Fraternity scandals have become all too familiar. Every few weeks, a new hazing ritual or act of accidental violence puts Greek Life in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. You'd expect the most educated young people to be above racial chants and sexually aggressive behavior, but clearly that's not the case. This list of fraternity scandals will leave you questioning the foundations of brotherhood. A select few chapters have tarnished the reputation of fraternities as a whole by publicly abusing pledges, violently hazing members, and discussing sexual assault openly. The consequences are severe: university reputations suffer, students experience psychological trauma, families are affected, and tragically, lives are lost. This list sheds light on the horrific fraternity culture prevalent on college campuses across the US, highlighting the shocking negligence and dimwitted behavior of some individuals. Who thinks it's okay to post racist pictures on social media or joke about rape in emails? Prepare to be shocked, though not entirely surprised, by the disturbing facts about the worst fraternities.
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In November 2015, news broke that Yale SAE members hosted a "White Girls Only" party, blocking women of color from entry. Yale sophomore Neema Githere shared this story via a Facebook post.A Yale SAE chapter member turned away a group of girls from their party last night. They explained admittance was 'White Girls Only.' Also, a Yale SAE member turned me and my friends away for the same reason last year. God Bless the USA.
SAE members denied the accusation. Githere said they sent a Black pledge to her dorm to discuss the event. He told her the brothers admitted people based on looks, not race.
The Daily BeastThe Daily Beast investigated Githere's story. They found issues, such as Githere and her friends were not turned away the year before. They only overheard one brother say there were too many Black women at the party. They left after Githere's male friend heard the remark and got angry. None of this reflects well on SAE.
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During a December 2013 retreat in the Poconos, a freshman Pi Delta Psi pledge...Chun Hsien Deng wore a backpack full of sand while running a gauntlet of tackling would-be brothers, blindfolded. One "spearing" incident lifted him and dropped him, knocking Deng unconscious and causing a brain injury. The frat did not seek medical help right away. The 19-year-old freshman recruit died.
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House cleaners found... George Desdunes died on a couch at his fraternity house. Zipties and duct tape wrapped his ankles. He had a BAC of 4.0. The pledge was kidnapped, blindfolded, and bound at the ankles and wrists. He faced trivia about Sigma Alpha Epsilon; wrong answers meant a vodka shot.
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The Alpha Tau Omega chapter at Indiana University faced suspension after a leaked video surfaced. The video showed ATO brothers surrounding a man who appeared forced to perform oral sex on a naked stripper. The men kicked the prostrate cunnilinguist in the head repeatedly. This video is very disturbing.
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Phi Delta Theta of the Texas Tech ChapterThe Phi Delta Theta chapter lost its charter in September 2014. This happened after they displayed banners with, “No Means Yes, Yes Means Anal” at a party themed around a hurricane. Sean Wagner, the Phi Delta Theta Associate Executive Vice President, responded to this behavior."When looking at this awful behavior, there was zero leadership, making things disrespectful to women."
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University of Michigan’s Sigma Alpha Mu vandalized an innocent ski resort.$230,000 in damages resulted.This happened at a Gaylord, MI, ski resort.The Sigma Alpha Mu Chapter of the University of Michigan lost its charter. Four years later, the chapter remained unrecognizable. They damaged 45 rooms, including windows, light fixtures, and other things they could find.
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The incident involves the Black fraternity.Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter at Arizona State UniversityThe Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter of Arizona State University lost its charter in January 2014 after hosting a racist "Martin Luther King Jr. party." Students wore items tied toThe Black fraternity caused the damage.-American racism and publicly claimed themselves with the hashtags #blackoutformlk and #ihaveadream. Tau Kappa Epsilon did well!
For the poorly planned party, Rev. Jarrett Maupin, a localBlack members caused the damage.A Black activist put it best: "Just a day after the nation celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy, racism showed up at one of America's biggest universities."
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Back in 2011, Yale’s Delta Kappa Epsilon chapter chanted pro-rape phrases.Yale’s Delta Kappa Epsilon chapter chanted pro-rape phrases.Suspension lasted five years. Pledges were told to chant, “No means yes, yes means anal,” outside dorms. Complaints about a “sexually hostile environment” arose when the case became an investigation.
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Fraternity members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon got kicked to the Oklahoma curb.Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s University of Oklahoma fraternity members faced racial comradery issues.The chapter lost its charter and faced immediate expulsion after singing anti-Black fraternity brothers experienced racist comradery.Students responded fast, righteously, and united. They gathered that night, forming prayer circles and standing against the racist actions.
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At 19, Cal State Northridge studentArmando Villa died during an 18-mile pledge hike through Angeles National Forest.Members of the Zeta Mu chapter of Pi Kappa Phi died during an 18-mile pledge hike through Angeles National Forest.The Zeta Mu chapter of Pi Kappa Phi experienced a pledge death.blindfolded the pledges, banned shoes, and took cellphones before the hike. Other pledges found Armando Villa, and he was pronounced dead at the hospital. TheThe Zeta Mu chapter of Pi Kappa Phi has lost its charter.The Zeta Mu chapter of Pi Kappa Phi permanently withdrew their charter..
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Perhaps campus lacked holiday spirit that year, or they lacked adderall that week, but the bold members ofSigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at Clemson University faced suspension for a Cripmas party.definitely did not think twice before throwing an offensive "Cripmas" party. The South Carolina university suspended many members for wearing bandanas and Tupac gear and trying to flash gang signs in photos they posted online. The fraternity issued an apology, but the internet will always remember them as lame.
