In an all campus email today, it was announced that Beta Theta Pi will be off limits to students for the full academic year starting on Monday, September 15. The administration’s decision was certainly amplified by this past weekend’s incident, in which a student was seriously injured after falling from a third story window. Along […]
Update [9/10/14, 4:58pm]: President Michael Roth sends an all campus email about the recovering student’s condition: Dear friends, We have all been deeply concerned about the condition of the student who was injured in a fall from the third floor of Beta Theta Pi early Sunday morning. She remains in the Intensive Care Unit of a Hartford hospital, […]
The contents of the following article contain offensive, derogatory language, and material that may be triggering for survivors of sexual assault. The names and some of the details in this article have been changed for privacy and legal concerns (but more about that last bit later). Written in bold black sharpie, the phrase “She said […]
Last October, a former student (under the pseudonym of “Jane Doe”) filed a federal lawsuit against Beta Theta Pi fraternity, the Baird Association (which owns Beta’s house), and Wesleyan University. The lawsuit alleged that Wesleyan had failed to abide by Title IX law through failure to “warn or otherwise take corrective action” against the fraternity that […]
From Joey Amendola ’16: Come join the brothers of Beta Theta Pi for their first rush event. No commitment necessary, just some free BBQ and some information about us. Date: Fri, Sept 6 Time: 6-8 pm Place: 184 High St Cost: FREE
This past October, a former Wesleyan student filed a lawsuit against the University. The student, who has used the pseudonym Jane Doe in court proceedings to maintain her anonymity, says that she was raped in a locked room during the fraternity’s 2010 Halloween party by John O’Neill, 21, of Yorktown, NY. O’Neill was a guest […]
This letter is published on behalf of the 2012–2013 Executive Board of the Mu Epsilon Chapter of Beta Theta Pi: To the Wesleyan Community: The members of Beta Theta Pi share the campus’ outrage at the allegation of physical assault and attempted sexual assault at our chapter house early Sunday morning. We are cooperating with […]
Tonight at Beta Theta Pi, via Nate Howell ’14: Join us for our first rush event! Beta Theta Pi, Mu Epsilon Chapter, will be holding a barbecue at our house, located at 184 High St. (corner of Church St and High St). This is an open event, designed to give current brothers and prospective brothers […]
From Arin Dineen ’13: Having friends is awesome. Making friends is hard. ADP and Beta are joining forces to help y’all out. Come make some new friends at Speed Friending this Sunday! And hey, Valentine Day is just around the corner . . . Date: Sunday, February 12 Time: 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM Place: […]
So…we’re a little late on this piece of news (even President Roth beat us to it! what the hel…lloooo), but technology/digital culture news site BetaBeat ran an article a few days ago on Wesleyan’s presence in the tech world. The piece’s jump-off point was a recent event called “Digital Wes,” an alumni gathering in New […]
