Baker University officials are investigating a series of alleged events occurring last weekend at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house stemming from the possibility of a fight between students.

Baldwin City Police Sgt. Gregg Schiffelbein said officers responded to 604 Fifth St., the address of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, citing complaints of a loud party late Saturday evening into early Sunday morning.

“Later on, the officer was called to meet at the police department referring to an incident that happened prior over at that address,” he said. “The person reporting it wasn’t the victim, he was reporting that his friend had been hit, and he wanted to make a report.”

However, a report wasn’t filed until Sunday or Monday because alleged victims must be present to file reports themselves. The official police report wasn’t ready as of presstime, but Schiffelbein said investigations would be ongoing.

Brett Bruner, director of greek life and health education, said Delta Tau Delta held a party Saturday that it registered with the student development office to celebrate the conclusion of National Hazing Prevention Week. Because of the allegations occurring during a university-sanctioned event, Interfraternity Council is taking steps to see if the fraternity followed protocol for holding the event.

“Right now, we’re looking at the event itself to make sure that it was properly registered,” Bruner said. “At the present we are still doing investigations. I haven’t received any official documents; we’ve been talking with individuals who were at the event to gain all perspectives before we  take action on one side or another.”

Dean of Students Cassy Bailey said the university’s involvement stems from allegations that at least two students were involved in a fight at the party.

“Anytime there is an alleged act of violence, I believe that the university has the responsibility to at least investigate and if appropriate, pursue charges,” she said.

She said the university has on file but is unable to disclose the names of at least three to five students directly involved.

“They’ll be called into my office to give statements, and if I feel that a code of conduct violation has occurred, we’ll just follow the typical judicial process,” she said, which is outlined in the student handbook.

If charges are pursued, those students would be receiving notification mid-next week. <br/>"The charges might range anywhere from a level two – inappropriate behavior – to a level three assault or level three battery," she said."The charges might range anywhere from a level two – inappropriate behavior – to a level three assault or level three battery," she said.
“The charges might range anywhere from a level two – inappropriate behavior – to a level three assault or level three battery,” she said.

Bailey said she believes the events stem more from individuals’ behavior at the event rather than the chapter as a whole. However, the social registration policy requires that male greek organizations thought to have violated that policy, are required to go through an IFC judiciary process.

“I feel very confident that the IFC will be able to handle any concerns. However, when it becomes about individual members’ behaviors, even when it happened at an official registered party, then the university would always step in as well,” she said.