True Gentlemen
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Sigma Chi, 9, 129, 147, 183, 200
Sigma Nu, 80, 123
Sigma Phi Epsilon, 9, 147, 198
“Sing, Brothers Sing” (SAE song), 159
singing and songs, SAE
at dance and celebration, 137–142, 151, 155
“Friends,” 139
“If You’re Happy and You Know it, Clap Your Hands,” 2, 140
Phi Alpha fight song, 138–139
pledges and, 137–142, 155
racist, 140–143, 145–146, 148–167
SAE leaders and, 137–142
“Sing, Brothers Sing,” 159
“Songs of Sigma Alpha Epsilon,” 158–159
videos of racist songs, 142–143, 145–146, 148–167
“Violets” sorority serenade, 139
slavery, 167
Smithhisler, Pete, 114, 115, 123
“Songs of Sigma Alpha Epsilon,” 158–159
sororities
benefits of college connection to, 112
black, 196
drinking and, 26, 27, 57
exemption from Title IX, 119
FratPAC, 6, 119–123
hazing, 57
non-white, 8–9
racism, 144–145
See also Greek organizations; specific sororities
sorority women
chances of fraternity party sexual assault, 78
SAE sexual assault of, 88–91
South
Old South fraternity parties, 209–210
SAE chapters, 177–178, 182, 184–186, 195
SAE racism in, 177–178, 182, 184–186, 195
Spencer, Daryl, 66
Spillers, Elliot, 205–207
Stanford University
Kappa Alpha Order, 79, 105–106
SAE chapter, 24–25, 52, 54, 79, 80
Sigma Chi, 183
Starkey, Carson, 58, 116, 223–224
Stiffler, Alex, 100
Stollman, David, 9
Storey, Charles, 118–119
Striker, Erik, 157
Strunk, Lindsay, 162–163
Stuart, Henry “Hal,” 63, 65
Stuart, Justin, 47–51, 60–66, 69–71
student government
black students in, 205–207
Greek organizations and campus politics, 199–200, 205–206
students
athletes, 153, 154, 157–158
college bans on recruiting freshmen, 114–116
Greek life, campus geography and non-white, 198
racism and student organizations, 144
underage drinking by, 74, 88–91, 115
underage drinking by freshmen, 115
See also black students; women
Students and Administration Equality Act (SAE Act) (2013), 126–129, 131, 132
Syrett, Nicholas, 52, 182
Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE), 9, 43–45, 126
temperance movement, 24–25
Ternier, McHenry, 148
Theta Nu Epsilon (“Machine”), 193, 203, 206, 208
Thomas, Cleo, 206–207
Thomson, Colin, 60
Title IX civil-rights law, 119
TKE. See Tau Kappa Epsilon
Townsend, Christopher, 39
Trinity College, 83, 116–117
“The True Gentleman,” 210, 253
as SAE creed, 1–3, 11, 50–51, 80, 174–175, 248
Truman, Harry, 181
Trump, Donald, 6, 8, 249–250
tubbing, 52
Turner, Brock Allen, 79, 105–106
Turner, Ethan, 93, 96–105
underage drinking
by freshmen, 115
by students, 74, 88–91, 115
underage drinking, at SAE parties
college disciplinary hearings on, 107, 110, 124–125
SAE national organization’s rules against, 113
by students, 74, 88–91
by women, 73–77, 88–91, 98, 99
undergraduates, fraternity
fraternity national organizations and, 31, 113, 119–120, 122
insurance and, 31
undergraduates, SAE, 218, 220
Union College, 21
United States (US)
fraternity membership of government officials, 6, 119–123
fraternity organizations and government officials, 119–123
University of Alabama
black students in student government, 206
Ferguson Student Center, 204–205
segregation history and desire for progress, 204–205
University of Alabama, fraternities
Kappa Alpha Order, 208–210
Old Row fraternities, 189–193, 202, 207, 208
white fraternities, 202–203
See also University of Alabama, Greek organizations; University of Alabama, SAE chapter
