frats

Texas Frat Defends Racist "Border Patrol" Party: It Was "Western-Themed"

Allie Jones · 02/09/15 09:43AM

What do you do when people find out your frat hosted a racist "border patrol" party, during which guests donned ponchos, sombreros, and construction gear replete with "Pablo Sanchez" name tags? Claim the event was "western-themed," as certain members of the Fiji fraternity at the University of Texas-Austin have done.

Two UVa Frats Refuse to Sign New Rules After Rolling Stone Debacle

Jay Hathaway · 01/15/15 01:10PM

The University of Virginia has imposed stricter safety regulations on campus fraternities in the wake of an alleged campus rape reported in a Rolling Stone story that was later found to have serious "discrepancies." Phi Kappa Psi, the fraternity implicated in the story, has agreed to the new rules—which include stricter control of alcohol at parties—but two other frats are refusing to sign because moooooom, we don't wanna!

Every Rape Reported at Fraternities This Year

Allie Jones · 12/22/14 09:00AM

In 1776, the Phi Beta Kappa society was founded at the College of William and Mary for men in the "pursuit of liberal education and intellectual fellowship." Over the course of the next two centuries, Greek letter societies proliferated across the U.S. and morphed into the all-male butt-chugging clubs we know as fraternities today. This year in particular was big for frats, in that they were clearly identified as the primary arena for rape to take place on campus.

Happy Holidays from These Penn Frat Bros and Their Black Blow-Up Doll

Allie Jones · 12/16/14 12:55PM

The bros of Phi Delta Theta at the esteemed University of Pennsylvania are in some shit after posting a Christmas card featuring their cheery faces and a black blow-up sex doll on Facebook. The doll (in the upper left corner) was meant to resemble Beyoncé, according to Phi Delt.

Frats Will Go Back to Partying at UVa in January

Allie Jones · 12/10/14 12:15PM

Thanks in part to Rolling Stone's rape reporting disaster, fraternities will resume partying at the University of Virginia on January 9. After protests from Greek groups including the North American Intrafraternity Conference, UVa President Teresa Sullivan has decided to end the frat suspension that was meant to "give the university and Greek leadership a pause to identify solutions that would best ensure the well-being and safety of students."

Frat Suspended for "Clemson Cripmas" Party in Wake of Ferguson Protests

Allie Jones · 12/08/14 12:40PM

While Clemson students protested non-indictments in Ferguson and Staten Island on campus this weekend, some frat bros decided to elevate the race discussion by dressing like gang members. Sigma Alpha Epsilon threw a "Clemson Cripmas" theme party Saturday night, which featured a lot of white kids sporting fake tear drop tattoos.

University: Frat Bros Show "No Remorse" Over Allegedly Drugging 3 Girls

Allie Jones · 12/04/14 04:16PM

After a party at the Tau Kappa Epsilon house at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on September 12, three female students and one male student went the hospital for severe intoxication. The women believe they were roofied; the man drank from one of the women's cups. So UWM finally shut TKE down, in part because the brothers have apparently shown "no remorse" over the incident.

Frat Suggests Taking Feminist Students on a "Raping Trip"

Allie Jones · 11/20/14 12:45PM

This year, the American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon chartered its first "colony" in the U.K. at Edinburgh University. The American frat bros brought much across the pond to their Scottish brothers: "dignity," "honor," stories about famed DKE George W. Bush, and rape jokes.