The University’s chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity was expelled from the Interfraternity Council earlier this month for a violation of IFC bylaws and misconduct.

IFC President Ari Parritz wrote in an e-mail interview that Sigma Nu was suspended near the end of October for violating IFC bylaws and then expelled for violating the terms of its suspension within one day.

The original suspension came after the fraternity held a registered party during welcome week that the Social Responsibly Committee — which governs social functions for both the IFC and the Panhellenic Association — visited twice during the night, according to Sigma Nu President Jordan Eckstein.

IFC Vice President of Social Responsibility Jason Mohr said in an e-mail interview that after the first check, SRC informed Sigma Nu that the party was in order, but “explicitly stated” that the event exceeded the registered event size.

When SRC returned to the party later to perform another check, Sigma Nu was marked off for a few violations, including having glass bottles, which are prohibited, having too many entrances in use and exceeding the time limit for the event, according to the Sigma Nu Chapter History, which was provided to The Michigan Daily by Max Barack, IFC’s judicial vice president.

Mohr said the second check was performed without an escort from the house because SRC was unable to contact the fraternity’s then-president Kyle Sandefur.

After the check, SRC informed the president that it would go over the fraternity’s violations after the party ended. It took Sigma Nu longer than SRC expected to clear out the house, so SRC left and informed the then-vice president that SRC would contact Sigma Nu at a later time.

The following night the SRC Executive Board voted to sanction Sigma Nu with 12 weeks of social probation because of the violations, according to Mohr. Sigma Nu was notified of the sanctions on Sept. 9.

Eckstein said what “really pissed us off" most about the suspension was that the fraternity took precautions to ensure the party was safe and regulated.

“We didn’t want anything to get unsafe but they marked us off for stuff as we were kicking people out of our house so it was kind of frantic,” he said. “And like I said, that didn’t sit well in their eyes.”

Following the IFC social probation sanction, Eckstein said Sigma Nu’s nationals were required by the fraternity’s policy to suspend the chapter from all activities pending further investigation into the incident, which did occur.

Sigma Nu then appealed the sanctions to the Greek Activities Review Panel — the judicial panel for Greek life. Eckstein said GARP looked into Sigma Nu’s disciplinary history and found more issues than just the one party. Because of these findings, GARP then referred Sigma Nu to the IFC for further punishments.

Sigma Nu’s disciplinary history dating back to 1998 includes many significant transgressions and time spent on social probation, according to a document passed out to chapter presidents at an Oct. 14 IFC meeting and provided to the Daily by Parritz.

The document stated that the fraternity spent more than 50 percent of the past four and a half years on social probation.

“Time and time again, the chapter has engaged in actions that violated established policy and put students and the community in danger,” the document stated.

Some of the listed infractions included four missed IFC meetings in 2008 and hazing and other risk management issues in 2005.

The document stated the IFC would review and vote on Sigma Nu’s case at its weekly meeting on Oct. 21 and would give Sigma Nu members the chance to speak.

IFC chapter presidents voted to suspend Sigma Nu on Oct. 21.