Posted on 06/30/2002 10:49:09 PM PDT by chance33_98
Second Frat in Racial Controvery Reinstated at Auburn Email story to a friend
(Auburn-AP) -- A second white fraternity whose members dressed in racially offensive Halloween costumes has been reinstated at Auburn University as part of the settlement of its lawsuit against the school. Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity's local chapter will be reinstated under the agreement. That is according to chapter president Matt Furin, commenting in the Opelika-Auburn News. Beta Theta Pi, which also had lost its university recognition in November, settled its $100 million lawsuit in May and also was reinstated. Neither chapter received any financial payment from the university for settling the lawsuits. Furin said the two Delta Sigma Phi members who wore KKK attire and blackface with a hangman's noose at last year's Halloween party will not be allowed back into the fraternity. Five others who were suspended from the chapter will be dealt with in the fall. He said members will educate themselves so the incident will not be repeated. The university's attorney, Lee Armstrong, was not immediately available for comment.
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