The Tufts Daily Volume Lxx, Number 16
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On-campus student parking expenses increase, dwarf those of Medford Men’s soccer ties Wesleyan see NEWS / PAGE 2 0-0 in overtime SEE SPORTS / BACK PAGE CHVRCHES revisit successes of debut album with sophomore effort see ARTS AND LIVING / PAGE 3 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY EST. 1980 THE TUFTS DAILY VOLUME LXX, NUMBER 16 MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MASS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2015 tuftsdaily.com Former AEPi brothers adjust to new status as local fraternity Pi Delta by Marianna Athanassiou ter and the national organization. order to give the organization more time to get local, Tufts-only fraternity for now and won’t News Editor “We strongly believe in diversity of race, on their feet. Pi Delta will begin recruitment look to affiliate the fraternity nationally for at ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, back- for new members in the spring. least three years, he added. The newly established local Tufts fra- ground and beliefs,” the letter read. “This Kochman said the recruitment process “We have a really good thing going for us ternity Pi Delta is adjusting to its place on diversity provides individuals with the tools is one way that the fraternity demonstrates right now, and it is not likely that we will affil- campus after disaffiliating from the nation- necessary to succeed as leaders in the mod- its inclusivity. Without a target number of peo- iate nationally while any of the current crop al fraternity organization Alpha Epsilon Pi ern world.” ple for each pledge class, Pi Delta can focus on of brothers are at Tufts,” Lefkowitz said. “And (AEPi) last winter. By disaffiliating, the fraternity has been giving bids to as many or as few people as they if that does happen some time down the line, Former AEPi members voted unanimous- able to create a more inclusive and diverse deem necessary, he said. it would be a decision made by that current ly to disaffiliate and finalized their decision environment, Pi Delta member Noah Schifrin, Pi Delta currently has 52 brothers, and in class of brothers.” through the Office of Fraternity and Sorority a sophomore, said. the past few years, their pledge classes have The national future of Pi Delta remains Life in late January, according to a Jan. 30 “Pi Delta was founded on a few core prin- been around 14 people, Lefkowitz said. largely unknown because, for now, the broth- Daily article. The Tufts AEPi chapter was ciples, one of which was inclusivity,” soph- Pi Delta has also tried to be more inclusive ers are choosing to focus on the present, founded in 1940. omore Michael Lefkowitz, another Pi Delta by providing more financial aid for fraternity Kochman said. In a Jan. 30 letter in the Daily signed by member, said. “We pride ourselves in our membership fees, according to Kochman. Lefkowitz said the fraternity’s short-term former AEPi brothers, members said they diversity.” “We don’t want financial aspects hin- goal is recognition from members of the Tufts found themselves at odds with the aims of the According to Pi Delta President Adam dering someone from joining, so we try to community. national AEPi organization. Kochman, the fraternity is still fully functional provide as much financial aid as we can,” “I think our plans are to get our name “Recently we have come to realize our and is hosting and participating in small social he said. “We [will be] reevaluating after one back out there and [reacquaint Tufts] with long-term goals do not align with those of our and philanthropy events. The fraternity hopes year of doing so.” our brotherhood,” he said. “There’s a group national organization,” the letter said. to have a larger event by the end of the semes- Lefkowitz said the fraternity does not have of people on campus that know us really While the letter stated a commitment to ter, Kochman, a senior, said. any plans to affiliate Pi Delta with a nation- well, but I think it would be great to have all diversity, it did not explicitly specify the con- According to Kochman, the fraternity also al fraternity at this time. of Tufts get to know who we are and what flicting goals between the Tufts AEPi chap- chose not to have fall rush recruitment in The brothers are enjoying their status as a we’re about.” Disruptive behavior calls future Senior Nights into question by Catherine Perloff policies and have lost the privilege to attend was marked by more disturbances than “This was the first time people were real- Contributing Writer future senior class events. coordinators have seen in the past. Other ly seeing each other,” Turock said. “It was Students under disciplinary review are Senior Nights over the past several years one of the first weekends where people were The first Senior Night for the Class of facing punishment for public intoxication, have been incident free. partying.” 