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{{Short description|North American collegiate fraternity}}
{{Infobox Fraternity
| name = Delta Kappa Epsilon
| letters = {{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}
| crest = Delta Kappa Epsilon Coat of Arms.png
| image_size = 220px
| founded = {{start date and age|1844|6|22}}
| birthplace = No. 12 Old South Hall, [[Yale University]]
| motto = {{lang|grc|Κηροθεν Φιλοι ἀει}} (''{{lang|grc-latn|Kērothen Philoi Aei}}''; "Friends From The Heart, Forever")
| member badge = [[File:Delta_Kappa_Epsilon_badge.png|left|90px]]
| affiliation = NIC
| status = Active
| type = Social fraternity
| scope = North America
| colors = {{color box|#003da5}} Azure (Blue/Navy)<br />{{color box|#F2A900}} Gold (Or)<br />{{color box|#9d2235}} Gules (Crimson)
| symbol = Rampant Lion
| philanthropy = Rampant Lion Foundation
| publication = The Deke Quarterly
| flag = [[File:Delta Kappa Epsilon flag.png|120px]]
| chapters = 56
| colonies = 5
| nicknames = ''DKE'', ''Deke''
| address = P.O. Box 8360 <br>--or--<br>6921 Jackson Rd., Suite 400
| city = [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]]
| state = [[Michigan]]
| ZIP code = 48103
| country = United States
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.dke.org|dke.org}}
}}

'''Delta Kappa Epsilon''' ('''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}'''), commonly known as '''''DKE''''' or '''''Deke''''', is one of the oldest [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternities]] in the United States, with fifty-six active chapters and five active [[Colony (fraternity or sorority)|colonies]] across North America. It was founded at [[Yale College]] in 1844 by fifteen [[sophomore]]s who were discontented with the existing fraternity order on campus. The men established a fellowship where the candidate most favored was "he who combined in the most equal proportions the [[Gentleman]], the [[Scholar]], and the Jolly Good Fellow."<ref name="dke" />

== History ==
Delta Kappa Epsilon was founded on {{dts|1844|06|22}}, in room number twelve in the corner of Old South Hall on the campus of [[Yale College]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut]].<ref name="dke">{{cite web |last1=Griffin Bartlett |first1=Edward |title=Founding of DKE |url=http://www.dke.org/founding/ |access-date=28 April 2016 |website=dke.org}}</ref> Its fifteen founders were:<ref name="dke" />  
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em| 
* William Woodruff Atwater
* Edward Griffin Bartlett
* Frederic Peter Bellinger Jr.
* Henry Case
* George Foote Chester
* John Butler Conyngham
* Thomas Isaac Franklin
* William Walter Horton
* William Boyd Jacobs
* Edward VanSchoonhoven Kinsley
* Chester Newell Righter
* Elisha Bacon Shapleigh
* Thomas DuBois Sherwood
* Albert Everett Stetson
* [[Orson William Stow]]
}}
At this meeting, the Fraternity's secret and open Greek mottos were devised, as were the lapel pin design and secret grip. The open motto became – "Kerothen Philoi Aei"  – "Friends From The Heart, Forever."

Central to the values of Delta Kappa Epsilon are its objects:
<blockquote>The objects of Delta Kappa Epsilon are the cultivation of general literature and social culture, the advancement and encouragement of intellectual excellence, the promotion of honorable friendship and useful citizenship, the development of a spirit of tolerance and respect for the rights and views of others, the maintenance of gentlemanly dignity, self-respect, and morality in all circumstances, and the union of stout hearts and kindred interests to secure to merit its due reward.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://ccc.rochester.edu/deltakappaepsilon/home/ |accessdate=2023-04-07}}</ref></blockquote>Within five years of the founding of ''Phi chapter'' at Yale, chapters were installed at [[Bowdoin College]], [[Princeton University]], [[Colby College]], [[Amherst College]], [[University of Nashville]], and the [[University of Alabama]].