University of Alabama, Greek organizations
integration of, 200–211
See also University of Alabama, fraternities; University of Alabama, sororities
University of Alabama, SAE chapter, 22, 140, 167, 177, 182, 185, 188
DeVotie Memorial Hall, 194
legacies and, 190–191, 195
as Old Row fraternity, 189–193
prominent, blue-blooded members, 189–193
secrecy of, 193
swaps, 192
as white fraternity, 194–195
See also University of Alabama, fraternities
University of Alabama, sororities, 191, 192, 208
black female students and, 202
integration of, 202, 204–207
See also University of Alabama, Greek organizations
University of Arizona, SAE chapter, 29, 30, 220–221
University of California, San Diego, SAE chapter, 28–29
University of Iowa, SAE chapter, 86
University of Kansas, SAE chapter, 58
University of Maine
hazing survey, 56
SAE chapter, 113
University of Maryland, 66, 69, 71
University of Missouri, SAE chapter, 186–187
University of Nashville, Western Military Institute, 177
University of New Mexico, SAE chapter, 87–91
University of North Carolina, Wilmington, SAE chapter, 81, 107–110, 113, 123–134
University of Oklahoma
Bizzell Memorial Library, 150
football, 151, 157–158, 161–162
Headington Hall, 151
SAE alumni, 137–138, 143, 160–167
SAE chapter, 137–143, 146, 148–167
University of Pennsylvania, Alpha Tau Omega, 82
University of Rhode Island
drinking ban, 241–243
SAE chapter, 148
University of Texas
campus politics and Greek organizations, 199–200
fraternity members’ fuck dates, 81
SAE chapter, 54, 57, 59, 147
US. See United States
Valenza, Robert, 30
Veidlinger, Rebecca Leitman, 85
Veldkamp, Steve, 197–198
“Violets” (SAE sorority serenade), 139
Walker, Mike, 126
Walker, R. B., 193
Walker, Steve, 185–186
Wall Street, 10, 16, 17, 71, 117, 200
Buffett, Warren, 6
Goldman Sachs, 10, 17
Paulson, Henry, 10
Pickens, T. Boone, 10, 215–216
Waller, Brian, 64
Waller, Johannes, 25
Walt, Joseph, 172, 173, 176
Washington and Lee University, 30, 120, 209, 222
Wayland, John Walter, 174–175
Wechsler, Henry, 27–28, 78, 243, 244
Weghorst, Brandon, 4
Wesleyan University, 83, 117
White, Aaron, 115
white fraternities, 80, 143
black fraternities compared to, 197, 199
minorities in, 144, 147, 152–153, 157, 160–161, 163–167
racism, 144–145
SAE as historically, 196
social barriers maintaining, 194–195
See also discrimination, fraternity; North-American Interfraternity Conference; specific fraternities
Wiederrick, Joseph, 113
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 228
Willey, Larry, Jr., 113–114
College of William and Mary, 21
Williams, E. J., 17, 40
Williams College, fraternities, 239–240
Wilson, Frederica, 122
Wilson, Woodrow, 171, 180
Witt, Robert E., 201
Wolf, Yardena, 202, 208–209
women
chances of fraternity party sexual assault, 78
colleges mandating final club and fraternity acceptance of, 116–119
drinking at SAE parties and, 73–77, 88–91, 98, 99
as fraternity members, 116–119, 252
fraternity party rules and dangers for young, 77–78
as honorary SAE members, 81
“nonconsensual sexual contact” experienced by, 118
pressured by fraternity members for sex, 81
SAE rape and underage, 77
See also sorority women
Woolfolk, Justin, 210–211
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, SAE chapter, 86
Wren, Jason, 58
Wyler, Gregory, 36–37, 39
Yale University
Delta Kappa Epsilon, 79
SAE chapter, 146–147
Ziering, Amy, 85
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