2016 was shut down 45 minutes early after disorderly conduct and lack of cooperation, “It was more than we’ve seen in a long Turock said determining exactly what the students at the event committed vari- according to Judicial Affairs Administrator time,” Golia said. problem was and trying to fix it is an import- ous disciplinary infractions, putting Senior Mickey Toogood. Turock speculated that increased hype ant factor for the future of Senior Nights for the Nights under review for the remainder of the “Students [who violate policy] may not about the event may have led to more drink- Class of 2016. This will be a topic of discussion academic year. be able to attend future senior nights, either ing and an increase in disruptive behaviors. among the Senior Class Council, the OCL and Director of the Office for Campus Life (OCL) the next one or all of them for the rest of the “Older students tell younger students, ‘Oh, the Dean of Student Affairs Office. Joe Golia said some students among the 700 year,” he said. it’s so fun; it’s crazy; you get drunk,’ and that “We’re having conversations around seniors who bought tickets for the event — All disciplinary actions are based on specif- perpetuates annually so each year it gets a whether we think what happened was held on Sept. 17 at Whiskey Saigon in Boston ic student behavior and the student’s previous little bit more intense,” Turock said. because of the series of factors, like it being — attempted to steal alcohol from the venue’s disciplinary record, according to Toogood. Golia said there were two “party buses” earlier in the year, like people just turning 21, bar and damaged DJ equipment. Toogood could not comment on indi- that students rented independently for the or [if it is] a pervasive cultural problem [for] “A small group of people [were]…rude to vidual student cases, but said the universi- trip to Whiskey Saigon, something OCL has the Class of 2016,” she said. [university] staff, staff at the club,” Golia said. ty may have to issue reprimands to some never noticed before. According to Golia, it has not yet been Whiskey Saigon, a nightclub, did not com- students. According to the new scheme of “A lot of students came very intoxicat- decided whether the planned November plain to Tufts about the event, and there is disciplinary sanctions, a reprimand follows a ed to the event,” he said. “Some students Senior Night will be canceled. no evidence that the university’s relationship warning and is non-disciplinary. weren’t let in.” If similar behavior occurs at the November with the venue has been damaged, Golia said. Golia said the vast majority of stu- Senior Alexander Kasemir agreed that the event, however, Senior Nights in the spring A Sept. 25 email to the senior class from dents behaved according to policy and that event was described by other students as will be canceled and there may also be alter- the Senior Class Council, which sponsored many were not even aware of the disorderly “a potentially wild party,” but did not think ations to Senior Week activities, Turock said. the event, explained that some students were behavior until after the event. it had received more hype than the Senior “I’d be disappointed and angry at my class- removed from the venue for theft and destruc- “I will say there’s probably a good 600, 650 Nights of past years. mates [if Senior Nights were to end],” Iorillo said. tion of property, as well as for bringing alcohol [students had] no idea anything…happened, “[I had heard that] seniors get to act like Both Iorillo and Kasemir said that they did into the venue. had a great time,” Golia said. freshman again,” he said. not think it was necessarily fair to punish the The email also warned that future Senior Julia Turock, president of the Senior Class “[Seniors who had gone last year] said entire class for the actions of a select few. Nights may be cancelled if similar behavior Council, explained that, though the disruptive it was kind of like a higher class frat party “I would not be surprised if future Senior continues at other senior events. behavior was not characteristic of most stu- and used it as a chance to kiss the person Nights were canceled just because of a few “If behavior at senior events does not dents at the event, some students had acted they didn’t get to kiss freshman year,” senior people,” Kasemir said. “I don’t think the entire improve, future Senior Nights and events disrespectfully. Roselle Iorillo said. class needs to be punished.” during Senior Week will be in jeopardy,” “There were…people cutting the line, Another possible explanation for the Golia shared this sentiment and said he the email read.