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Duke University sororities will no longer hold parties with all-male fraternities on campus in an effort to focus on "women's empowerment." 



Duke sororities will no longer hold parties with all-male fraternities, citing concerns over sexual assault

Duke University Chapel

Photographs surfaced on Saturday night of a party outside three fraternity houses on Cameron Avenue in Chapel Hill.

Fraternity parties concern members of UNC, Chapel Hill communities

Parties continue at UNC Greek houses despite rules, warnings

Members of the UNC and Chapel Hill communities are frustrated at the continuation of large gatherings at the university's affiliated Greek life houses amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

SEARCH VOTE ON WRAL.COM TO GET YOUR PERSONAL AND PRIVATE BALLOT PREVIEW. >>> OFFICIALS HAVE TRIED EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT, BUT STILL FRATERNITY PARTIES ARE CONTINUING AT UNC CHAPEL HILL. >> Reporter: PEOPLE THAT SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON SAY THAT IT WAS IN CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE LOCAL ORDER THAT SAYS THAT A MAXIMUM OF 25 PEOPLE CAN GATHER OUTSIDE. AT THIS POINT, PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE IN CHAPEL HILL AS WELL AS FELLOW STUDENTS ARE WONDERING WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR THESE GREEK ORGANIZATIONS TO GET THE MESSAGE. POLICE SAY THEY GOT A HANDFUL OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THE LARGE GATHERINGS. BY THE TIME THE OFFICERS ARRIVED, NO VIOLATIONS WERE VISIBLE. ONLINE, SOME SHARE THE IMAGES OF THOSE HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THE FRATERNITIES AND SOME WEARING THE MASKS, MOST ARE NOT. IT'S UPSETTING FOR FELLOW UNC STUDENTS TO SEE. UNLIKE STUDENTS ON CAMPUS, UNC SAY THAT IS FRATERNITY HOUSES ARE OFF CAMPUS AND PRIVATE, AND THE UNIVERSITY IS NOT REQUIRING MEMBERS TO MOVE OUT. STUDENT THAT IS I SPOKE TO SAID THAT WHAT WE SEE DOES NOT RESPECT HOW THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ARE ACTING. REMEMBER THERE WAS A LETTER SENT OUT SAYING THAT LARGE GATHERINGS ARE INVESTIGATED. UNC SAY THAT IS THEY WERE MADE AWARE OF THOSE MEMBERS NOT REPORTING POSITIVE COVID-19 TEST RESULTS. UNC SAY THAT IS THE FRATERNITIES ARE GOING TO LOSE THE RECOGNITION AND THEN THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS COULD FACE THE DISCIPLINARY. IT'S UNCLEAR IF THAT'S HAPPENED IN ANY CASE. >> WE'RE LIVE IN CHAPEL HILL.

A group of Duke students has started a petition to remove 24 Greek organizations on campus. The group says IFC fraternities and Panhellenic sororities create de facto segregation on Duke's campus. 

Petition aims to abolish 24 Greek organizations on Duke's campus

Group calls for end to Greek life at Duke to increase unity

NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill have both had confirmed clusters of COVID-19 tied to Greek life houses near or on their respective campuses.

BACK TO YOU. >> IT KEEPS SPREADING. MARK, THANK YOU. >>> MANY OF THE CASES AT NC STATE HAVE COME OUT OF ADMINISTRATORTIES AND FRATERNITIES . THE GREAT CHAPTERS WORK WITH THE UNIVERSITIES BUT THEY STILL MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS. TODAY BRYAN MIMS WORKED  TO FIND OUT WHAT CONTROL THE SCHOOLS HAVE OVER THE ORGANIZATIONS AND WHETHER THE DIVIDE IS PLAYING A ROLE IN SPREADING THE CORONAVIRUS. BRYAN? >> Reporter: DEBRA,  I AM STANDING  OUTSIDE THESE TWO BUILDING,  ONE A SORORITY AND ONE A FRATERNITY. UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS TOLD ME THEY REALLY HAVE NO CONTROL TO OPEN OR SHUT DOWN THESE HOUSES WITH 12 CASES OF COVID-19 REPORTED LAST WEEK BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS. BE YOU THEY SAID COVID POLICIES APPLY AT ANY STUDENT HOUSING, INCLUDING THESE. THESE BUILDINGS  ARE OWNED  BY THE GREEK ORGANIZATIONS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ON CAMPUS PROPERTY. STUDENTS HERE DECLINED  TO SPEAK WITH US. DELTA  HAS THE MOST CASES REPORTED, 28. SIGMA NU WHICH THE FACERTAINTY SAYS HOSTED A PARTY ON AUGUST 13 HAS HAD 26. THE STUDENT LEADERS  ARE REFERRING ALL QUESTIONS TO THE STOOL SPOKESMAN THAT ALSO DECLINED AN INTERVIEW BUT SAID THE SCHOOL GAVE NO PERMISSION FOR SOCIAL EVENTS AT THE CAMPUSES .  THEY HAVE HAD TO READ POLICY,  ACKNOWLEDGE RED THEM. UNC-CHAPEL HILL HILL FRATERNITIES  AND SORORITIES ARE PART OF PRIVATE PROPERTY AND SUBJECT TO LOCALLARD INSTANCES. THE UNIVERSITY IS NOT REQUIRING MEMBERS TO MOVE OUT OF THEIR HOUSES IT SAID. BACK AT NC STATE,  THESE THREE FRESHMEN, NOT MEMBERS OF GREEK ORGANIZATIONS,  TOLD US THEY FEEL SAFE ON CAMPUS. THEY LIVE IN DORMS,  THOUGH NOT FOR LONG. >> Reporter: ARE YOU MOVING OUT? >> I AM LOOKING AT APARTMENTS. IT  WILL BE HARD TO FIND ONE. >> Reporter: DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN UPDATED SUFFICIENTLY BY THE CAMPUS. >> WE GET EMAILS PRETTY MUCH EVERYDAY. >> I FEEL COMFORTABLE. IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME THAT MUCH AND THEY HAVE BEEN KEEPING US UPDATED ,  EMAILING US WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS AND MOST ARE OFF CAMPUS >> Reporter: A SPOKESWOMAN SENT ME AN EMAIL SAYING THERE ARE NOT GREEK HOUSES ON THE DUKE CAMPUS,  RATHER THEY ARE MORE LIKE SOCIAL LIVING GROUPS,  BUT ALL RULES APPLY TO ALL STUDENTS LIVING IN ANY HOUSING ON CAMPUS .  DEBRA?

Multiple COVID-19 clusters tied to Greek life at local universities

A sorority at a North Carolina college has been suspended for three years for hazing.