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Yale fraternity under fire for alleged misogyny - Boston.com

Yale fraternity under fire for alleged misogyny - Boston.com

Yale fraternity under fire for alleged misogyny

By Stephanie Reitz
Associated Press Writer / October 19, 2010
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HARTFORD, Conn.—Members of a Yale fraternity that counts both Bush presidents among its famous alumni and whose pledges were ordered to chant obscenities against women are getting a visit from concerned officials of the national organization.

Delta Kappa Epsilon, which was founded at Yale in 1855, has been under fire since amateur video appeared online of pledges marching through the New Haven campus on Oct. 13, chanting about women in the context of necrophilia and a specific sexual act.

Some students and members of the Yale Women's Center board complained, and Delta Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity ordered the chapter to stop all pledge activities until further notice.

Although chapter leaders have apologized, the national organization said in a written statement that it is sending its director to New Haven this weekend to

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