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Originally posted by KappaKittyCat
My university's chapter of Phi Gamma Delta went under in the 1980s because they actually Initiated a woman! Fiji HQ came in and pulled their charter faster than you could say "co-ed." The members took things underground and formed a group called the Yuai Community. Their motto is "Promoting Tolerance, Diversity, and Hedonism." They have underwear parties. They do more drugs than the rest of the campus combined. They have orgies. They drink all the time, and they haze like mad. Their initiation involves the Babies (that's what they call their new members) running around campus half naked in February, carrying a large wooden cross, among other things. They still use bits of Fiji ritual; most of their songs are Fiji songs. It's pretty sick.
I often wonder what would happen if Fiji ever wanted to recolonize at my school and happened to meet the Yuais.  I don't think they'd know what to do.
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Hello, this thread was brought to my attention today. I am a 1990 graduate of the university mentioned in this comment and I would like to correct the factual inaccuracies concerning the end of the Phi Gamma Delta chapter and the beginning of the Yuai Community. Contrary to the account above, the local chapter collectively deactivated and ended their fraternity charter in response to actions by the national organization and other Fiji chapters in the country at the time. The former Fijis reorganized the house as a co-ed community. The deactivation was a decision made by the local members, not by nationals. I was one of the first women to become a member and move into the house for that year (1987-88). The student government and the university president made it impossible for the Yuais to remain in their house at the end of the year, and the group moved on to become a campus organization that promoted community, diversity, and tolerance. The Yuais also worked to found a co-op house which opened some years later and became independent of the Yuais in order to have an open membership. The Yuais in the late 80s rejected fraternity rituals, initiations, and hazing. None of our organized events resembled orgies, although perhaps that would have improved attendance at our meetings. I personally did not engage in the activities described above. Many of my friends who are Yuais, past and present, have never engaged in those activities. I do not intend to take part in a debate about this here as this will be my only post, but felt the record needed to be set straight.
In case you would like to see a contemporary version my account or read a true story about a fraternity going co-ed, you can read some the reporting of these events at the time by the student newspaper, linked to this
site.
Like any student newspaper, this newspaper is also available to anyone who takes the time to look in the periodicals section of the university library. Please check your sources next time. Good bye and good luck.