![]() We offer Hassle Free 30 day returns! Feel free to buy an item and try it on, but pieces must be return in original, unworn condition. It has not been cleaned in order to maintain its original antique integrity. We guarantee this piece to be 14k gold as tested. This pin has been professionally tested for 14k gold purity composition. There is some light surface wear on the back, as can be expected with any vintage piece. The back of the pin has a smooth, polished finish which is perfect for engraving with a personal inscription! This pin is fitted with a hinge pin and open bullet clasp. The pearls are securely mounted in the polished face and have a nice shine. This black enamel center is framed by a luxurious border of genuine pearls, adding sophistication and definition. The bottom bears a white enamel wreath surrounding the Phi Alpha Greek letters. ![]() The center displays the Greek letters above an image of Minerva with a lion. The 14k yellow gold pin is fashioned in a diamond shape and features a black enamel center. “While that may be true at some chapters, it turns the conversation into a matter of good versus bad, and ignores all the ugly that surrounds the whole system.This antique badge is circa 1890s, and would make a perfect addition to any set or collection! Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity was founded at the University of Alabama in 1856, and is still widely known throughout the country today. “The Greek letter system is talked about as though it’s full of good, upstanding young gentleman and then there’s these bad apples that are unique,” Hughey said. Hughey, however, warned against placing the blame for this kind of behavior on “some bad apples.” It’s a problem, he said, that is not unique to a few members of SAE. This is an area where perhaps we haven’t done as good a job.” We are academic institutions and we provide education for lots of other things. “But I would shy away from painting all fraternities with a broad brush. “There are certainly fraternities that are deeply engaged, but also many that operate in a similar way to how they operated half a century ago,” Reese said. While the incident at Oklahoma is especially painful, Reese said, he still believes that fraternities can be educated and their policies changed to foster more inclusion. In December, Clemson University’s SAE chapter was suspended after the fraternity hosted a “cripmas” party at which students dressed up as gang members.īenjamin Reese Jr., president of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education and the vice president of institutional equity at Duke University, said he is also not in favor of simply banning all chapters belonging to a specific fraternity. Last year, 15 SAE members at the University of Arizona broke into a historically Jewish off-campus fraternity and physically assaulted its members while yelling discriminatory comments at them. Louis chapter of SAE was suspended after some of its pledges were instructed to direct racial slurs at a group of black students. ![]() In 2013, the Washington University in St. On Sunday, the Oklahoma State University chapter also drew ire on social media when a Confederate flag could be seen through one of its windows just hours after the controversy emerged at the University of Oklahoma. In 2009, the Valdosta State University chapter caused outrage on campus after flying a Confederate flag on its front lawn. In 2006, two SAE students were suspended at the University of Memphis after harassing another member for dating a black woman and bringing her to the chapter’s house. ![]()
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