RALEIGH —N.C. State University is working to refocus the Greek community, after one fraternity was disbanded this week.
The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity was suspended after a pledge book reported full of racist and sexist remarks was found at a Raleigh restaurant.
After a university-led investigation, the former Pi Kappa Phi house will soon be empty.
"At this point we would expect the students will be completely moved out by this weekend,” said vice chancellor and Dean of Academic and Student Affairs Dr. Mike Mullen.
The fraternity was disbanded Wednesday after a student found this pledge book at a Raleigh restaurant last week. She said it was filled with inappropriate and derogatory comments about women, children and people of color.
"It was clearly a gut check for us and made us realize we have a lot of work to do here,” said N.C. State Chancellor Randy Woodson.
N.C. State student Keng-Hui Beall says the university officials made the right decision in this investigation.
"I definitely agree with what the university is doing. If N.C. State can go past diversity, like superficial diversity, we can really improve race relations on our campus,” he said.
Chancellor Woodson appointed Vice Chancellor Mullen to lead a review of the Greek system, in collaboration with the Greek councils on campus.
"These are members of our Infraternity Council, our Multi-Cultural Greek Fraternity Council, the Panhellenic Association, so these are our social fraternities, these are not our academic honorary fraternities,” said Dr. Mullen.
Chancellor Woodson says another fraternity, Alpha Tau Omega, is still suspended and under investigation for a reported sexual assault in early March. N.C. State police also said they found drug paraphernalia in the house.
As several fraternities in North Carolina and across the nation are having issues, Vice Chancellor Mullen said they are working to rebuild N.C. State’s Greek community.
"This prompts all of us nationally to take a hard look at our Greek organizations and at all of our student organizations to ensure they are behaving in a manner that is congruent to the values of our universities,” he said.
This is the second Pi Kappa Phi chapter to lose its charter in North Carolina this week.
The Elon University Chapter was also suspended. Both chapters can apply to re-colonize in three years, when all current members would have graduated.