Editing Sigma Alpha Epsilon (section)

===Sexual assault and harassment===

According to several campus newspapers and the 2015 documentary ''[[The Hunting Ground]]'', students commonly joke that SAE stands for "Sexual Assault Expected" because of the many members who have been accused of sexual assault.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dockterman |first=Eliana |date=March 5, 2015 |title=The Hunting Ground Reignites the Debate Over Campus Rape |url=https://time.com/3722834/the-hunting-ground-provocative-documentary-reignites-campus-rape-debate/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=August 25, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Glaser2019">{{cite news |last1=Glaser |first1=Rebeccah |last2=Marshal |first2=Louisa |date=February 11, 2019 |title='Deadliest fraternity' Sigma Alpha Epsilon set to return to Chapman after four-year suspension |url=https://www.thepanthernewspaper.org/news/sigma-alpha-epsilon-set-to-return-to-chapman-after-four-year-suspension |access-date=August 25, 2021 |work=The Panther}}</ref><ref name="Aslam2020" />

In 2012, an incident of alleged sexual misconduct involving a member at [[Louisiana State University]] (LSU) with a freshman girl occurred. Also that same year, the LSU chapter was accused of severely beating pledges. The chapter was suspended until January 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=In Louisiana, Sigma Alpha Epsilon has a history of problems, media reports|url=http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2015/03/sigma_alpha_epsilon_video.html|date=March 2015}}</ref>

In 2014, a rape allegedly took place at an SAE party at [[Loyola Marymount University]]. The national organization reacted by closing the chapter.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rape allegations Surface at Unofficial Loyals Marymount University|url=http://abc7.com/news/rape-allegations-surface-at-unofficial-lmu-fraternity/426443/|work=ABC Los Angeles}}</ref>

In December 2014, [[Stanford University]] announced a two-year suspension of SAE housing due to reports of sexual harassment.<ref>{{cite news|title=SAE housing suspended for two years due to sexual harassment concerns|url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2014/12/12/sae-housing-suspended-for-two-years-due-to-sexual-harassment-concerns/|work=The Stanford Daily}}</ref> After a second university investigation found that members had deterred a student from filing a [[Title IX]] concern and had intimidated and harassed another student believed to have filed a Title IX complaint, the chapter's housing was "indefinitely" revoked in May 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=SAE loses housing indefinitely after second investigation|url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2015/05/19/sae-loses-housing-indefinitely//|work=The Stanford Daily}}</ref>

In January 2015, a victim was hospitalized following allegations of sexual assault at a party at a SAE [[Iowa State University]] party. The incident was investigated by police and the chapter suspended the member suspected of the assault.<ref name="abcnews">{{cite news |title=Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon: History of Trouble Involving Other Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity Chapters |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/oklahoma-racist-video-history-trouble-involving-sigma-alpha/story?id=29496865 |work=ABC News}}</ref>

In March 2015, [[Johns Hopkins University]] suspended the local SAE chapter until Spring 2016 after an alleged sexual assault at one of their parties.<ref>{{cite news|title=University formalizes SAE chapter suspension|url=http://www.jhunewsletter.com/2015/03/05/university-formalizes-sae-chapter-suspension-37681/|work=The Johns Hopkins News Letter}}</ref>

The [[Yale University]] chapter was temporarily banned from using the university email and bulletin board system as well as association of the fraternity name and the university following "inappropriate comments" made by SAE members.<ref name=abcnews/>

In February 2017, the SAE chapter at [[Northwestern University]] was suspended indefinitely after four women alleged they were given [[date rape drugs]] at an SAE party, and two stated they were later sexually assaulted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-northwestern-stand-with-survivors-tl-0216-2-20170210-story.html|title=Northwestern University students tell of sexual assault experiences during 'survivors' rally|first=Genevieve|last=Bookwalter|website=chicagotribune.com|date=February 13, 2017 |access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref>

In August 2018, the SAE National Fraternity and the chapter at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] were sued for negligence after a member of the [[Zeta Beta Tau]] (ZBT) Fraternity assaulted a woman at an SAE event. The lawsuit also encompassed the ZBT fraternity as well as UCLA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailybruin.com/2018/08/20/student-files-lawsuit-against-ucla-fraternities-alleging-sexual-assault/|title=Student files lawsuit against UCLA fraternities, alleging sexual assault|website=dailybruin.com|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref>

In August 2020, the SAE chapter at [[West Virginia University]] was suspended for sexual assault.