The fall semester hasn’t even started yet, but for a dozen members of a UVA fraternity the academic year has gotten off with a bang. Members of Theta Delta Chi fraternity were arrested and released after being charged with breaking into a Union College, New York fraternity house.
The Daily Gazette in Schenectady, New York reports that the brothers were accused of breaking into a home through the second-floor window and proceeded to have a private party. Charges of third-degree trespass were dropped, but the students paid $1,950 ($150 per person) in damages to cover the cost of cleaning the house.
When questioned, the students said they had the permission of the local members of the fraternity, too bad none were present when the police crashed the festivities.
Theta Delta Chi was established at UVA in 1857 as the third fraternity founded on grounds. The Charge House is located at 1811 Lambeth Lane.