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The Girl On TikTok Who Made a Fraternity Her Username

Don’t you hate it when you sign up for a newfangled social media app and your ideal handle is taken? Especially if…

Hazel Cills

PublishedDecember 28, 2020

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9/22/20

University of Georgia Junior Asks Greek Orgs to Socially Distance; Frat Responds With Racist Comments About Her Genitals

The putrid young gentleman of the University of Georgia’s fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha can’t handle the truth,…

Hazel Cills

PublishedSeptember 22, 2020

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4/30/19

Swarthmore Protesters Want to Transform Frats Into Spaces for Minority Women and Non-Binary Students

While colleges across the country grapple with allegations of sexual assault, harassment, and dangerous hazing that…

Hazel Cills

PublishedApril 30, 2019

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2/16/19

LSU Fraternity Members Arrested on Criminal Hazing Charges

On Thursday, nine members of the Louisiana State University chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity were…

Emily Alford

PublishedFebruary 16, 2019

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2/13/19

Women Sue Yale For Allowing Social Scene Dominated By Gross Fraternities

Months after Bret Kavanaugh argued that he couldn’t be a rapist because he “got into Yale Law School,” women at Yale…

Hazel Cills

PublishedFebruary 13, 2019

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9/5/18

UCLA Student Sues Campus Fraternities for Failing to Do More to Prevent Sexual Assault

In 2017, a UCLA student filed a Title IX complaint against another student for sexually assaulting her and won. (Her…

Frida Garza

PublishedSeptember 5, 2018

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7/25/18

Harvard Sorority Goes Gender-Neutral in Face of Sanctions

Harvard University’s Kappa Alpha Theta sorority is going gender-neutral in response to new sanctions imposed on…

Tracy Clark-Flory

PublishedJuly 25, 2018

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4/4/18

Jon Hamm on the Violent Hazing That Shuttered His Fraternity: 'It Was a Bummer of a Thing That Happened'

Over at Esquire, a new profile of handsome, lantern-jawed actor Jon Hamm covers a lot of ground, touching on yet…

Megan Reynolds

PublishedApril 4, 2018

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1/8/18

Fraternity Banned in Pennsylvania for 10 Years After Hazing Death

The fraternity Pi Delta Psi has been banned in the state of Pennsylvania for the next decade, after a Baruch College…

Kelly Faircloth

PublishedJanuary 8, 2018

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11/8/17

Florida State University Suspends Fraternities and Sororities Indefinitely After Student Death

Florida State University president John Thrasher announced on Monday that all of the school’s fraternities and…

Hannah Gold

PublishedNovember 8, 2017

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7/12/17

Harvard Faculty Move to Ban Frats and Sororities, Calling Their Effects 'Heartbreaking'

Whatever goes on during hazing week (or punch week, or whatever)–followed by heavy underage drinking every other…

Whitney Kimball

PublishedJuly 12, 2017

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10/24/16

Greek Parties Suspended At UC Berkeley After 2 Women Report Sexual Assaults

Student leaders at the University of California, Berkeley decided to suspend parties at the school’s fraternities…

Stassa Edwards

PublishedOctober 24, 2016

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10/14/16

Mizzou Frat Accused of Requiring Pledges to Drug Women Before Trying to Have Sex with Them

The University of Missouri’s Delta Upsilon fraternity was suspended in late September after members shouted racial…

Aimée Lutkin

PublishedOctober 14, 2016

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6/26/16

Former Indiana University Student Accused of Rape, Gets 1 Year Probation

On Friday, June 24, former Indiana University student John P. Enochs was sentenced to one year of probation after…

Rachel Vorona Cote

PublishedJune 26, 2016

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6/10/16

Virginia Tech Fraternity Banned for 10 Years for Beating Up Pledges

Virginia Tech’s Theta Iota chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity has been banned from campus for 10 years for…

Joanna Rothkopf

PublishedJune 10, 2016

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5/25/16

Oregon Fraternity Says That Trashing a California Lake Isn't a Reflection of Their 'Core Values'

Over the weekend, six photographs showing mounds of garbage left on Slaughterhouse Island, a popular party spot at…

Stassa Edwards

PublishedMay 25, 2016

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5/23/16

Frat Bros Will Keep Drinking Until They Die

A study reviewing 25 years of data has found that alcohol intervention and education are almost entirely useless…

Madeleine Davies

PublishedMay 23, 2016

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5/19/16

University of Wisconsin Suspends SAE Chapter for Racist Slurs

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has suspended the school’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) after a member…

Stassa Edwards

PublishedMay 19, 2016

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5/10/16

Harvard Women Protest University's Restrictions on Single-Gender Social Clubs

Last week, Harvard University President Drew G. Faust announced that members of the school’s single-gender clubs,…

Stassa Edwards

PublishedMay 10, 2016

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5/3/16

Yale's Chapter of SAE Known for 'White Girls Only' Incident Breaks Ties With National Organization

On Tuesday afternooon, Yale University’s chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity announced that it would…

Joanna Rothkopf

PublishedMay 3, 2016

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