The 116-page document, which was peppered with homophobic language and racial slurs, included references to a 'rape tunnel' and 'rape attic,' and graphic descriptions of sexual acts.
Swarthmore College students sing during a sit-in at the Phi Psi fraternity house on Monday in Swarthmore, Pa. By Allyson Chiu Allyson Chiu Reporter with the Morning Mix team Email Bio Follow April 30 at 7:10 AM For two years, Maya Henry regularly spent time at Swarthmore College’s two fraternity houses.
The 116 pages of documents reportedly came from the “historical archives” of Swarthmore’s chapter of Phi Kappa Psi, which is not nationally affiliated, and contains meeting minutes and details of pledge tasks. The documents feature graphic descriptions of members’ sexual encounters, including a reference to a “rape tunnel.” It also describes their conversations about women, minority groups and sexual assault that often contained offensive language, such as homophobic and racial slurs.
“We realized that together it’s actually a pretty damning account of fraternity violence and harm,” said Goldberg, 22, one of the students who created the blog and helped organize the sit-in. Posted by Swarthmore Phi Psi Fraternity on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 However, when Goldberg looked through the leaked files and compared them to the blog posts, which mention more recent events, she said themes started to appear. Although jokes about a bedroom in the fraternity house known as the “rape attic” were from 2013, people are still writing about allegedly “getting assaulted in the rooms or seeing their friends get assaulted in the rooms,” she said.
Similar demands have been made against the fraternities in the past, but “never manifested in actually getting rid of these frats,” Goldberg said. Last year, a committee tasked with assessing campus culture recommended that a moratorium be placed on the houses, which Smith decided not to impose.
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