Editing Delta Upsilon (section)

==In popular culture==

* In 1932, one of the final performances of [[Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra]] was at a party organized by the [[Washington and Lee University]] chapter of Delta Upsilon.<ref>{{cite book |last=Edmiston |first=Fred |date=2003 |title=The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks: "The Band That Made Radio Famous" |publisher=McFarland |page=250 }}</ref>
* Kurt Vonnegut's 1963 [[Hugo Award]]–nominated novel ''[[Cat's Cradle]]'' opens with narrator Jonah recalling he had read in the ''Delta Upsilon Quarterly'' that main character Newton Hoenikker, who controls the last crystals of the doomsday compound [[ice-nine]], had recently pledged to the [[Cornell University]] chapter of Delta Upsilon (it is later learned that Hoenikker has been de-pledged for poor grades).<ref>{{cite book |last=Vonnegut |first=Kurt |title=Cat's Cradle |date=1963 |publisher=Holt, Rinehart and Winston}}</ref>
* Noel Stookey ("Paul" of [[Peter, Paul and Mary]]) was introduced to Jim Mosby—Peter, Paul and Mary's early manager—by Mary Hewes who had, herself, met Stookey at a party at the Delta Upsilon chapter at [[Michigan State University]], where Stookey was a member.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michiganrockandrolllegends.com/dr-js-blog/228-stookey-was-a-spartan |title=Stookey Was A Spartan |website=michiganrockandrolllegends.com |publisher=Michigan Rock and Roll Legends |access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref>
* According to campus newspaper ''The Bucknellian'', the game of [[beer pong]] was invented at Bucknell University's Delta Upsilon chapter in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Joline |first=Michelle |date=8 September 2011 |title=Bucknell celebrates its part in the invention of beer pong |url=http://bucknellian.blogs.bucknell.edu/2011/09/08/beer-pong-article/ |newspaper=The Bucknellian |access-date=29 December 2014 }}</ref>
* In 2006 ''[[Playboy]]'' staged a photo shoot at the [[University of Wisconsin]] Delta Upsilon chapter. The photo, which ran in the May 2006 issue of the magazine, featured 23 Delta Upsilon members posing with 19 naked females in an article naming Wisconsin the nation's "#1 party school".<ref>{{cite news |last=Pelzek |first=Erica |date=9 April 2006 |title=Playboy pics feature UW |url=http://host.madison.com/daily-cardinal/news/playboy-pics-feature-uw/article_bc64556c-addd-5a7a-857e-28367ed1a816.html |newspaper=The Daily Cardinal |location=[[Madison, WI]] |access-date=17 December 2014 }}</ref>
* The 2010 season of ''[[Canada's Worst Handyman]]'' was set at the Delta Upsilon chapter house at the [[University of Western Ontario]], described as "a frat house condemned by the city after a century as London's most prestigious fraternity". The house was reoccupied by Delta Upsilon following the end of filming. Ratings for the season were higher than any other non-sports show on a specialty channel airing on the same day.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reno Rating Success for Discovery Channel! Episode 1 of Canada's Worst Handyman 5 Wins the Night for Specialty with 500,000 Viewers|url=http://www.channelcanada.com/Article4480.html|date=May 4, 2010|access-date=May 4, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116211108/http://channelcanada.com/Article4480.html|archive-date=November 16, 2010}}</ref>
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