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Eugene

(61,595 posts)
Wed Dec 17, 2014, 09:31 AM Dec 2014

California university bans fraternity over anti-rape march harassment

Source: Reuters

California university bans fraternity over anti-rape march harassment

BY DAN WHITCOMB
LOS ANGELES Tue Dec 16, 2014 11:06pm EST

(Reuters) - San Diego State University on Tuesday banned a fraternity whose members were accused of harassing people taking part in an anti-rape march, a move that comes amid a renewed debate over the handling of sexual assaults on U.S. college campuses.

The university said on its website that the national offices of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity had agreed to close the Gamma Alpha chapter at San Diego State at least until the fall of 2016.

"There is no place in our campus community for the type of ongoing behaviors displayed by those involved with this fraternity chapter," Eric Rivera, SDSU’s vice president for student affairs, said in a written statement.

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Fraternity members were accused of being among a group of hecklers who threw eggs and waved sex toys at about 35 students taking part in an anti-rape "Take Back the Night" march through the campus in November.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/17/us-usa-fraternity-banned-idUSKBN0JV0A820141217
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California university bans fraternity over anti-rape march harassment (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2014 OP
Anyone who participated in that heckling should MineralMan Dec 2014 #1
That is what I was thinking. Why are they allowed on any campus? Lochloosa Dec 2014 #2
Damned if I know. MineralMan Dec 2014 #3
Other reports indicate that some hecklers were waving "dildos" LeftinOH Dec 2014 #4

MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
3. Damned if I know.
Wed Dec 17, 2014, 10:31 AM
Dec 2014

Waving sex toys and throwing eggs at people protesting campus rapes?

"Well, Biff and Bucky, you're outa here!"

Damned frat boys!

LeftinOH

(5,342 posts)
4. Other reports indicate that some hecklers were waving "dildos"
Wed Dec 17, 2014, 10:34 AM
Dec 2014

at the marchers.

Which leads to an as-yet unanswered question: Why did these guys even have sex toys of that nature? What kind of fraternity is this? Is it normal for college students to have these things nowadays?

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