Despite traditionally selecting and installing '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' chapters along the Eastern Seaboard, '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' holds a strong reputation as a Southern fraternity. Between 1845 and 1846, thirteen of the 38 of the active members of the ''Phi chapter'' at Yale were Southerners. While [[Vanderbilt University]] was not founded until 1873, the ''Gamma chapter'' of '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' was founded in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] 25 years earlier, in 1847. Also that year, the ''Psi chapter'' at University of Alabama and then ''Chi chapter'' at [[University of Mississippi|Mississippi]] would firmly root Delta Kappa Epsilon as an institution steeped in southern heritage.

Delta Kappa Epsilon's first West Coast chapter was founded at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] on [[Halloween]] night, 1876. The ''Mu chapter'' at [[Colgate University]] in [[Hamilton, New York]], is one of the few with a Temple, open only to DKE member initiates of the ''Mu chapter''. The ''Lambda chapter'' at Kenyon College built the first fraternity lodge in 1854. Delta Kappa Epsilon became an international fraternity with the addition of the ''Alpha Phi chapter'' in 1898 at the [[University of Toronto]], Canada. Expansion to the United Kingdom had little success. Today, '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' chapters are located only in the United States and Canada.
[[File:DKE Cornell Chapter.jpg|alt=|thumb|The Delta Kappa Epsilon house at [[Cornell University]] in [[Ithaca, New York]]]]

The fraternity's first convention was held in New Haven, Connecticut on December 23, 1946.

== Symbols ==
The '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' Flag consists of three bands of color: Azure (blue, truth), Or (gold, fidelity), and Gules (crimson, courage) with a ''dexter'' rampant lion in the middle band. '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' flags have been carried to the [[North Pole]] by its discoverer, Admiral [[Robert Peary]] and to the [[Moon]] by astronaut [[Alan Bean]]. Adorning the active pin are the Greek letters '''{{lang|grc|Δ Κ Ε}}''' etched downward, diagonally across an ivory scroll and centered atop an onyx diamond, encased in rope-textured gold trim and stars gracing each of the four corners. Active members' initials for their given name and number as initiated in the chapter complete the active pin. Delta Kappa Epsilon pledges wear a triangle-shaped lapel pin with the same heraldic colors of Azure, Champagne & Crimson, with red facing upward & always on collared shirts.

== Activities ==
[[Community service]] is a major focus for each chapter of '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''', in addition to the social aspect that integrates collegiate academics with [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|Greek system of fraternities and sororities]]. Chapters compete and are awarded equally on merits of [[leadership]], chapter improvement and [[community service]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Delta Kappa Epsilon |url=http://www.dke.org/site/awards_and_recognition/awards.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927040849/http://www.dke.org/site/awards_and_recognition/awards.php |archive-date=2011-09-27 |access-date=2011-08-29}}</ref> The Lion Trophy is awarded each year to the chapter with most notable achievements in each category.

== Chapters ==
{{main|List of Delta Kappa Epsilon chapters}}

'''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' has grown to [[List of Delta Kappa Epsilon chapters|fifty-six chapters]] and has initiated over 85,000 members across North America.

== Delta Kappa Epsilon Club of New York ==
[[File:Yale Club high jeh.JPG|thumb|[[The Yale Club of New York City]]'s main entrance on Vanderbilt Avenue in [[Midtown Manhattan]], home of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Club of New York|alt=]] Members of Delta Kappa Epsilon who have completed their undergraduate education are eligible for membership in The Delta Kappa Epsilon Club of New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dke.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/new-member-education-manual-2020.pdf|title=Delta Kappa Epsilon New Member Education Manual|access-date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> The DKE Club was founded on May 9, 1885,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.godeke.org/History/History_2.htm|title=A Panorama of DKE by Duncan Andrews|access-date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> occupying several clubhouses in [[Midtown Manhattan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dkeclubny.com/club-history|title=More Than A Century of Joviality by Henry T. Berry, Lambda '51 (Deceased) and updated by Clint Blume, III Mu '79|access-date=August 5, 2020}}{{sic}}</ref> including [[30 West 44th Street]] which it purchased from [[The Yale Club of New York City]] in 1916.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home2.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/YaleClubofNewYorkCity_FINALREPORT.pdf|title=NYC Landmark Preservation Commission Landmark Designation Report "(former) Yale Club of New York, now Penn Club"|access-date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> After renovations totaling $75,000, the clubhouse opened in January 1917. However, just nine years later the Club relocated again when it sold the building to the Army and Navy Club of New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2012/04/1901-yale-club-now-penn-club-no-30-west.html|title=Daytonian in Manhattan "The 1901 Yale Club (now Penn Club) -- No. 30 West 44th Street"|date=28 April 2012|access-date=August 5, 2020}}</ref>

