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Cornell Yearbooks Reveal Racist Nicknames, Confederate Flags
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Cornell yearbook fraternity rosters from the 1980s feature altered names such as “Ku,” Klux” and “Klan.”
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/sigma_nu/)
Cornell yearbook fraternity rosters from the 1980s feature altered names such as “Ku,” Klux” and “Klan.”
The University has published information about Sigma Nu’s violations that led to their decision to revoke the chapter’s recognition for “no less than three years.”
The charges against the chapter included several counts of blindfolding, alcohol, being picked up in a car, being hosed, having clothes removed, exercise, house cleaning and many references to females being present.
President Pollack called the reforms necessary to “elevate behavioral expectations” among members of Greek life.
When a water pipe in the Sigma Nu fraternity on Willard Way broke last week and started flooding the second floor, a concerned brother called the fire department thinking it would be a routine fix. Instead, firefighters found six marijuana plants in a tinfoil-lined room, putting the fraternity in even more hot water.
“It wasn’t the fraternity’s doing; it was a brother,” said Robert Quintal ’10, last year’s president of the fraternity. Quintal noted that during his tenure as president last year, he had no knowledge of any illicit activities in the house. The brother responsible for the plants had been growing them over the summer.