Student leaders at Washington University in Missouri are demanding stronger disciplinary action against two white Greek organizations whose chapters were suspended last week after a rowdy group of pledges wrecked a campus dining hall and blurted racial slurs as Black employees watched in shock.
The white students spit at each other, stood on tables, threw eggs and casually used the N-word during the March 21 incident at one of the nation’s foremost private research universities.
More than a week after the chaos, both Kappa Sigma fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority were suspended, and a student conduct investigation was launched into the incident at the Bear’s Den, while a decision is pending whether further action will be taken, according to a statement from Dean of Students Rob Wild.
The Washington University Police Department started looking into the incident on March 22. Later, on March 26, they handed the case over to the Office of Student Conduct, which led to the suspension of both chapters on March 27.
On the night of the incident, the rambunctious crowd burst into the dining room and began running around throwing raw eggs, splattering the floor, furniture and glass doors, while a number of individuals began spitting at each other and climbing on top of the dining tables, according to David Cook, president of the local food workers union, which represents the workers at the dining hall.
“There need to be repercussions to show that this will not be tolerated,” Cook told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, adding that there were approximately 10 to 20 workers present at the dining hall when the egging incident occurred.
“These are good quality people,” he said. “These are hard-working people. They care about the students.”
Wild, the dean of students, told the independent campus newspaper Student Life that the Office of Student Affairs has maintained regular communication with the Dining Services staff, and were working to get to the bottom of…
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