Partially due to the [[Great Depression]], in 1932, the DKE Club entered into an affiliation with the Yale Club of New York whereby members would have the same access to its clubhouse and facilities as the 11,000 members of the Yale Club itself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yaleclubnyc.org/affiliates/dke|title=The Delta Kappa Epsilon Club of New York In residency at The Yale Club of New York City|access-date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> Designed by [[James Gamble Rogers]], the clubhouse is located at 50 Vanderbilt Avenue across from [[Grand Central Terminal]]. Upon opening its doors in 1915, the building became the largest clubhouse in the world and continues to be the largest college clubhouse in existence today.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yaleclubnyc.org/history|title=History of The Yale Club|access-date=August 5, 2020}}</ref>

The club has often hosted dinners and other events for notable alumni members of the fraternity such as polar explorer [[Robert Peary]] (who took a Deke flag to the [[North Pole]] with him in 1909).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/us_dke.html|title=FOTW Flags Of The World website: Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity (U.S.)|access-date=August 5, 2020}}</ref>

==Notable members==
{{main|List of Delta Kappa Epsilon members}}[[File:President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904.jpg|thumbnail|right|President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]|232x232px]]

=== United States presidents ===
*[[Rutherford B. Hayes]], Kenyon
*[[Theodore Roosevelt]], Harvard
*[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], Harvard{{efn|name=title1|Franklin D. Roosevelt was a member of the Alpha chapter of DKE at Harvard and would be considered the sixth DKE brother to serve as President of the United States; however, the Harvard chapter was de-recognized by DKE International due to the chapter's stance on dual membership with other fraternities.}}
*[[Gerald Ford]], Michigan
*[[George H. W. Bush]], Yale
*[[George W. Bush]], Yale

=== Vice presidents ===
* [[Dan Quayle]], DePauw
* [[Theodore Roosevelt]], Harvard
* [[Gerald Ford]], Michigan
* [[George H. W. Bush]], Yale

=== Other notable members ===
Many American and Canadian politicians, businessmen, sports figures, and artists have been members, including [[Joe Paterno]], [[Herb Kelleher]], [[J.P. Morgan, Jr.]], [[William Randolph Hearst]], [[Cole Porter]], [[Brett Kavanaugh]], [[Ron DeSantis]], [[Bradley Palmer]], [[Henry Cabot Lodge]], [[Dick Clark]], [[Tom Landry]], [[David Milch]], and [[George Steinbrenner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/dkequarterly/docs/the_deke_quarterly_9e27292f54d0e0 |title=The Deke Quarterly by Delta Kappa Epsilon Quarterly |date=22 June 2019 |publisher=Issuu |accessdate=2021-11-19}}</ref>  '''ΔΚΕ''' flags were carried to the [[North Pole]] by its discoverer, Admiral [[Robert Peary]] and to the [[moon]] by astronaut [[Alan Bean]].

During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], the first [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] officer killed in battle was member [[Theodore Winthrop]] of ''Phi chapter''. 

A poem published in 1897, titled ''Brothers in DKE'', was based on an anecdote of a Union soldier, Edwin S. Rogers of Maine, who was mortally wounded on 7 June 1864, at the [[Battle of Cold Harbor]]. An unnamed [[Confederate States Army|confederate]] soldier happened upon Rogers, who was wearing a DKE pin on his uniform. As the confederate soldier was also a DKE member, he gave aid and comfort to his fraternity brother, until he died shortly after. The soldier then sent the pin to Rogers family.<ref name="Brothers">{{cite web|title=Poem: Brothers in DKE|url=http://www.dke.org/brothers-in-dke|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803010930/http://www.dke.org/brothers-in-dke|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 August 2014|work=DKE|access-date=3 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.epageflip.net/i/302013-spring-2014-newsletter/4?|title=The Battle of Cold Harbor, 1864 And The Story Behind "Brothers in DKE"|website=epageflip.net|date=2014|access-date=13 March 2025}}</ref>

During the [[Spanish–American War]], the first American officer to be killed was a fraternity member, Surgeon John B. Gibbs (''Phi Chi''). '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' member J. Frank Aldritch (''Psi Phi'') died when the [[USS Maine (ACR-1)|USS ''Maine'']] was sunk.

