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2013 DU Minutes, Past Members Provide Window into Culture of Frat

Content warning: sexually explicit language When individuals pledged to now-disbanded Delta Upsilon fraternity at Swarthmore in 2013, they were required to create a separate Gmail account for internal communications. These communications included “minutes” that would contain statements like ‘Grade A USDA Slut’

May 2, 2019

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Both Fraternities Disband on Day Four of Ongoing Coalition Sit-In

On Saturday April 27, a student accompanied by two friends called Public Safety claiming to have forgotten her wallet in the basement of the Phi Psi fraternity house. After an officer let her in, she allowed in dozens more students who had

May 2, 2019

Opinion

Your Emails Are Not Enough: Swat Administration’s Pattern of Inaction

On April 30, the fourth day of the ongoing sit-in by Organizing for Survivors and the Coalition to End Fraternity Violence, both Phi Psi and Delta Upsilon unanimously voted to disband. The votes came nearly two weeks after leaked documents from 2013-2016

May 2, 2019

News

Phi Psi Leak Sparks Questions About Fraternity Culture

One week after the leak, we ask: why did those who had access to lewd Phi Psi party recaps remain silent over the six years for which these documents existed? And was this just an isolated incident — a snapshot in time,

April 25, 2019

Highlights·News

After Phi Psi Leak, O4S and Coalition to End Frat Violence Take Action

After the publication of 2013 Phi Psi internal documents revealing sexist, homophobic, and racist attitudes, O4S and the newly formed Swarthmore Coalition Against Fraternity Violence determined a course of action that would pressure administration to end the leases of fraternities on campus.

April 25, 2019

Opinion

The Frat Leak Matters — Even If You Don’t Go to Frat Parties

Last week, both The Phoenix and Voices published articles documenting histories of racist, sexist, and homophobic practices within Phi Psi during 2013 and 2014, along with documents describing their pledging process, all from leaked internal documents. Since then, Swat alums — both

April 25, 2019

Opinion

Greek Life is Antithetical to Swarthmore’s Quaker Values

As I approach the end of my second four years at Swarthmore, I am sad to be leaving such wonderful students and colleagues, but I am perhaps even more saddened by the deep flaws in my alma mater’s student culture highlighted by

April 24, 2019

Highlights·Opinion

I Was in D.U. — Swarthmore’s Fraternities Must Go

In the Spring of 2013, I wrote an op-ed in the former Daily Gazette defending the continued existence of the Delta Upsilon fraternity based on my experience as a D.U. brother. In the final paragraph, I wrote: “If I believed that [D.U.]

April 23, 2019

Highlights·Opinion

I Was a Member of Phi Psi — Swarthmore’s Fraternities Must Go

I was a member of Phi Psi at Swarthmore from the Fall of 2011 to the Spring of 2015. I’m writing to publicly call for the removal of fraternities from campus. Violence, disparaging language, and other behavior attributed to Phi Psi members

April 21, 2019

News

Phi Psi Leak Suggests Evidence of Hazing

The Phoenix obtained unsolicited Phi Psi internal files from an anonymous source that reveal details of the Phi Psi pledging process. The files include folders with documents, photos, and videos detailing aspects of the pledging process, among other information, as far back

April 18, 2019

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2013 DU Minutes, Past Members Provide Window into Culture of Frat

Both Fraternities Disband on Day Four of Ongoing Coalition Sit-In

Your Emails Are Not Enough: Swat Administration’s Pattern of Inaction

The Frat Leak Matters — Even If You Don’t Go to Frat Parties

Greek Life is Antithetical to Swarthmore’s Quaker Values

I Was in D.U. — Swarthmore’s Fraternities Must Go

I Was a Member of Phi Psi — Swarthmore’s Fraternities Must Go

Phi Psi Leak Suggests Evidence of Hazing

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