Courtesy of The Fratboy News
Former College President Advocates Lower Drinking Age
A former college president has been very outspoken lately, advocating a change of the legal drinking age in the United States to 18.
John M. McCardell Jr., a former president at Middlebury College, established a group called Choose Responsibility. He and the group are behind the [...]
What does “The Summer of Love” (that’s 1967 to you kiddoes out there) have to do with SigEp? You might be surprised.
People involved in the local hippie scene recall that only in Plaza Park, which is now known as Cesar Chavez Plaza, did large numbers of long-hairs congregate in public. There, says Gus Kaplanis, a [...]
The article referred to (rebutted) here is fairly lengthy, but it is worth the link if only for the extensive and entertaining comments that it has drawn.
“Free Speech Friday“
The May 31 article “Students and the Community: Off-campus Life North of 45th Street” was an irresponsible article that contained misleading facts. For example, the reference to [...]
D.J. $crilla helped Pittsburg State (KS) Sig Eps raise Money for YouthAids.
Media Credit: Raymond Hillegas
DJ $crilla, recording artist and Sigma Phi Epsilon alumnus from Ohio, raps during the YouthAids Benefit Concert last Friday evening at Gorilla Village. Sigma Phi Epsilon’s national chapter donated $3 for every dollar that was raised through ticket sales at the [...]
Columbia University administrators tighten control over Greek LifeBy Sara Maria Hasbun
Columbia University Greek Life is facing an administrative crackdown on parties, according to students who belong to campus sororities and fraternities. Members of fraternities worry that Hot Jazz, a yearly event put on by ADP, may not be the last casualty.
“Greek advisers and the [...]
ULS effort to address hazing concerns welcomeBy Monica Carter Tagore
Louisiana can be a model for other states to follow. The University of Louisiana System is among the first in the nation to participate in an intensive program aimed at getting a real handle on the “Greeks gone wild” phenomenon.Grambling State University and Nicholls State University [...]
This is not exactly a fraternity story, but is fairly close. At least in the kind of responses it raised when it was first reported.
The Duke lacrosse team players who were accused of rape, ’sexual offenses’, and kidnapping have been cleared of all charges. The state attorney general concluded there was no evidence to proceed [...]
‘Bottoms up’ on Quad as SEC hosts MocktailsRobert Preliasco
Pina coladas were served on the University of Rhode Island Quadrangle last evening for perhaps the first time in 10 years - sans alcohol, of course.
Cold temperatures couldn’t keep students away from the Mocktails event, part of the Student Entertainment Committee’s Springfest 2007.
Students could purchase a pint [...]
Students Protest Fraternity Parties Racially-themed events targetedBy Elizabeth Manapsal
In light of two fraternity parties featuring racially-charged themes, several groups across campus, including Black Students United, United Progressives and Amnesty International held a rally on Ho Plaza yesterday calling for Cornell to end such racially-themed parties.
Student speakers openly criticized the University for failing to provide a [...]
Incident Provokes Concern Between Fraternity, Neighbors
An evening of green-beer debauchery has restarted a long time feud between the brothers of Sigma Pi at California State University, Long Beach and the neighborhood surrounding their fraternity house.
On the evening of St Patrick’s day one of the Sigma Pi brothers broke a window at a nearby coffee shop. [...]
