Subscribe to this tag At Florida: Male or Christian, but Not Both
By
Alison Go
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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
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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
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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
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Alison Go
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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
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Christina Mueller
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Alison Go
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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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