Blackface Costumes at Parties Trigger Punishment at Northwest: MARYVILLE, Mo.
Fraternity monitors at Northwest Missouri State University have punished two chapters whose members appeared at Halloween parties in blackface.
Two White males appeared in costume at separate parties, and photographs of the incidents made their way around campus. One man wore a green hooded sweatshirt and dreadlocks, depicting a man suspected of firing a gun in a campus parking lot on homecoming weekend, which happened just before Halloween.
Another man was pictured at a fraternity house party dressed as Michael Vick, the Atlanta Falcons quarterback who pleaded guilty to dog fighting charges.
Although one of the incidents occurred at a party off campus, the Interfraternity Council sanctioned the Delta Chi and Phi Sigma Kappa fraternities because the students are members of those groups.
