The Delta Tau Delta fraternity letters went missing from the front of the group’s house at 3 a.m. last Thursday morning, according to Associate Dean of Men Jeffery Rogers. 

Rogers said an investigation is ongoing.

“We are hoping that the letters are returned,” Rogers said in an email.

Members of DTD noticed the missing letters after last week’s convocation.

“I was coming back from convocation, and I looked at the house and thought ‘it looks kind of different right now,’” sophomore and Delt Housing and Grounds Chairman Garrison Danzer said. “I stopped and paused for a second and realized it was because the letters were gone.”

Sophomore and fraternity member Jason Lu realized the letters were gone after leaving his 11 a.m. class. 

“I was coming out of philosophy and saw Garrison heading back home,” Lu said. “I think 30 seconds later he says, ‘guys the letters from the house are gone,’ because they’re very clearly visible.”

According to Lu, fraternity members from a few years ago designed the black and yellow letters and Danzer added the letters to the house last fall.

“I nailed them up at the beginning of the year,” Danzer said. “The nails are still hanging there.”

Danzer said the inside of the house and other grounds were undisturbed. Instead, he says the letters were probably taken from the outside.

“There’s a ladder leaned up against the side of the house,” Danzer said. “I assumed they took that ladder and used to climb up on the roof.”

According to Danzer, he reported the missing letters to security and the dean’s office that afternoon.