An e-mail alleging rush violations against the Delta Tau Delta (DTD) fraternity is under investigation by the Dean of Students Office.
The e-mail, which was circulated last week, also included a forwarded message from DTD Rush Chair Ethan Schwartz. The forwarded message is an invitation directed at potential rushees, inviting them to a Beirut tournament at the DTD house with the brothers, which would feature "a couple kegs."
"We thought it would be a great chance for some, most or all of you to come down and meet some of the brothers in an informal setting," the e-mail said of the tournament.
Schwartz admits to sending an e-mail, buts says "various sentences" were added to the original message.
Schwartz said that the event in question took place on Friday Feb. 6, but that Rush Week did not begin until Sunday, Feb. 8. He said no rushees could have been present at the event, since rush had not yet begun.
"Any allegation that there was drinking or any illegal activity in the eyes of the University by DTD during rush week is false," Schwartz said.
Dean of Students Bruce Reitman obtained a copy of the e-mail and said the matter is currently under investigation. "Until we know more, it would be inappropriate to comment on the situation," he said.
Schwartz said "we are helping in [every] way possible with the investigation. Our rush was clean and followed Tufts University rush rules to a 'T.'"
The Dean of Students Office obtained copies of the e-mail via Director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Todd Sullivan, Reitman said.
Sullivan declined to comment on the situation, but said that "there is a possibility that someone changed someone else's e-mail."
The e-mail address from which the message was sent appeared to belong to freshman Joris Peijster. Peijster said he had no connection to the message. He said he was away all weekend and he first heard of the message through a friend on Sunday.
"Basically I don't know anything," he said.
Peijster also says he has "never even heard of Fusemail," the e-mail host from which the message originated.
In addition to the supposed rush violations, the e-mail said a freshman female reported to TEMS that she had been drinking at DTD and that she later changed her story after being pressured by DTD brothers.
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