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=== Co-educational shift === In 1971, [[Bowdoin College]], formerly all-male, decided to admit women to the college. The members of ''Kappa chapter'' of Psi Upsilon also voted to accept women that year becoming the first co-ed fraternity on Bowdoin's campus and in Psi Upsilon.In 1976, Patricia βBarneyβ Geller attended the national meeting as Kappa's president. And Psi U distinguished itself by not revoking Kappa's charter status.Instead the ''Kappa chapter'' admitted members of both sexes for as long as it existed and was only the first in Psi U to do so.<ref>{{cite web |title=Looking back: women make a place for themselves in Bowdoin Greek life |date=27 September 2019 |url=https://bowdoinorient.com/2019/09/27/looking-back-women-make-a-place-for-themselves-in-bowdoin-greek-life/}}</ref> In 2014, [[Wesleyan University]] required all male-only fraternities to become coeducational, partly in response to issues with sexual assault and harassment. At the time, Psi Upsilon and [[Delta Kappa Epsilon]] were the only recognized fraternities at the school.<ref>{{cite news|last1=New|first1=Jake|title=Admit Women or Else|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/09/23/wesleyan-university-orders-its-fraternities-become-coeducational|access-date=September 25, 2016|work=Inside Higher Ed|date=September 23, 2014}}</ref> After Delta Kappa Epsilon's housing was closed for failing to comply with the changes, Psi Upsilon was the remaining fraternity at the school. The fraternity agreed to become coeducational, but the chapter's housing was temporarily suspended by the school before any female students could join. The closure was pending a drug investigation and past claims of sexual assault .<ref>{{cite news|last=New|first=Jake|title=Search and Seizure|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/08/23/new-rules-iu-allow-officials-enter-fraternities-sororities-probable-cause|access-date=25 September 2016|work=Inside Higher Ed|date=August 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Holley|first1=Peter|title=Following two sexual assaults, Wesleyan University bans fraternity from holding social events|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/12/01/following-two-sexual-assaults-wesleyan-university-bans-fraternity-from-holding-social-events/|access-date=September 25, 2016|newspaper=Washington Post|date=December 1, 2014}}</ref> As of September 2016, the chapter's house was expected to reopen with both male and female members.<ref>{{cite news|last1=De Beus|first1=Camille|title=Psi Upsilon Returns to Official Program Housing|url=http://wesleyanargus.com/2016/09/05/psi-upsilon-returns-to-official-program-housing/|access-date=September 25, 2016|work=The Wesleyan Argus|date=September 5, 2016}}</ref>
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