University of Maryland Delta Chi fraternity officially lost university recognition Monday, according to a letter sent to chapter President Jack Canavan from the Office of Student Affairs. This comes at a time when the university has faced many issues with different Greek chapters on campus.
According to the The Diamondback, Linda Clement, University Vice President of Student Affairs, accepted the Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life’s recommendation to take away Delta Chi’s recognition. In the letter Clement cited “unacceptable patterns of behavior the chapter has exhibited for the past two and a half years,” as the source of the fraternity’s problems.
Clement’s letter specifically referenced Delta Chi’s away weekend in December 2014, where they incurred more than $20,000 worth of damage at the Fenwood Resort in the Poconos.
“Police reported members of the fraternity left the resort on Dec. 7 without offering restitution for that damage,” according to Poconos/Coal Regional News.
After this incident the fraternity was placed on probation February 3, 2015 until December 15, 2015.
Clement also cited the fraternity’s academic performance as part of the problem. Those who entered the spring semester had a combined GPA of 3.26, which dropped to a 2.61 by the end of the semester, according to The Diamondback.
Canavan tried to reach out to other Greek chapter presidents for support claiming DFSL went behind the fraternities back, according to TotalFratMove.com. After being put on probation DFSL said their chapter would be reviewed in the fall of 2015; however, the process happened faster after the fraternity failed to comply with a series of DFSL regulations, according to The Diamondback.
“I feel like a lot of the stuff was done behind our backs,” Canavan told the Diamondback. “[DFSL were] actively keeping us out of the talks and circumventing us was a poor move on their part and not a professional thing to do.”
However, Delta Chi hosted a few philanthropy events last spring to help improve the chapter’s image. These events included Delta Chi Movers, where chapter members would help move any students out of their dorms, apartments or houses; Bowling for Soup, which was bowling event to help raise money and compile canned food for the Maryland Food Bank; Delta Chi Day, a day where “the men of Delta Chi would host an afternoon of activities and events to showcase one of our four core values: Friendship, Character, Justice, and Education,” according to the event’s Facebook page.
Despite these efforts the fraternity still lost campus recognition.
“The decision to remove us shouldn’t reflect poorly on the character of all of our members,” Canavan said in an email to The Diamondback. “Get to know us for who we really were and the good things we truly did rather than focus on this decision that has been made.”
Delta Chi will be able to reinstate their recognition in four years once all the current undergraduate members graduate.





















