Word: probationers
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Brown University last week took Phi Delta Beta fraternity off a probation imposed last month after an alleged incident of group sex there.
Erik Widmer, dean of student life, said he and university President Howard Swearer decided to lift the probation after a committee investigating the incident reported that "there was no incident of sexual coercion or debasement" at the March 8 house party.
Another fraternity, Delta Tau, which was placed on probation at the same time as Phi Delta Beta, remains on probation. Delta Tau members allegedly threw a sofa out of an upstairs window, set it on fire and then urinated on it.
The convictions will be erased from the students' records if they contact their probation officer once every month, pay the fines, and complete their community service--which the judge said "must concern the areas of working with animals and animal husbandry".
At that time the MIAA also put the boys' team on probation for recruiting violations but decided to let the team play out the season. The reversal of that decision was a response to an appeal from athletic directors of suburban league teams.