Yale Anti-Women Chants Land Fraternity in Hot Water

(Oct. 19) -- It's enough to give "Animal House" a bad name.

Members of Yale University's Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity find themselves facing possible disciplinary action after a group of pledges took part in an initiation activity in which they marched through campus chanting obscenities against women.

On the night of Oct. 13, the pledges shouted phrases such as "no means yes, yes means anal" as they marched through the heart of campus in a single-file line. Video of the incident was posted on YouTube.

Likening the fraternity's chants to "hate speech," The Yale Women's Center complained to the university, which suspended all further pledge activities for the fraternity. Rival fraternities Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Phi Epsilon also condemned Delta Kappa Epsilon, Yale Daily News reported, and the national chapter of the organization posted the following statement on its website:

Delta Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity Board of Directors strongly condemns the actions taken by some members of our Yale Chapter last week. The sentiments expressed during the new member activity are deeply offensive, and do not adhere to the standards of morals and behavior that we expect of all DKE members. DKE has instructed the Yale Chapter to discontinue all new member activities until further notice.

Four members of the Yale fraternity, which has since issued an apology, met with representatives from the Women's Center on Thursday.

Some famous Delta Kappa Epsilon members include George Steinbrenner, Dick Clark and Presidents Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.

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