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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCalifornia 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, SDSUs 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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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, SDSUs 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
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MineralMan
(146,192 posts)1. Anyone who participated in that heckling should
be expelled forthwith.
Lochloosa
(16,019 posts)2. That is what I was thinking. Why are they allowed on any campus?
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)3. Damned if I know.
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"
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?