CITY CLOSES DOWN CSUN FRAT HOUSE.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer NORTHRIDGE - A CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge fraternity house that last winter threw a party so wild police had to don riot gear riot gear n → uniforme m antidisturbios inv riot gear n in riot gear → casqué et portant un bouclier riot gear n to quell it has been shut down, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo Rockard John "Rocky" Delgadillo (born July 15 1960) is the current City Attorney of Los Angeles, California. Career
Delgadillo is also investigating complaints that two other frat houses associated with California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , disturbed neighbors and violated city codes. ``The party's over,'' Delgadillo said. ``The City Attorney's Office has zero tolerance The policy of applying laws or penalties to even minor infringements of a code in order to reinforce its overall importance and enhance deterrence. Since the 1980s the phrase zero tolerance has signified a philosophy toward illegal conduct that favors strict imposition of for illegal fraternity houses in residential neighborhoods.'' Delgadillo will join City Councilman Hal Bernson Hal Bernson served as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 12th district. He was chair of the Transportation Committee. Prior to being on the City Council, he served in the Navy. Preceded by Robert M. at a news conference in Northridge today to celebrate legal action by neighborhood prosecutors against Pi Kappa Phi Pi Kappa Phi is a national social fraternity. It was founded by Andrew Alexander Kroeg, Jr., Lawrence Harry Mixson, and Simon Fogarty, Jr. on December 10, 1904 at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. , at 17835 Parthenia St. Last February, riot-clad police responded to complaints that more than 1,000 students blocked driveways and spilled into neighbors' yards during a rush party that left the community littered with trash and empty beer bottles. A judge has ordered homeowner Hamid Halmandi to limit the house to four fraternity members and prohibit frat parties until 2004. Halmandi, charged with lacking a conditional use permit for a fraternity and for allowing trash to pile up at the house, could not be reached for comment. A CSUN Intrafraternity Council also ordered the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity to perform eight hours of community service each month until the end of the year. Fraternity members could not be reached for comment. Neighborhood prosecutors also have cases pending against Zeta Beta Tau "ZBT" redirects here. ZBT may also refer to zero bus turnaround memory. Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT, brothers of which are nicknamed Zebes or Zeebs) is a historically Jewish, presently nonsectarian international fraternity. and Sigma Phi Epsilon on Halsted Street for similar disruptions and code violations. ``Before, a lot of elderly residents were afraid to get involved out of fear of retaliation,'' said Anthony ``A.P.'' Diaz, the neighborhood prosecutor working with police and community members to clean up frat houses. ``It's nice to have someone they can come to. I told them, I'll be your voice.'' Jamison Keller, a CSUN activities coordinator who works with fraternities, declined to comment. Sean Kargari, president of Sigma Phi Epsilon, said he wasn't aware of any city investigation. ``We haven't thrown a party in months,'' he said. ``If we do throw one, it'll be at a club.'' Nonetheless, Delgadillo insisted all fraternity-related shennanigans will cease. ``Other neighborhoods are suffering,'' he said. ``We've opened two more cases against illegal fraternities in the North Valley, and we're going after these, too.'' |
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