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January 28, 2000 Cooperative council places Gemini on probationWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue University Cooperative Council Judicial Board today (1/28) placed Gemini Cooperative on probation following a hearing concerning an unauthorized New Year's Eve party in which alcohol was made available to minors at the house. Earlier this month, the Gemini cooperative voted to revoke the membership of the seven students who hosted the party when the house was supposed to have been closed for semester break. Those seven students, the only members at the party, have moved out of the house at 172 Littleton St., leaving a membership of 35 students. The board determined that although the Gemini officers did not sanction the party, they had failed to impress the significance of the cooperative social policies and regulations on its members and had failed to implement a proper shutdown procedure of the house during semester break, said Kara Kobak, the council's chief justice. In addition to being placed on probation until the end of the school year, the Gemini house also has been ordered to restrict the size of its parties, limiting attendance to three guests for every member present. The cooperative also must submit an appropriate house shutdown policy to ensure proper closure during breaks in the academic year and sponsor a speaker on safe social environments. Cooperatives are residential houses operated by the students, who contribute four to six hours of work a week to offset part of their housing cost. At Purdue, the cooperative council is made up of students from each of the 12 cooperatives. They set policy and rule on alleged violations. In addition to the cooperative council, the university also has jurisdiction over the cooperatives. The university's Office of the Dean of Students also is expected to rule on the case by mid-February, said Tamara Rice, assistant dean of students. During the 1998-99 school year, Purdue suspended Gemini for hazing violations. That suspension, which was to have been lifted in December, has remained in place pending the outcome of the university's hearing. The cooperative judicial board has recommended that, should the university decide to lift the suspension, it impose a minimum penalty of probation. Sources: Tamara Rice, (765) 494-9758, tjrice@purdue.edu Kara Kobak, (765) 746-3143, kobak@ecn.purdue.edu Writer: Jeanne Norberg, (765) 494-2084, jnorberg@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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