The fraternity has fifteen Medal of Honor recipients: [[George N. Bliss]] (''Delta''), [[Deming Bronson]] (''Kappa Epsilon''), [[Allen Buchanan (Medal of Honor)|Allen Buchanan]] (''Psi Phi''), [[Richard E. Fleming]] (Phi Epsilon), [[George W. Ford]] (''Zeta''), [[Webb Hayes]] (''Delta Chi''), [[Ruel Milton Johnson]] (''Omicron''), [[Charles Mattocks]] (''Theta''), [[Samuel E. Pingree]] (''Pi''), [[Adolphus Staton]] (''Beta''), [[Wager Swayne]] (''Phi''), [[Edward N. Whittier]] (''Upsilon''), and [[Eri D. Woodbury]] (''Sigma'').

[[Yung Wing]], the first Chinese graduate from an American university in 1854, was a member of the ''Phi chapter''.

== Controversies and member misconduct ==

*In 1846, one year after establishing the ''Zeta chapter'' at Princeton University and reportedly very unpopular with staff, the chapter was kicked off campus. The chapter was reinstated six years later and again removed from campus and the charter revoked. Only 69 members were initiated during the chapter's brief existence.
*On June 6, 1892, a pledge was led blindfolded through the street during his fraternity initiation towards Moriarty's Cafe, a popular student hang-out. He was told to run and did so at top speed. He ran into a sharp carriage pole, injuring himself. He was rendered unconscious, but the injury was not thought to be serious at the time. He suffered an intestinal rupture and died five days later of peritonitis.<ref name="Nuwer">{{cite book|last1=Nuwer|first1=Hank|title=Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing, and Binge Drinking|date=August 22, 2001|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=025321498X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHM9ltEQIU0C&q=Rick+Cerra+hazing+death&pg=PA250}}</ref><ref name="Monroeville">{{cite news|title=Students' prank caused death|work=[[The Monroeville Breeze]]|date=June 9, 1892|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/40530142}}</ref><ref name="Yale">{{cite news|title=Much Sorrow At Yale|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/33447124|work=The Inter Ocean|date=June 12, 1892|page=27}}</ref><ref name="Yale book">{{cite news|last=Dwight|first=Frederick|title=Quarter-Century Record, Class Of 1894 Yale College|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NEs3v-YlUr4C&pg=PA471|publisher=Kessinger Publishing|year=2009|page= 471}}</ref>
*In 1967, ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported on "frat-branding", the alleged use of a hot [[branding iron]] to make a '''Δ''' shaped scar on new fraternity members. The Yale chapter's then-president [[George W. Bush]] stated that they were "only cigarette burns."<ref>Maureen Dowd, [https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20A13FD3D5C0C748CDDAD0894D1494D81 Liberties; President Frat Boy?], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 10, 1999</ref>
*In [[New Orleans]] in 1987, dozens of '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' fraternity members marched in blackface in a parade in broad daylight.<ref>Richard Fausset and Campbell Robertson, [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/us/northam-blackface-virginia.html], ''[[The New York Times]]'', Feb. 8, 2019</ref>
*In 1989, [[Colgate University]] banned all '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' activities after the officials found members guilty of [[hazing]], [[blackballing]] and other violations of university regulations.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1XEhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W4gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2590,4932253&dq=delta+kappa+epsilon+colgate&hl=en Fraternity at Colgate closed for school year], ''[[The Daily Gazette|Schenectady Gazette]]'', July 27, 1989.</ref> In 2005 Colgate University barred the fraternity from campus for refusing to sell its house to the school and join a new student-residence initiative. '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' filed a lawsuit charging that the school violated its [[freedom of association|right to free association]] as well as [[antitrust law]]s by monopolizing the student housing market.<ref>Alex Kingsbury, [https://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/051128/28frat.htm Say It Ain't So: Frats Gone Mild] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513150933/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/051128/28frat.htm |date=2013-05-13 }}, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', November 20, 2005.</ref> In 2006, the Supreme Court of Madison County found that the fraternity had failed to state a cause of action and that its claim was "time-barred."<ref>[http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/03/08/colgate Whose House? Colgate's House], ''[[Inside Higher Ed]]'', March 8, 2006/</ref><ref>[http://www.courts.state.ny.us/reporter/3dseries/2006/2006_50327.htm ''Delta Kappa Epsilon Alumni Corp. v Colgate University''], 2006 court decision.</ref>
