Editing Swarthmore College (section)

===Greek life===
[[File:Phi Chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa at Swarthmore, The Signet, Jan 1944, vol.XXXVI, No.1, p.7.jpg|thumb|ΦΣΚ's ''Phi chapter'', at Swarthmore, {{circa|1944}}]]
Until 2019, two Greek organizations existed on the campus in the form of [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|fraternities]]: [[Delta Upsilon]] and local Phi Psi, a former chapter of [[Phi Kappa Psi]]. A third, [[Phi Sigma Kappa]] fraternity, maintained a chapter on campus from 1906 to 1991 and continues strong alumni involvement.<ref name="ATPS2">{{Citation|last1=Rand|first1=Frank Prentice|title=All The Phi Sigs&nbsp;— A History|year=1993|last2=Watts|last3=Sefton|first2=Ralph|first3=James E.|publisher=Grand Chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa}}</ref><ref name="presfrat">{{cite web|url=https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/a-message-president-valerie-smith|title=A Message From President Valerie Smith|publisher=Swarthmore College|date=May 1, 2019|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501072745/https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/a-message-president-valerie-smith|archive-date=May 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Sororities]] were abandoned in the 1930s following student outrage about discrimination within the sorority system, and leading to a 79-year ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swarthmore.edu/news/history/1933.html|title=Discrimination in the sorority system|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419163605/http://www.swarthmore.edu/news/history/1933.html|archive-date=April 19, 2007}}</ref><ref>[http://www.swarthmorephoenix.com/?p=6702 Kappa Alpha Theta chapter Official at Swarthmore | The Phoenix] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211054758/http://www.swarthmorephoenix.com/?p=6702 |date=February 11, 2013 }}. Swarthmorephoenix.com (April 3, 2014). Retrieved on 2014-04-12.</ref> However, in September 2012, the college announced that the ban on sororities would be reversed as of the 2013 term, citing [[Title IX]] regulations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-college-brings-back-sororities-after-79-year-ban/|title=Pennsylvania college brings back sororities after 79-year ban|date=September 28, 2012|publisher=Fox News|location=New York|access-date=September 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928172301/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/28/pennsylvania-college-brings-back-sororities-after-7-year-ban/|archive-date=September 28, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The four women who helped overturn the ban subsequently spearheaded the reestablishment of a [[Kappa Alpha Theta]] chapter the following spring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/2012-03-25/news/31236934_1_sororities-swarthmore-college-student-newspapers|title=Reversing an old ban on sororities at Swarthmore|website=philly-archives|access-date=April 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418192107/http://articles.philly.com/2012-03-25/news/31236934_1_sororities-swarthmore-college-student-newspapers|archive-date=April 18, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/28/14134347-sororities-to-return-to-swarthmore-college-for-first-time-in-80-years?lite|title=Sororities to return to Swarthmore College for first time in 80 years|work=NBC News|access-date=April 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426082648/http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/28/14134347-sororities-to-return-to-swarthmore-college-for-first-time-in-80-years?lite|archive-date=April 26, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The announcement sparked controversy on campus; a petition seeking a referendum to continue the ban was dismissed, again citing a legal opinion that to disallow the sorority chapter would be a violation of Title IX regulations. The sorority admitted its first pledge class in the Spring of 2013. A further non-binding referendum was later distributed, but by then the controversy had cooled: Of the six items on the referendum, only one passed, which asked "Do you support admitting students of all genders to sororities and fraternities?" No action was taken on the referendum.<ref>[http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2013/02/26/17685/ StuCo Report: Referendum Not Binding | Daily Gazette] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130626181103/http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2013/02/26/17685/ |date=June 26, 2013 }}. Daily.swarthmore.edu (February 26, 2013). Retrieved on 2014-04-12.</ref>

In April 2019, two student publications, ''Voices'' and ''The Phoenix'', published leaked minutes from Swarthmore's chapter of Phi Psi dating from 2013 to 2016. The 116-page document contained a plethora of [[Misogyny|misogynistic]], [[Racism|racist]], and [[Homophobia|homophobic]] jokes and [[Pejorative|slurs]] as well as pornographic images and evidence of [[hazing]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://voices.swarthmore.edu/content-1/2019/4/17/phi-psi-historical-archives-leaked-amidst-campus-tensions-around-fraternities-86plg|date=April 18, 2019|publisher=Voices|location=Swarthmore, Pennsylvania|access-date=April 29, 2019|title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430032248/https://voices.swarthmore.edu/content-1/2019/4/17/phi-psi-historical-archives-leaked-amidst-campus-tensions-around-fraternities-86plg|archive-date=April 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2019/04/18/47956/|date=April 18, 2019|publisher=The Phoenix|location=Swarthmore, Pennsylvania|access-date=April 29, 2019|title=Cult of Misogyny: Leaked Internal Documents Reveal Silence Around Harmful Culture at Phi Psi – the Phoenix|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429222044/https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2019/04/18/47956/|archive-date=April 29, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Students responded by calling for the college's administration to immediately terminate all fraternity leases on campus, staging a sit-in at the Phi Psi house until the demands were met.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/swarthmore-college-students-occupying-frat-house-protest|date=April 29, 2019|magazine=Teen Vogue|access-date=April 29, 2019|title=Swarthmore College Students Are Occupying a Frat House to Protest Fraternities on Their Campus - Teen Vogue|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430032323/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/swarthmore-college-students-occupying-frat-house-protest|archive-date=April 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Both Delta Upsilon and Phi Psi announced their voluntary disbandment on April 30, 2019.<ref name="presfrat"/> President Valerie Smith subsequently announced on May 10, 2019, that Greek letter organizations were no longer allowed at Swarthmore.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/update-student-social-events-and-community-standards-president-smith|title=An Update on Student Social Events and Community Standards from President Smith|publisher=Swarthmore College|date=May 10, 2019|access-date=May 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511075042/https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/update-student-social-events-and-community-standards-president-smith|archive-date=May 11, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>