The school’s Hillel Center released a statement after the video was made public, in which it condemned the fraternity’s actions and lauded the community’s response.“There is no place for this at Syracuse University,” interim directors Jessica Lemons and Rabbi Leah Fein said. Lemons added she was “horrified and disturbed” by the video, saying in an interview with the Daily Orange that it was “hard to hear as a higher education professional. It was hard to hear as a Jewish woman.”She said she hopes Hillel will be a place for healing during this time at the university.Currently, eight Syracuse fraternities are either under disciplinary remand or probation or have been suspended.In February, Syracuse’s chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Jewish fraternity was suspended for violating the university’s Student Code of Conduct, for an unspecified threat to student safety. Laura Williams-Sanders, director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, said hazing was not among the conduct violations.In 2015, two members of Syracuse’s Nu Alpha Phi fraternity were charged by police in a hazing incident that nearly required one student to have four fingers amputated. That fraternity was suspended after the incident was made public. Syracuse’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter was permanently closed in 2015 after several allegations of sexual assault.The university is known for being highly diverse, with significant black, Hispanic and Jewish populations.Students shout “Black lives matter” and “welcome to Syracuse.” pic.twitter.com/5NqUf4owjg
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