The Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at UCF will appeals its year-long suspension, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
ATO was suspended through summer 2014 after being found “in-violation” of university policy for alcohol related misconduct following an unregistered party at their on campus home in July. The organization suspended or expelled 31 UCF members even before the university held a disciplinary hearing.
“The punishment does not fit the crime,” Wynn Smiley, ATO’s chief executive officer, told the Orlando Sentinel.
Smiley responded to the suspension in a letter, hoping that suspending or expelling the students involved would be enough to keep UCF from taking action on the entire chapter.
UCF’s Vice President, Dr. Maribeth Ehasz, will review the appeal and have final word on the punishments handed down by UCF.
According to the police report obtained by KnightNews.com, the fraternity held a party on the night of July 28 when a UCF police officer noticed a female on Greek Park Drive holding a bottle of alcohol.
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