Word: sae
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only campus organization representing Chicanos at Harvard-Radcliffe, we the Chicanos at H-R RAZA would like to express our deep concern for the method that Sigma Alpha Epsilon chose to publicize their recent mixer. By employing a poster that depicts a stereotypical "Brother Chico", SAE is guilty of at best a gross indiscretion and insensitivity, or at worst, overt racism...
...significance of SAE's action goes far beyond that of a simple jock fraternity prank, rather it serves to symbolize the prevailing attitude towards Chicanos, at Harvard and the society Harvard represents. Actions such as these are but a small part of a more general, more subtle, and more sophisticated method of institutional racism. The total lack of a representative Chicano population at Harvard, the lack of Chicano faculty or courses, let alone a department (No concentration in Latin American Studies is offered), all testify to Harvard's systematic neglect of the Chicano population, or for that matter the Third...
...Shea '77, president of SAE, said Monday he "sort of doubts" new fraternities will form at Harvard...
Epps said the University made an exception to this rule in the 1950s, when SAE satisfied officials that it was not tied to the national organization. SAE members can join the national organization for life with a one-time payment of $100, but they can belong locally without a national membership...
Shea said SAE has pledge projects such as fixing up the fraternity house in place of "hazings...