University of Georgia- The University chapter of Chi Phi fraternity will suspend all pledge and social activities indefinitely after its pledges flashed pornography to students in Tate Plaza last week.

“They are not to be doing any activities,” said assistant to the vice president of student affairs Eric Atkinson, who told the fraternity about their suspension on Friday. “No meetings, no social events, no initiations.”

Freshmen and Chi Phi pledges Henry Jackson, Sloan Battle, John Champagne, Harris Culley, Bo Nicholson, Drew Littlewood and Andrew Avram and visitor Seth Thomason were showing photos from the magazine Black Tail and snapping photographs of students’ reactions, according to a University police report.

The pledges told University police they were not part of any Greek organization.

Though police filed no charges, the Office of Judicial Programs is contacting the students and investigating the incident to determine if any sanctions, including sexual harassment, were violated, Atkinson said.

Chi Phi President Matthew Hughes told police the incident was not sanctioned by the fraternity.

He said the chapter is cooperating with Judicial Programs and Greek Life in their investigation.

“We’re working with the University very closely to go through this,” Hughes said.

Director of Greek Life Claudia Shamp said it is not uncommon for organizations to be held accountable for the actions of their members.

“We want to have a full understanding of exactly what happened,” she said.

Shamp said her office has contacted the national office about the chapter. When Judicial Programs has finished its investigation there could be additional requirements from the Greek Life office, she said.

This is not the first time the fraternity has been in trouble with the University.

In 1999, Chi Phi was found to be responsible for a keg party where alcohol was provided to an underage pledge.

At the time, the chapter already was serving a four-year probation from 1995. As a result of the 1999 incident, the chapter continued to be on probation.

In 2000, the fraternity was cleared on hazing accusations from visiting Georgia Tech pledges.

Atkinson said he thought it was premature to discuss whether the chapter’s past would have any effect on what happens to the organization in the future.

“We don’t know if it was individuals or a chapter event,” Atkinson said.

Shamp said each incident involved a different group of students and has to be evaluated separately.