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Another New Hampshire Fraternity Suspended
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- October 7, 2008
Seven people were arrested following alcohol-related hospitalizations.
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Colorado Fraternity Targeted by Homemade Bomb
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- October 6, 2008
No one was seriously injured in the early-morning attack.
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Southern Mississippi Fraternity Evicted After Hazing Probe
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- September 9, 2008
Two female students were hospitalized with alcohol poisoning after a Kappa Sigma event.
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Anthrax Suspect May Have Had Sorority Obsession
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- August 8, 2008
FBI documents show decades-old interest in sorority, which might explain why letters were sent from Princeton, N.J.
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Wii Beer Pong Game Denounced by Frat Advisers
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- July 15, 2008
Group says game glorifies binge drinking and especially criticizes its teen rating.
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Penn State Freshmen Banned From Summer Greek Events
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- July 14, 2008
Director hopes new policy will boost real recruitment when school begins.
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Channeling Their Inner James Madison: A Frat Bill of Rights
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- November 1, 2007
Unhappy with university persecution, University of Rochester fraternities have drafted a Bill of Rights to establish explicitly the relationship between frats and school security officials.
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Arizona State Frat Houses May Get Makeover
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- October 31, 2007
The school wants to upgrade fraternity row, but nostalgic types aren't too happy about it.
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Dartmouth's Greek Community Attempts Serious Discussion
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- August 10, 2007
The Greek community at Dartmouth College gathered this week to discuss "issues of Greek stereotypes, intentionality, comfort levels in Greek basements, self-respect, and the role of alcohol in male-female interactions," the Dartmouth writes.
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Greeks: It's Not Just About Money, Alcohol, and Sex. We Complain a Lot, Too
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- July 31, 2007
Because everything we see on TV is real, the national organizations for sororities and fraternities are up in arms over ABC Family's new show "Greek," Ohio State's Lantern writes. The show–which is not about big, fat weddings but rather debaucherous coeds with an affinity for stripping on front lawns and drinking too much tequila–has drawn criticism from sisterhoods like Delta Delta Delta, which condemns the program for promoting "the stereotypical and mistaken misconceptions about greek [sic] life.
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At Florida: Male or Christian, but Not Both
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- July 11, 2007
Beta Upsilon Chi, an all-male Christian fraternity, has filed suit against the University of Florida because the group has been denied approval as a registered student organization, the Gainesville Sun reports..
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- July 11, 2007
*The Delta Chi fraternity at Oregon State University is looking for its statue of the Roman god Vulcan, according to the Daily Barometer. Maybe it should send a search team to Cornell University.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- July 2, 2007
*The Cornell University Police Department recovered its replica of the Sleeping Ariadne statue from an unnamed, off-campus fraternity house, according to the Cornell Daily Sun. Estimated value of a goddess of fertility statue: $20,000.
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Drexel Frat Learns Nothing Is Secret Online
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 29, 2007
Like something out of a bad CW television show, an E-mail circulating around Drexel University sororities accuses the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity of posting scandalous pictures and offensive content on its internal website, the Triangle reports. The E-mail reads: "Under headings such as 'jawn spotting' and 'smuts,' brothers can access your pictures, Facebook profile links, a list of brothers who have been with you, nicknames, comments about you and even a place where the men can rank you.
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A Fraternity, a Goat, and Some Introspection
By Christina Mueller and Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 22, 2007
Not satisfied with ordinary punishment, Louisiana State University is calling for its Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity chapter to sing "Kumbaya" during an "introspection period"—designed as reprimand for housing a live goat last fall, reports the Daily Reveille. Members claimed it was a chapter mascot.
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Frat Wants Help Teaching Cultural Sensitivity to Its Chapters
The Paper Trail
- December 14, 2006
University of New Mexico officials met with national leaders of Sigma Chi, the fraternity the university suspended five years ago after members vandalized a car parked illegally in their parking lot by taping a swastika on it and leaving a hate letter. The topic of the discussion: cultural sensitivity.
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Boise State Columnist Targets Sorority Girls . . . at Her Peril
The Paper Trail
- December 8, 2006
The last time she played this game, Hadley Rush, a columnist at Boise State University's Arbiter, was "excommunicated by my sorority, attacked in a public restroom, denounced by all of my acquaintences [sic] and momentarily disowned by my best friend." But that didn't stop her from ending her column this semester with a final knock on sorority girls, who she previously declared were "good at a lot of things .
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At University of Michigan, Partying for Diversity
The Paper Trail
- November 30, 2006
A statewide ban on affirmative action has focused University of Michigan students' attention on racial tensions on campus--and they're starting to fight back, with a diversity push from an unexpected player: the fraternity and sorority scene. Self-segregation long plagued fraternities and sororities, but they've now launched an "unprecedented" move to reverse that, the Michigan Daily reports.
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