In conduct proceedings, SU gets to make the rules — and change them at will Emily Steinberger | Photo Editor Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter here. When Alpha Chi Rho sued Syracuse University in June after being suspended, the fraternity argued that university officials led a conduct proceeding riddled with errors. Most alarming to the fraternity and its lawyers was how one university official single-handedly changed the trajectory of the case. After a student alleged that members of the fraternity shouted a racial slur at a student, a University Conduct Board suspended Crow, claiming that a guest of the fraternity may have shouted the slur. But a University Appeals Board said no policy exists at SU that would make the fraternity responsible for the actions of a guest. The appeals board overturned the prior ruling and threw out the suspension.