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Cabri Chamberlin, a freshman at Wesleyan University, went to a party at the Xi Chapter of Psi Upsilon fraternity house in Middletown, CT.CNN reported on 'Woman Takes Stand Against Rape Culture After Alleged Rape at Frat Party' in the list '25 Awful Things Frats Did That Got Them Kicked Off Campus'.Party goers danced naked and drank a lot of alcohol. Chamberlin felt uncomfortable. She put on her jacket to leave when a frat member grabbed her from behind and raped her. Chamberlin called the police; the sexual assault was documented at the local hospital.
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A disturbed, negligent, and foolish young man in the Phi Kappa Tau chapter at Georgia Tech was suspended after writing an email titled “The Phi Kappa Tau chapter at Georgia Tech faced suspension after writing an email titled “Luring Your Rapebait”..The email was a numbered “how to” guide on approaching a girl, getting her drunk, and luring her into a bedroom (or onto a nearby couch, “depending on the kind of party”)to have sex with her. The idiot even added, “send them out of your room and on their way out when you are finished,” acting like a Roman Emperor at a fertility festival.The lousy schmuck even wrote, “send them out of your room and on their way out when you are finished,” acting like a Roman Emperor at a fertility festival.
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In December 2012, a freshman pledge...Jack Culolias died.Culolias was pledging to join the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.He was at Arizona State University.Culolias drank heavily with brothers and pledges. After getting kicked out of a bar for urinating on the patio, Culolias left without help from fraternity brothers.The University of Wisconsin’s Chi Phi chapter performed poorly during their 2015 pledge week.The autopsy found drowning caused Culolias's death. The report stated Culolias's BAC was .28.
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Aidan Mohr.Aidan Mohr was taken to a Tempe, Arizona Emergency Room with only a sticky note showing his name. After drinking 20 shots of tequila in a few hours with frat brothers, he had a BAC of .471.intheknowzone.com reports that BACs above .4 commonly cause death.Mohr survived the incident. Hopefully, he finds better friends later.
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It was alleged...Sigma Phi Epsilon members shouted racy and inappropriate obscenities at marchers during an anti-sexual assault march called “Take Back the Night.” Delta Sigma Phi, another SDSU fraternity, egged the crowd with sex toys. All Greek social events stopped. The student body demanded the Student Body President, a member of one of the involved fraternities, resign because he failed to grasp the situation's seriousness.
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The Kappa Delta Rho Chapter of Penn State faced a year-long suspension and reorganization after someone leaked information showing the chapter had not one, but...TWO private Facebook pages.These pages showed photos of drug use, naked or nearly naked women passed out, and other illegal events.
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p>The University of Wisconsin’s Chi Phi chapter performed poorly during their 2015 pledge week.2015 pledge week.They used blindfolds and told pledges to put their fingers in a private spot, which was just a jar of Nutella. They also made the pledges eat weird spicy food and sleep like sardines in an attic. A kid got a concussion after a coffin ritual.
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An upperclassman in the Alpha Tau Omega chapter at Vanderbiltsent a frat-wide emailThe upperclassman carelessly stated, “this will be a rape-free event.... promise” regarding a recent rape case involving their football team. Authorities suspended the chapter while they investigated.
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Sigma Phi Epsilon surprised people. In early 2014, three members of the S.A.E.’s University of Mississippi chapterSigma Phi Epsilon expelled.Sigma Phi Epsilon suspended the fraternity indefinitely for hanging a noose and a Confederate flag around a statue of James Meredith, the university’s first Black student.Black.The fraternity suspended the fraternity indefinitely for hanging a noose and a Confederate flag around a statue of James Meredith, the university’s first Black student.
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Police recovered the body of 18-year-old Nolan Michael Burch after Kappa Sigma’s charter was withdrawn and the group closed.The body was found in the frat house at West Virginia University.Autopsy reports his condition.His BAC was .493.Pledges each received a bottle of liquor as part of their initiation into the frat.
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The University of Vermont’s Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter closed after aA frat-member survey circulatedThe survey asked, “Who would you rape?” Those guys are making their mothers and sisters proud.
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Tucker Hipps’s body found after a fight over McDonald's breakfast sandwiches.The body was found floating in Lake Hartwell after the pledge allegedly fell off the bridge during a fight with brothers from Clemson’s Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter.Brothers from Clemson’s Sigma Phi Epsilon chapterThe night before a fraternity run, a brother allegedly texted Hipps, asking him to bring over 100 McDonald’s breakfast items for the brothers. Hipps could not afford the 30-person breakfast order, and an argument started. The case is still under investigation as stories have surfaced about how Hipps ended up in the water.
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A Tau Chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity got disbanded.The chapter was disbandedNorth Carolina State University disbanded the chapter after a book of sexist and racist remarks spread campus. Frat brothers came together over the written word, paying respect to the infamous middle school slam book. That is a cool way to end things.
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Theta Tau, an engineering fraternity at Syracuse UniversityExtremely racist videos got a Syracuse University suspension.The video showed them repeating racial slurs, acting out crude acts, and promising hatred toward African-Americans, Jewish people, and Hispanics. An independent campus newspaper reported the video, and the Office of Students Rights and Responsibilities suspended the chapter.
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