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Fraternities and sororities will no longer be allowed on Swarthmore College’s campus following an announcement from President Valerie Smith on Friday. The announcement follows the release of documents from a fraternity that contained racist, sexist and homophobic language. Swarthmore’s two fraternities have already disbanded. Kappa Alpha Theta is the only sorority on campus. This developing story received broad coverage, including in CNN, Huffington Post, Bustle,…

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The only two fraternities at Swarthmore College have opted to disband amid outrage over years-old documents containing derogatory comments about women, the LGBTQ community, and jokes about sexual assault. Delta Upsilon and Phi Psi (which is not affiliated with a national organization), announced their decisions in separate Facebook posts Tuesday, April 30. “We cannot in good conscience be members of an organization with such a painful history,” Phi Psi said in…

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All sorority and fraternity activities at the University of Buffalo (UB) have been suspended following the death of 18-year-old Sebastian Serafin-Bazan, a freshman at UB, who had been ordered to perform exercises during a suspected hazing incident inside a house associated with the Sigma Pi fraternity. Serafin-Bazan suffered cardiac arrest. He had recently been treated for a respiratory ailment, possibly the flu. Preliminary toxicology reports stated…

Workforce Updates

Join Recruitment Committee Chairman Kara Van Duzee and committee members in welcoming Liz Becker, Zeta Nu/UC Davis, as recruitment and Panhellenic district director (RPDD) in College District XV. Contact Ansley Howze, assistant director of collegiate services, with any questions. 

Kara Van Duzee will be away from her Theta desk from tomorrow, April 24, through Friday, May 3. Please contact Ansley Howze in her absence.

Staff Updates

Laura Stelsel, assistant director of…

Grand Council Action

At its meeting Friday, Grand Council:

• Approved Epsilon Lambda/Dickinson’s move to FHC;
• Considered an officer appointment;
• Considered a membership reinstatement; and
• Considered two membership terminations.  

Workforce Updates

College Committee Chairman Laura Locke is pleased to announce that Grand Council has appointed Samantha Keil, Eta Iota/San Diego, as college district director (CDD) in College District XV.

Join Recruitment Committee Chairman Kara Van Duzee…

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NBC and a variety of local outlets covered the University of Texas at Arlington’s suspension of fraternity and sorority activities over ”concerns regarding the culture of the fraternal community.” During the pause, the university has assembled a Fraternity and Sorority Life Task Force to review the state of affairs within Greek life and recommend steps to affect a positive shift in the community culture. The suspension was not based on a singular event but was…

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The Xi-Lambda chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity at the University of Georgia (UGA) has been temporarily suspended after a video circulating on social media showed several people mocking slavery and one person using the n-word. There is an investigation underway regarding the students involved in the video. "Tau Kappa Epsilon is disgusted, appalled and angered by the remarks shown in a video of four expelled members,” the fraternity said. “TKE will not…

Seton Hall University 

Theta was not asked to make a presentation at Seton Hall University as part of their extension process. We are saddened to hear the news and understand they received a lot of interest from NPC groups. Please direct questions to Lindsay Sell, director of extension. 

Staff Update

Kassie Dobbs, Gamma Upsilon/Miami, is the new Foundation assistant director of advancement. Kassie transitioned to Foundation from her assistant director of collegiate services role where she…

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Dani Weatherford, National Panhellenic Conference CEO, was quoted in a Centre Daily Times article regarding anti-hazing legislation re-introduced at in the U.S. Senate last week. The REACH Act has its roots in deceased Penn State pledge Timothy Piazza. Weatherford offered support for the legislation, saying in a statement, “We know that students and parents have long had access to timely information about campus security, and we believe they deserve the same…