![]() ![]() "Nothing about these documents reflect that these minutes or hazing practices were done in isolation," wrote Swarthmore student Olivia Smith to NBC10. The statement goes on to highlight some of the organizations positive community efforts, adding, “We remain steadfast in our commitment to our extensive Title IX programming, positive coordination with Public Safety, and our desire to always be a space where students can enjoy themselves outside of the academic climate.” “None of us would have joined the organization had this been the standard when we arrived at Swarthmore,” the statement read. Prior to the protests, Phi Psi fraternity members released a statement on their Facebook page, condemning the language used in the leaked documents and noting that currently enrolled fraternity brothers weren’t yet in college at the time the now-leaked documents were created. “We continue to work closely with Swarthmore faculty, students, and our international headquarters to create a space free from bigotry, harassment, or violence.” “Delta Upsilon is a group of dedicated and driven students who, just like everyone else on this campus, strive to live by the values and principles of our college,” the frat said in its statement. Philadelphia magazine reported that Swarthmore’s Delta Upsilon chapter provided a statement saying the leaked documents - which it read with “total revulsion” - “call into question whether there is any place for fraternities at Swarthmore at all.” They said the leaked documents “do not reflect the values of Delta Upsilon” and, in a follow-up, added they believe the fraternity does “have a place on Swarthmore’s campus.” ![]() The pain was not just from what the documents contain but really about the college’s protection of fraternities and refusal to act in any moral way,” Morgin Goldberg, a Swarthmore senior and O4S organizer, told Voices. “It’s saying, isn’t good enough, and that flies in the face of people’s experiences of pain. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that students are sitting and sleeping inside the frat house and in tents on the front lawn, with banners hanging on the building that say, “This house is ours” and “Nothing has changed. Students, dissatisfied that the school hasn’t yet shut down the fraternities, have continued to protest.
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