*In 1989, [[Virginia Tech]] banned all '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' activities on campus and asked the national office to revoke its charter after reports of a racially tinged hazing incident during a pledge trip to [[Kenyon College]] in Ohio surfaced on campus. After the allegations emerged the Virginia Tech administration under President [[James Douglas McComas|James D. McComas]] acted swiftly and terminated the registration of DKE and ended its affiliation with the university less than a week later. Allegedly, a white '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' pledge had asked a black student at a Kenyon College party in [[Gambier, Ohio]] if he could kiss her while another pledge photographed them. The pledge had been instructed to do something unusual during the trip and bring back photos to prove it. After friends of the woman learned of the incident, an argument ensued and the Virginia Tech pledges were escorted off the Kenyon College campus.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/11/18/racial-incident-leads-va-tech-to-oust-fraternity/900f79b7-64f1-4dba-85a0-5fd35ab473a7/ |title=Racial Incident Leads Va. Tech To Oust Fraternity |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=2021-11-19}}</ref>  Its charter was not revoked and the DKE chapter continued to operate in its off-campus house in [[Blacksburg, Virginia|Blacksburg]] despite the ban. Through the efforts of influential Virginia Tech DKE alumni and university donors, the chapter was ultimately re-instated in the mid-1990s.
*In 1997, members of '''ΔΚΕ''' at [[Loyola University New Orleans]] and [[Tulane University]] invited students to celebrate Martin Luther King's Birthday "with fried chicken from Popeye's, watermelon and a [[Malt liquor#Container size|‘forty’]].”<ref>Rhoden, William C, [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/25/sports/in-the-end-where-will-power-lie.html]. ''[[The New York Times]]'',  JAN. 25, 1997</ref>
*In December 2008, the [[University of California, Berkeley]] suspended recognition of the local DKE chapter for alcohol, hazing, and fire safety misconduct.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.dailycal.org/printable.php?id=104728 |title=Fraternity May Contest Recent Loss Of Affiliation |work=The Daily Californian |publisher=The Independent Berkeley Student Publishing Co., Inc. |access-date=23 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121450/http://archive.dailycal.org/printable.php?id=104728 |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> The chapter never closed and continued without affiliation or oversight by UC Berkeley. The national office and the alumni association maintained their association with the local chapter. Four years later, the chapter opted not to reapply for recognition by the university and continued as an independent fraternity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailycal.org/2012/08/22/uc-berkeley-fraternities-consider-remaining-unaffiliated-with-campus/ |title=UC Berkeley fraternities consider remaining unaffiliated with campus |first=Chloe |last=Hunt |date=22 August 2012 |work=The Daily Californian |publisher=The Independent Berkeley Student Publishing Co., Inc. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823065751/http://www.dailycal.org/2012/08/22/uc-berkeley-fraternities-consider-remaining-unaffiliated-with-campus/ |archive-date=23 August 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=16 July 2017}}</ref> In May 2012, during a routine patrol of the campus, the County Vice Enforcement Team visited the chapter. Several citations were issued for underage drinking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailycal.org/2012/08/01/alameda-county-wide-vice-enforcement-team-has-monthly-operations/|title=Alameda County enforcement team issues students underage drinking citations|first=Karishma|last=Mehrotra|date=1 August 2012|work=The Daily Californian|publisher=The Independent Berkeley Student Publishing Co., Inc.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802165326/http://www.dailycal.org/2012/08/01/alameda-county-wide-vice-enforcement-team-has-monthly-operations/|archive-date=2 August 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
