An underage Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity brother allegedly attempted to purchase alcohol with a house check, which violates the fraternity's Fraternal Organization Agreement, according to sources and a police summons. Such a purchase violates the FOA, a document that outlines the relationship between a fraternity and the University.
Phi Kap brother Daniel Freed was charged with underage possession of alcohol Sept. 30 at Lucky 7. Freed faced a $50 fine plus $30 in fees.
Mike Christopher, Inter-Fraternity Council vice president for judiciary, said the IFCJC is investigating.
Phi Kap President Trey Parker said he has not yet received notice of a formal charge.
Christopher said he does not know what consequences Phi Kap could face if found guilty in an IFCJC trial.
"I've never had [a case] in which a student was purchasing alcohol on behalf of a house," he said.
Parker said Freed was not acting on behalf of Phi Kap when he attempted to purchase kegs.
"It ended up being a huge mix-up," he said. "We never used that checkbook for that kind of purpose."
Phi Kap has two separate checking accounts. One checkbook uses a pool of brothers' personal funds normally used for alcohol purchases. But the checkbook Freed used draws money from the house fund.
Freed was given a house check to purchase non-alcoholic party supplies "like cups and ice," Parker said.
Freed "decided on his own to go get the kegs," he said. "He took the [house] checkbook and went ahead and tried to do it without our knowledge."
Officials from the Phi Kappa Sigma International Fraternity are talking with the University Phi Kap chapter, but Parker declined to comment on what they are discussing.
Dr. Ghery Pettit, Grand Alpha of Phi Kappa Sigma International fraternity, could not be reached for comment.
In addition to violating FOA statutes, an attempt to purchase alcohol with house funds is a violation of IFC standards of conduct.
"These are serious charges that have been brought against" Phi Kap, IFC President Wes Kaupinen said. "These allegations must go through the proper channels before any sort of guilt is determined."
Freed could not be reached for comment.
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