One Pi Kappa Alpha member was expelled and three new members were dismissed from the fraternity Friday following allegations of assault, Pi Kappa Alpha’s national office said in a press release.
Danny Blanton, director of public relations, said the University does not hold the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity responsible for this incident.
“We did a thorough investigation,” Blanton said. “Charges were brought against Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, and through the office of Student Conduct Resolution, we investigated it. The investigation showed that the organization was not responsible.”
The appeals period has not yet ended, however, so there could still be change in that conclusion, Blanton said.
The Office of Conflict Resolution and Student Conduct cannot yet release anything about the University’s decisions on individual students.
“The student conduct proceedings are completely independent of any criminal proceedings,” Blanton said. “The student conduct process is ongoing as we speak.”
The allegations are in regards to the assault of Jeremy Boyle on October 6 at the Sigma Pi fraternity house.
James Declan Basile, a junior business student and the only full Pi Kappa Alpha member, was arrested on charges of assault, hazing and larceny for the theft of the Sigma Pi statue.
Christian Guy and Kyle Hughes, business majors, and Austin Rice, an engineering major, were pledges from the fraternity and arrested on charges of larceny, according to the University Police Department report.
Tucker Cole Steil, a general studies major and Pi Kappa Alpha pledge, was arrested on a felony-level charge of assault.
