"Sigma Phi Epsilon is committed to being a different kind of fraternity – one that recognizes the importance of the out-of-classroom experience and is committed to making that experience the safest and most empowering part of a college male's life," the fraternity's CEO Brian Warren, told members in a video conference Friday afternoon.
"Though it's always painful to close a chapter, these students' actions clearly illustrate a determination to perpetuate an experience based on risky and unconstructive behavior. In these cases, we have no choice but to close the chapter and return to campus at a later date." In the pre-dawn hours of Feb. 16, vandals placed a noose around the neck
of the statue and draped over its face a pre-2003 Georgia state flag with a Confederate battle emblem.
