The Penn State chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity, 225 Highland Ave., has been officially disbanded after the members did not show up for a national board hearing on Jan. 21, the fraternity's executive director said.

Kappa Sigma Executive Director Mic Wilson said when the members did not attend the hearing, their charter was automatically removed.

Wilson said the hearing was to discuss and follow-up on the sanctions placed on the members in the past and the fraternity's national policy violations.

"Some members were committed to the fraternity, but not everyone abided by our standards and values," he said.

Kappa Sigma fraternity members were evicted from their house after five members and four students pledging the fraternity had their memberships revoked because they hosted an unsanctioned party on Nov. 18, 2005.

After the party, two former members pledging the fraternity, Christopher Becht and Kyle Knepper, both 22, were charged with furnishing alcohol to minors and unlawful acts related to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licenses.

Former fraternity member Rich Severin, who was one of the members who attended the party, said he stopped by the fraternity house Friday night and "nothing was out of control."

"We were on suspension anyway," Severin said. "We weren't supposed to have alcohol at the house."

After the national organization revoked the nine students' memberships, the fraternity did not have enough members who wanted to live in the house to cover costs, Ed Gorkes, president of the alumni corporation, said.

Because they were going to be forced to move out of their house, the members voluntarily disbanded themselves.

Severin said he thinks other fraternities at Penn State have broken their national codes before, much worse than what Kappa Sigma did, but there is nothing the members can do about it now.

"I guess we just had tough luck," Severin said.

Wilson said the national organization's plan is to start the process of re-establishing the chapter in two to three years, once most of the former fraternity members have graduated.

"It is time to take a break from the campus," Wilson said.

Interfraternity Council (IFC) President Ben Jabara said it's disappointing to lose a fraternity chapter at Penn State.

However, he said, he thinks the chapter can come back to campus if the national organization can coordinate with the university in a few years.