Three former SAE pledges pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of first-degree hazing and first-degree unlawfully dealing with a child Thursday, according to court documents. A fourth defendant's records are sealed due to the person’s age.

All SAE members must vacate their fraternity house by March 31. The University says members failed to call for medical help before George Desdunes '13 died Feb. 25.

The IFC's decision to ban social events this past weekend did not align with any of their long-term goals and appears to have produced little, if any, substantive progress.

Hungover fraternity brothers getting out of bed on Saturday morning may see the Keystone Light cans littering the floor as obstacles, but Dawn Potter — a secretary in Cornell’s Department of Neurobiolgy and Behavior for 22 years — sees the cans as an opportunity.

Casey becomes a housemother, Dale enters Greek life, and one unlucky reptile gets caught in the middle of rebel activity.

In a 24 to 11 vote on Wednesday, the IFC recommended allowing the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity to come to Cornell.

In its meeting Wednesday night, the Interfraternity Council announced that a new fraternity will likely come to campus in Spring 2011. The council also passed an addendum to the University Recognition Policy that puts into concrete terms the IFC’s privilege of self-governance.

With an ongoing campus debate regarding the administration’s controversial changes to the Greek system, President David Skorton sat down with The Sun on Tuesday to discuss the plan. He expressed support for the changes, as well as for the Greek system’s history of self-governance.

In a closed-door meeting Wednesday night, IFC discussed how to respond to the University's new drinking rules and planned for a public forum on the changes set for Tuesday.

Professional fraternities like Alpha Kappa Psi and Alpha Chi Sigma, provide an opportunity for Cornell students to combine their motivations for socializing and advancing their future careers into one pursuit. Alpha Chi Sigma, the chemistry fraternity, had 18 new pledges this semester where the typical pledge class includes seven to 10 students.

Students who want to join Alpha Chi Sigma are expected to have a social life in addition to a strong knowledge of chemistry.

“We don’t just want someone who wants to study all the time,” said Emily Majusiak ’09, the organization’s vice-master alchemist.