also been removed from FASA’s list of Interfraternity Council fraternities. SigEp’s National Board of Directors made the decision on Jan 31., according to Ben Ford, the national headquarters’ marketing and communications director.

“It is clear that SigEp cannot provide the former members at Syracuse with the type of fraternity experience they are seeking. As part of this decision, SigEp told these students they can join another fraternity in order to get the experience they are looking for,” Ford wrote to The Daily Orange.

In 2018, Sig Ep was placed under investigation for Code of Student Conduct violations. The chapter was suspended by its national headquarters in December 2006, in which the chapter lost nearly 60% of the fraternity’s brothers. Sigma Phi Epsilon CEO Brian Warren confirmed the men in the fraternity’s chapter are not associated with the fraternity’s previous code of conduct violations.

“The decision to revoke the chapter’s charter was driven by a desire to afford these young men the opportunity to enjoy all the benefits of a Greek experience. They deserve that and SigEp’s decision should not be interpreted as anything other than that,” Warren wrote in a statement to The D.O.

SU’s Senior Associate Vice President for Communications Sarah Scalese wrote to The D.O. that the university was informed of the revocation of the chapter’s charter by the national organization.

“As a result, the Syracuse chapter of Sig Ep is no longer operating as an authorized chapter of the fraternity. We defer all other questions to the national organization,” Scalese wrote.