Both members and non-members of Sigma Chi international fraternity arrested at an off-campus event on Sept. 21 appeared in court Wednesday morning.

The students, arrested for disorderly conduct and underage consumption of alcohol at a campground in Polk County, Tenn., will pay $50 in fines and $200 in court fees. Vanderbilt has yet to decide a proper course of disciplinary action, if any.

The charges will be expunged from their records after 30 days but these terms are contingent on good behavior.

Interim Director of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity Daniel Swinton explained that the matter will be heard by the Interfraternity Council (IFC) formal conduct board after the investigation is completed, despite the court's ruling.

"What happens with the court system and the Vanderbilt disciplinarian system are really independent of each other because they have different aims, goals, and purposes," said Swinton. "Our (focus) deals with the educational community where we live and work. We are aware of what happened in court and we will move forward."

Students involved in the incident have not been formally charged on campus and will have a chance to tell their side of the story during the formal hearing that will seat faculty, students and members of the IFC council.

The students were arrested in the early morning hours on Sunday, Sept. 21 at the High River Campground, where they'd gone for a weekend outing. The arrests came after they began celebrating the Commodores' football victory over Ole Miss.

The disturbance included the lighting of firecrackers in the campground at 2:30 a.m., which apparently led to the complaints that brought lawmen to the site.