As of Nov. 17, Tau Kappa Epsilon is currently on social probation until Feb. 13.

This is the second time TKE has been placed on social probation this semester. In October, the fraternity was placed on social probation for serving hard alcohol at a dry mixer.

Interfraternity Council (IFC) Director of Standards senior Sean Dunnsue confirmed the nature of TKE’s policy violation, but declined to provide additional details, citing the confidentiality of the Standards Board.

“The incident was related to alcohol as well as risk and guest management policy violations,” Dunnsue said.

Greek organizations on social probation are prohibited from having social events for a certain period of time. Additionally, according to the Campus Life website, chapters on social probation are warned that if they violate their probation, they may be placed under suspension.

Interfraternity Council President Jimmy Abraham emphasized how social probation can encourage Greek organizations to reevaluate their priorities.

“If going out and drinking and all that stuff is their main priority, obviously [social probation] is going to impact them more a lot more than someone who is trying to get more out of a fraternity,” Abraham said.

In addition to social probation, Abraham described other measures that the IFC and Campus Life will take to prevent future violations. These measures could include a facilitation with either the executive board or the entire chapter with a representative from Campus Life or the Alcohol and Drug (AOD) office.

“[The goal is] to talk about why these actions are happening, why people are drinking dangerously and what things that group as a whole can do to improve their current actions,” Abraham said.

However, Abraham acknowledged that current policies may need to be updated in order to more effectively prevent violations in the future.

“I think currently those are our preventative measures: education and reminders about what you are and aren’t supposed to do,” Abraham said. “Obviously, that isn’t working too well. I don’t know if that means adding more trainings or just changing how the trainings look right now. I think that is something that the next IFC is probably going to have to deal with.”

Moving forward, Abraham said he is confident that TKE can avoid future violations.

“Personally, my interactions with the president and the house manager have been great, and I am honestly surprised by how consistently this is happening, because the president is fantastic…so I am hoping that he will be able to lead them down the right road,” Abraham said.

TKE president Ben Moore declined to comment

Associate Director for Campus Life-Fraternity Sorority Life Austin Sandoval-Sweeney did not respond to interview request