Greek Life

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DTH Photo Illustration adapted from original DTH photograph by Hugh Morton in 1981.

Interfraternity Council guest speaker sparks controversy for alleged misogynistic comments

On Feb. 16, UNC’s Interfraternity Council hosted an event addressing personal development and mental health that has since been criticized by student leaders as offensive, misogynistic and otherwise problematic.

Keynote speaker David Hagan described his speech as "intentionally blunt, graphic and filled with profanity," designed that way to resonate with young men.

But Memorial Hall staff complained the speech made them uncomfortable, and some student leaders are still pressing for more public accountability from the IFC, asking the council to apologize for the event and commit to violence prevention training.

This UNC fraternity donated over $17,000 in dues to local hunger relief efforts

Pi Beta Phi member junior Katie Weber makes a salad during lunch at the sorority house on Tuesday, Mar. 3rd, 2020.

'The biggest difference is avocados': Fraternity and sorority eating at UNC

DTH Photo Illustration. DFSAs, or drug-facilitated sexual assaults, reportedly make up about 75% of all occurrences of sexual assault.

Two years later: grappling with drug-facilitated sexual assault at UNC

The Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life and Community Involvement works with student members of UNC's 56 fraternities and sororities and those living in off-campus housing. The staff provides advising, support, training, resources, programs and services, maintains communications with faculty and alumni advisors and parents, works closely with national organizations and governing bodies, organizes leadership retreats and workshops, supports the academic performance of fraternity and sorority members, and recognizes positive achievements of individuals and organizations.

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UNC no longer recognizes Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter due to hazing violations.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon lost University recognition for hazing violations

By Stephanie Mayer

The University revoked recognition of the UNC chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon on July 2 because of hazing. The chapter will remain unrecognized until at least 2023.

Chapel Hill Police sit stationed Franklin Street Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018.

'It’s a duty that we owe to survivors': Rebuilding campus safety after spike in crime

By Anna Southwell

The UNC campus community is responding to a recent string of crimes that have impacted people, especially women, on campus. Organizations like UNC SafeWalk are interested in making students feel safer on campus by providing them company if they are walking alone.

Gaby Aleman, a sophomore representative from CHispA, speaks out against sexual violence at the Stand with Survivors Rally at the Peace and Justice Plaza on September 16, 2016.

Student Government launches Red Zone Initiative to battle sexual assault on campus

By Anna Southwell

With the bulk of sexual assault incidents occurring in the fall semester, students are coming together from various sectors on campus to build a network of resources and support.

Meet Frank, Sigma Chi's smallest and most pointy eared member

By Karen Stahl

The "ruler," and "owner" of Sigma Chi probably isn't who you would guess — and likely walks on more legs than you think.

Raising awareness of Asian culture with sticky rice and UNC Lambda Phi Epsilon

By Kyle Arendas

While the event was predominantly designed to bring awareness to Asian culture by sharing a premium Asian dessert, it was also meant as a fundraising opportunity for the fraternity.

Members of Zeta Tau Alpha rehearse for the Ninth Annual Greek Groove at the Student Recreation Center on Monday, March 4, 2019. ZTA is the reigning champion of Greek Groove, a dance competition among UNC sororities where proceeds help to benefit the UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders.

Greek life gets groovy to raise money for Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders

By Catherine Ransom

This is truly a groovy way for UNC's Greek life to represent their sororities while contributing to a meaningful cause.

UNC’s Pi Lambda Phi on West Cameron Avenue is, like other fraternities, technically considered a commercial structure in Chapel Hill, making it subject to the same fire codes as businesses.

Pi Lambda Phi members charged with violating commercial fire codes

By Elizabeth Moore

Five Pi Lambda Phi students were charged for tampering with smoke detectors nearly 23 years after five students died in a fraternity house fire on Mother's Day in 1996.

Five members of Pi Lambda Phi have been charged with tampering with smoke alarms in their house on Cameron Avenue after firefighters responded to a carbon monoxide alarm on Feb. 14, 2019.

Five Pi Lambda Phi members charged with fire alarm tampering

By Anna Pogarcic

The Chapel Hill Fire Department announced at 9:15 this morning that it charged five members of UNC's Pi Lambda Phi fraternity last week for tampering with smoke alarms in the fraternity house.

Sophomore Ryker Smith, chemistry major, in front of the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. Smith is one of the founding fathers of the Delta Chi fraternity at UNC and a member of the LGBTQ community. Smith says that in his experiences with Greek life he has not experienced homophobia and that "he loves all of his brothers and all of his brothers love him."

Gay and Greek: LGBTQ+ students make homes in fraternities and sororities

By Suzanne Blake

There are two spheres on college campuses that have been, for the most part, pitted against each other in cinematic depictions and social media, seeming to operate in two separate realms of possibility. But being a part of Greek life as a member of the LGBTQ+ community is neither impossible nor discouraged. UNC students share their experiences participating in Greek life while also being openly gay, which is still not without its challenges. But like many things, young people are changing the way the collegiate experience looks today.