Post by tex on Feb 8, 2014 18:10:34 GMT -5
The Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (DKE) was banned from Yale University, in New Haven Connecticut, after members marched through the campus chanting: “No means yes”.
Now a branch of DKE, which counts five American presidents among its former members – Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, George Bush Snr, and George W. Bush – has been set up at Edinburgh University.
DKE’s chapter at Alberta University, in Edmonton, Canada, was suspended after another video emerged of a bizarre “hazing” ritual in which a student was seen lying on the ground bound with tape.
Founder Taylor Scott Wilson, 20, from Atlanta, Georgia, has vowed the male-only Edinburgh branch will steer clear of the “debauchery” seen at Yale.
But a DKE logo chalked on to a square on campus was defaced with pink chalk and a feminist symbol, and feminists expressed “outrage” at its men-only policy.
DKE has 44,000 students. That event was years ago with not very many guys. It is completely unacceptable
Founder Taylor Scott Wilson, 20
Mr Wilson, a first-year Mandarin and Economics student, said 22 members had signed up so far, only four of whom are American.
Referring to the sexist behavior of members at Yale, he said: “That kind of debauchery it not something we want to be a part of.
“DKE has 44,000 students. That event was years ago with not very many guys. It is completely unacceptable. However, this fraternity has given a lot back.”
Mr Wilson hopes to recruit 25 members every academic year, and said that most of their activities would actually involve fund-raising for charities such as the Salvation Army.
Kirsty Haigh, a vice president at the Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA), said: “It worries me that Delta Kappa Epsilon’s founding Yale chapter was recently suspended for five years for misogynistic rituals and that they wish to be part of this.”
Stacey Devine, the National Union of Students’ Scotland women’s officer, said: “Dangerous hazing ceremonies, misogyny and sexism have no place on our campus, and neither do societies and fraternities which indulge in them.”
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/458636/Sexism-and-hazing-background-of-US-fraternity-at-Scottish-university?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-uk-news+(Daily+Express+%3A%3A+UK+Feed)
Now a branch of DKE, which counts five American presidents among its former members – Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, George Bush Snr, and George W. Bush – has been set up at Edinburgh University.
DKE’s chapter at Alberta University, in Edmonton, Canada, was suspended after another video emerged of a bizarre “hazing” ritual in which a student was seen lying on the ground bound with tape.
Founder Taylor Scott Wilson, 20, from Atlanta, Georgia, has vowed the male-only Edinburgh branch will steer clear of the “debauchery” seen at Yale.
But a DKE logo chalked on to a square on campus was defaced with pink chalk and a feminist symbol, and feminists expressed “outrage” at its men-only policy.
DKE has 44,000 students. That event was years ago with not very many guys. It is completely unacceptable
Founder Taylor Scott Wilson, 20
Mr Wilson, a first-year Mandarin and Economics student, said 22 members had signed up so far, only four of whom are American.
Referring to the sexist behavior of members at Yale, he said: “That kind of debauchery it not something we want to be a part of.
“DKE has 44,000 students. That event was years ago with not very many guys. It is completely unacceptable. However, this fraternity has given a lot back.”
Mr Wilson hopes to recruit 25 members every academic year, and said that most of their activities would actually involve fund-raising for charities such as the Salvation Army.
Kirsty Haigh, a vice president at the Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA), said: “It worries me that Delta Kappa Epsilon’s founding Yale chapter was recently suspended for five years for misogynistic rituals and that they wish to be part of this.”
Stacey Devine, the National Union of Students’ Scotland women’s officer, said: “Dangerous hazing ceremonies, misogyny and sexism have no place on our campus, and neither do societies and fraternities which indulge in them.”
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/458636/Sexism-and-hazing-background-of-US-fraternity-at-Scottish-university?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-uk-news+(Daily+Express+%3A%3A+UK+Feed)
