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[[File:Nydn.png|thumb|[[Stephan Vincenzo]], one of the students arrested, shares space with [[Barack Obama]] on the cover of the New York Daily News]]

'''Operation Ivy League''' was the name of an [[NYPD]] operation resulting in an early morning raid on [[Frat Row]] on [[December 7]], [[2010]]. It netted eleven arrests, five of which were Columbia students (now occasionally known as the '''Columbia Five''') who were part of an alleged drug ring operating out of Columbia [[fraternities]].

OIL led to the creation of the [[ALPHA Standards of Excellence]], a rating system for fraternities and sororities.

==Charges==
The five Columbians charged are:

{|
|-
! Defendant
! Charges
|-
| Chris Coles
| 
  * Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance (CSCS) 5th – 2 cts.
  * Criminal Sale of Marijuana 1st – 1 ct.
  * Criminal Sale of Marijuana 3rd – 4 cts.
  * Criminal Sale of Marijuana 4th – 1 ct.
  * Criminal Nuisance 2nd – 1 ct.
|-
| Harrison David
| 
  * CSCS 2nd – 1 ct
  * CSCS 3rd – 1 ct
  * Criminal Sale of Marijuana 3rd – 6 cts.
  * Criminal Sale of Marijuana 4th – 2 cts.
  * Criminal Nuisance 1st – 1 ct.
  * Criminal Nuisance 2nd – 1 ct.
|-
| Adam Klein
|
  * CSCS 5th – 2 cts.
  * Criminal Nuisance 2nd – 1 ct.
|-
| Jose Stephan Perez (aka Stephen Vincenzo)
|
  * CSCS 5th – 4 cts.
  * Criminal Sale of Marijuana 3rd – 1 ct.
  * Criminal Nuisance 2nd – 1 ct.
|-
| Michael Wymbs
|
  * CSCS 5th – 6 cts.
  * Criminal Nuisance 2nd – 1 ct.

|}

==Timeline==
===August===
* NYPD undercover operations on campus begin.

===7 December===
* '''6-7 AM''': Police enter the [[Intercultural House]], the [[Alpha Epsilon Pi]] house, the [[Psi Upsilon]] house, the [[Pi Kappa Alpha]] house, and [[East Campus]] with arrest warrants, arrest students.
* '''1 PM''': Posters for a Theta/Pike event around campus are taken down
* '''~5 PM''': All five students plead not guilty at Manhattan Criminal Court
* '''Evening''': Wymbs' parents post bail
* Trial date of [[18 January]] [[2011]] announced

===8 December===
* Klein's parents post bail; Klein and Wymbs are discharged
* '''~10 PM''': The three fraternities involved are placed on interim suspension

===9 December===
*Coles and Perez/Vincenzo are discharged on bail

==External links==
* [http://www.specnarc.org/cases/2010/IvyLeague.htm Press Release from the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York]

* [http://bwog.com/tag/operation-ivy-league/ Cornucopia of Bwog articles on Operation Ivy League]

* [http://nymag.com/news/features/70308/ New York Magazine article]

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