MIT withdrew recognition of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity Monday because of an incident on Sept. 2 in which its members allegedly served alcohol to an underage Wellesley College student who was later hospitalized with alcohol poisoning.
The decision effectively disbands the fraternity. MIT officials said they will not consider reinstating it until fall 2001.
Currently, a commission of alumni is under orders from the fraternity's national organization to manage SAE's two Beacon St. houses.
A disciplinary panel in the MIT Dean's Office "voted unanimously to withdraw the fraternity's recognition as an authorized student group at MIT," wrote Dean for Student Life Margaret R. Bates in a statement issued Monday.
This punishment is the latest in a string of alcohol-related offenses at the institute.
Another MIT fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta, closed last year after first-year pledge Scott Krueger died, reportedly because of alcohol he consumed at a Sept. 1997 party at the fraternity.
In 1998, SAE members allegedly served alcohol to an under-aged prospective student. Following that incident--but before the latest one with the Wellesley student--the fraternity agreed with MIT to an alcohol-free probation period in return for being allowed to recruit first-years this fall.
On Sept. 22, however, MIT suspended SAE, meaning its members could no longer participate in school events as a group.
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