Second sorority on probation

May 14, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Associated Press

OXFORD, Ohio

Miami University’s president has pledged a review of policies and punishments for campus fraternities and sororities after a second sorority was linked to destructive behavior at its spring formal, including vomiting and smoking inside a museum.

The second incident involving the southwest Ohio school to become public this week was at a Cincinnati museum focused on the Underground Railroad.

The Alpha Xi Delta sorority is facing a two-year suspension from the school because of the March 26 event at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Center officials also described excessive drinking and trashing of the dance floor and bathrooms.

Miami University’s Pi Beta Phi sorority has already been suspended for one year because of misconduct, including excessive and underage drinking and damage at a local lakeside lodge.

Both sororities have been placed on probation by their national leadership.

A letter to the university from the Freedom Center alleged that Alpha Xi members and their dates also dropped drinks onto the dance floor and tried to steal bottles of liquors from the bar.