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By Miriam Raftery
November 25, 2014 (San Diego) -- Today, San Diego State University has issued a statement indicating that fraternities on campus are suspending all activities indefinitely due to recent sexual assaults on campus, including a rape at a frat house over the weekend--the seventh sexual assault on campus since the fall semester began. Leaders of the Greek groups on campus pledged that they will “immediately take proactive steps toward addressing this extremely serious issue and the Greek community's role in it."
Those steps will include sexual assault prevention and bystander training for all Greek community members, as well as participation by fraternity and sorority members in events and activities to promote an end to sexual violence.
The action comes one day after a group of concerned students sent a letter to SDSU president Elliott Hirshman and elected officials demanding that fraternities be suspended and other actions taken.
The group also alleged that during a Take Back the Night march Friday night, participants were subjected to sexually offensive remarks by fraternity members, who waved sex toys at the marchers. Some marchers also say they were struck by eggs.
The fraternity and sorority leaders said that if those allegations are true, the "conduct is unacceptable and does not reflect the values of the Greek community at SDSU."
SDSU President Elliott Hirshman praised the groups actions, adding, “We must work as one community to create the substantive changes necessary to end sexual violence on our campus. "The steps outlined today are the beginning of what must be a sustained effort to change attitudes, culture and actions.”
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