The Des Moines Register has an article on the DU chapter's closing:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/app...801220393/1004
Brief excerpts from the article:
. . . the 20 members living in the house were given 30 days to find new places to live.
"The actions and decisions of these men are incongruent with the mission and values of Delta Upsilon Fraternity," fraternity Executive Director Justin Kirk said in a prepared statement. "Substance abuse does not have a place in our fraternity."
Four Delta Upsilon members were charged in December with drug violations after police raided the fraternity house and found 650 grams of marijuana, cash, packing materials, scales and drug-deal ledgers, court records state.
. . . Delta Upsilon's international board and standards committee voted the first week of January to close the chapter and expel the chapter's 40-some members from the organization . . . . The fraternity has been at the U of I for 82 years, and more than 1,000 men have joined the chapter. Delta Upsilon hopes to return to campus at a later date with all new members, Kirk said. The alumni board will determine how to use the chapter house in the interim . . . .
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