New Haven, Conn. - In January, the Yale Chapter of Zeta Psi ruffled feathers on campus when a photo surfaced on the Internet showing a group of brothers holding a sign that read "We Love Yale Sluts" in front of the Yale Women's Center. The fraternity immediately issued an abject apology, saying their sign reflected a "lapse in judgment" and they were "deeply sorry." The apology continued:
In the future, behavior of this nature will neither be enacted nor tolerated, and we only hope that our peers can forgive the mistakes made in this situation.
The officers of the fraternity are open and willing to meet with the leaders of the Yale Women's Center to discuss this issue further and address solutions to this kind of irresponsible behavior.
One would think this would have been the end of the matter from the university's perspective. But no.
The Yale Women's Center threatened to sue the fraternity and the university, and gave the university a deadline to meet its demands, which included punishing the fraternity brothers and pledges, beefing up Yale's sexual harassment policies, and more staff and a better building for the Center.
Even though the threatened lawsuit was frivolous and had little chance of winning, Yale has now caved in to the Center's demands. Yale has promised the Women's Center more cash and started renovating its building.
Yale has also set up a committee to evaluate the current sexual harassment policies—the recommendations of which Yale has promised to seriously consider enacting. Finally, Yale has implied that the fraternity brothers involved in the incident may face disciplinary charges.
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