The Pi Kappa Alpha and Theta Chi fraternities are suspended from block seating and social events pending judicial action following acts of vandalism.

Phallic images were spray painted onto the Theta Chi chapter house Wednesday, Sept. 26, and director of Media Relations Cathy Andreen said the University of Alabama Police Department was investigating acts by both fraternities.

“A dispute between Pi Kappa Alpha and Theta Chi fraternities has resulted in acts of vandalism at both fraternity houses,” Andreen said. “The Pi Kappa Alpha damage is mainly exterior and the Theta Chi damage is interior, exterior and on personal property.”

Theta Chi president Logan Austin said the vandalism didn’t come as a surprise but that Wednesday’s events were an escalation of a prank war.

“We both knew that we were pulling pranks on each other but paint and stuff – that’s not cool,” Austin said. “People just get too excited sometimes, and it sounds like that is what happened.”

Austin said there was no serious damage inside the house, but the fraternity house mother called the UAPD after seeing the exterior graffiti.

“She wasn’t too happy about paint on her house,” Austin said.

Austin said the house was not planning on pressing criminal charges, though Andreen said UAPD was investigating the incidents as of 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Though Pike’s president could not be reached for comment by press time, Austin said the two houses are working together to resolve the issue.

“I talked to [Pike’s president] all day,” Austin said. “We both agreed that we were going to repair the damage to each others houses and leave it at that. There is no bad blood between us.”

Andreen said both fraternities’ block seating would be opened for general admission at Saturday’s game versus Ole Miss.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post identified Thomas Davis as the president of Pike. Davis is no longer Pike’s president.