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Fraternities must clean up their act

It only takes a little spark to start a wild, raging fire. As a trite, age-old axiom, it’s… It only takes a little spark to start a wild, raging fire. As a trite, age-old axiom, it’s tried and true. Just ask Smokey the Bear or Delta Tau Delta President Shawn Bowers. Both of them know from painful experience.

A few weeks ago, an unnamed member of Delta Tau Delta hung posters around campus to take a stab at fellow fraternities Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Pi Kappa Alpha. The posters made references to brothers being involved in homosexual activity, and they carried a demeaning tone that was all too clear.

The posters were intended to be funny, but many students

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