Southern Methodist University (SMU) suspended the Sigma Phi Epsilon (SPE) fraternity from the campus for two years after its members allegedly assaulted a student.
The suspension follows after Daniel Garcia, a SMU freshman and member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, was grabbed and held him by SPE fraternity members for nearly four hours at their house on Feb.10.
Gracia's Lawyer, Bob Bragalone, told Dallas News that his client was kicked, punched and beaten while others simply watched the scene.
They also passed racial comments and sprayed Formula 409 cleaner on Garcia's cuts and wounds.
Kent Best, the university's spokesman, said that the fraternity was suspended because they violated SMU's Code of Conduct, university policies and the standards and values of the fraternity itself.
Earlier, the fraternity was placed on 'temporary deferred suspension.
Suspensions are usually awarded for three years but the fraternity received a waiver of a year and it has now been suspended for two years.
The SPE fraternity students, Jared Agnew, 18, Julian Ryles, 18, and Benjamin Bechtel, 19, were charged with class A misdemeanor assault. Ryles, Bechtel and Tanner Koch, 19, were charged with unlawful restraint.
Garcia was assaulted because some Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity members supposedly spray-painted the door of Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Beginning fall 2013, the SPE fraternity house will be converted to general student housing, owned by the university.
The fraternity will be eligible to resume its campus life in spring 2015, pending university approval. However, the university might consider permitting entry into the campus in fall 2014, pending approval from the fraternity's national organization.
