Just a mere two weeks ago, Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity was banned from Yale University’s campus for the next five years. This is the punishment for pledge’s of the fraternity chanting inappropriate and demining things about women in public. Of course this isn’t the first year this fraternity has done this, in fact as the Alpha chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon, the Yale chapter has been on campus for over 150 years, so why are they being punished now? Last October 16 complaints were filled to the University, claiming the University was not protecting its students and eliminating sexual harassment towards all women. The article ended with showing the positive reactions from the student body, feeling pleased that Yale finally took action.
I personally feel this article is extremely anti-Greek. Do I think these boys should have been chanting these things? No, probably not. Do I think it’s ok to just sit back and say “boys will be boys”, absolutely not. At the same time, are these boys the only people on Yale’s campus chanting these sorts of statements? Probably not. I agree with non-Greek students on Yale’s campus, that the university should have done something. No university should ignore the complaints of their students, however a 5 year ban from campus? Seems a little steep if you ask me, especially when it was only the pledges and not the entire fraternity.
My view is that even if there are a few true fraternity men, in a chapter the chapter should not be shut down. Maybe their nationals need to clean house and find the members that they truly want to keep in the chapter, but in the end that isn’t Yale’s place to decide the fate of an entire chapter.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/education/18yale.html
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