Syracuse Suspends Theta Tau Fraternity Over 'Racist, Anti-Semitic, Homophobic and Sexist' Initiation

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2. This also made the local paper here, though it's in a different part of the state

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I was surprised since they eliminated fraternities at my college several years ago after they lowered the drinking age to 18. BTW, both of my parents were Syracuse graduates so I checked out which fraternity it was because my Dad was an engineering student - but it wasn't his. I read their apology somewhere, but this sounds horrible.

Syracuse fraternity permanently expelled over racist video
http://poststar.com/news/state-and-regional/syracuse-fraternity-permanently-expelled-over-racist-video/article_a7640be0-af45-5e7f-817b-7df334c048c5.html

SYRACUSE — Syracuse University announced Saturday that it has permanently expelled a fraternity over an offensive video that fraternity members say was intended as satire.

Chancellor Kent Syverud called the Theta Tau video “racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, ableist and sexist” in a video posted on the university’s website.

He said disciplinary actions against the individual students involved could include suspension or expulsion.

The video showed a group of men laughing uproariously at performances punctuated by racist language against blacks, Jews and Hispanics and simulated sex acts. Some students contend the video illustrates larger issues of racism and sexism at the university.

The Syracuse chapter of Theta Tau, a national engineering fraternity, apologized for the video Friday and says its members believe racism “has no place on a university campus.”