Submission: Greek community must work together to combat negative perceptions

Greek Community: The recent Daily Bruin article, “Records reveal Pi Kappa Phi members made racists statements in 2013,” suggests that racists and misogynistic comments are commonplace within the Greek community. While the university needs time to gather all the facts and review these serious and disturbing allegations, I also feel the need to provide this […]

Aram Ghoogasian: Leaked frat minutes should be a catalyst for serious reflection

White supremacy has always lived in the American fraternity house, whether or not the members wear hoods. From the vestiges of Jim Crow, to racist songs about lynching at the University of Oklahoma last year, to a blackface party here at UCLA just this fall, Greek life has been an incubator of racism for so […]

Records reveal Pi Kappa Phi members made racist statements in 2013

This post was updated May 10 at 11:28 p.m. An undergraduate student government official released records Tuesday that revealed members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity in 2013 made racist and misogynistic statements during its chapter meetings. The documents, from the fraternity’s Eta Sigma chapter at UCLA, included racist comments under subheads titled “Racial Sensitivity,” and […]