New York Alpha went inactive in 1877 when Psi Upsilon recruited existing members into their chapter of which both fraternities belong .
Their chapter is a practice that is now prohibited by all members of the North - American Interfraternity Conference .
New York Alpha went inactive in 1877 when Psi Upsilon recruited existing members into their chapter , a practice that is now prohibited by all members of the North - American Interfraternity Conference , of which both fraternities belong .