COLUMBIA, S.C.
(AP) -- Clemson University put the school's Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity on probation for two years after the group held a "Cripmas"
party last December that had students dressed like gang members,
according to a statement released Monday.
The
fraternity's national organization was outraged by the Christmas-themed
party that had members wearing blue and red bandanas, colors of the
street gangs the Crips and Bloods, throwing up gang hand symbols and
wearing T-shirts with images of the late rapper Tupac Shakur.
About
two dozen students were suspended and the leaders of the local chapter,
whose operations are controlled by alumni advisers, were removed. The fraternity also must complete an education program about alcohol, social justice and gangs.
(AP) -- Clemson University put the school's Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity on probation for two years after the group held a "Cripmas"
party last December that had students dressed like gang members,
according to a statement released Monday.
The
fraternity's national organization was outraged by the Christmas-themed
party that had members wearing blue and red bandanas, colors of the
street gangs the Crips and Bloods, throwing up gang hand symbols and
wearing T-shirts with images of the late rapper Tupac Shakur.
About
two dozen students were suspended and the leaders of the local chapter,
whose operations are controlled by alumni advisers, were removed. The fraternity also must complete an education program about alcohol, social justice and gangs.