*In October 2010, ''Phi chapter'' at Yale came under fire after its members shouted inflammatory and [[misogynistic]] chants at an [[Old Campus]] pledge ritual, including "[[Sexual consent#"No means no"|No means yes]]. Yes means [[Anal sex|anal]]".<ref>Amanda Raus, [http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Offensive-Chants-Get-Frat-Boys-in-Trouble-105082699.html Offensive Chants Get Frat Boys in Trouble], [[NBC]] News Connecticut, October 15, 2010</ref> The chapter's president, Jordan Forney, apologized for the fraternity's conduct, characterizing it as a "lapse in judgment."<ref>Jordi Gasso, Sam Greenberg, [http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/oct/15/dke-apologizes-for-pledge-chants/ "DKE apologizes for pledge chants"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108055104/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/oct/15/dke-apologizes-for-pledge-chants/ |date=2010-11-08 }}, ''[[Yale Daily News]]'', October 15, 2010.</ref> but Yale's [[feminist]] magazine ''[[Broad Recognition]]'' called for administrative action against the leadership of '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}'''. By October 24, 2010, Dean [[Mary Miller (art historian)|Mary Miller]] of Yale College had strongly recommended to the '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' National Executive Director, Dr. Douglas Lanpher, that the chapter at Yale be put on probation indefinitely.<ref>Hannah Zeavin, [http://www.broadrecognition.com/yale-new-haven/the-straw-that-broke-the-camel%E2%80%99s-back-dke-sponsors-verbal-assault-on-yale%E2%80%99s-old-campus/ "The Last Straw: DKE Sponsors Hate Speech on Yale's Old Campus"], ''Broad Recognition'' magazine, October 14, 2010</ref> Instead, on May 17, 2011, the chapter was suspended for five years.<ref>Barbara Goldberg, Ros Krasny and Tim Gaynor, [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sexual-harassment-yale-idUSTRE74H06W20110518 "Yale punishes fraternity for sexist chanting"], Reuters, May 17, 2011</ref> The order barred {{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}} from conducting any activities on the Yale campus during that time.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/18/connecticut.yale.frat/index.html?hpt=Sbin "Yale suspends fraternity for raunchy chants"], CNN, May 19, 2011</ref>
*In January 2011, the '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' chapter at the [[University of Alberta]] had its student group status suspended for five years after a hazing video surfaced of pledges being confined in a plywood box, forced to eat vomit, and deprived of sleep, by other fraternity members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/65171/universitys-dke-fraternity-suspended/|title=University's DKE fraternity suspended - Globalnews.ca|date=27 January 2011|website=globalnews.ca}}</ref>
*In November 2014, a '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' colony in [[Edinburgh]], since closed, had the minutes leaked from a meeting in March 2014 by the [[University of Edinburgh]] student newspaper, ''[[The Student (newspaper)|The Student]]''. The minutes allegedly referred to comments that joked about rape, sexual harassment, transphobia and hazing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studentnewspaper.org/leaked-frat-minutes-reveal-shocking-discussions-of-rape/|title=Leaked frat minutes reveal shocking discussions of rape threats, sexual harassment, transphobia, and hazing|date=18 November 2014}}</ref> The story gained traction in both national and international media, being picked up by ''[[The Independent]]'', ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', and [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]].
*In 2018, after [[Christine Blasey Ford]] accused [[Brett Kavanaugh]] of sexual assault, an old photograph surfaced showing two members of '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' marching across the Yale campus, one carrying a flag made from women's underwear. Kavanaugh, who is not in the photograph, was a member of the fraternity when the photograph was taken. One of the members told the student paper that the underwear was obtained consensually, but female classmates said their rooms were ransacked by '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' members while they were in class, saying they were "loud, entitled, pushy and creepy".<ref name="dke2018">{{cite magazine|title=The Long Decline of DKE, Brett Kavanaugh's Fraternity at Yale|magazine=The New Yorker|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-long-decline-of-dke-brett-kavanaughs-fraternity-at-yale|access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of social fraternities]]

== Footnotes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.dke.org DKE Organization Home Page] including [https://web.archive.org/web/20101005042420/http://www.dke.org/site/history/the_founding_of_dke.php DKE history]
* [http://www.dkeclubny.com The DKE Club of New York]
* [http://www.godeke.org/News/News_Index.htm GoDeke.org Dekes in the News]
* [https://www.google.com/search?&q=animal+house Delta Tau Chi]
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