The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity will review all its chapters across the country to root out racial intolerance, after a video of a racist chant sparked controversy at a now-defunct Oklahoma chapter.
According to a release sent to TIME, SAE will reveal “comprehensive plans to eliminate instances of racial discrimination and insensitivity among its members nationwide” Wednesday at 10 a.m. Central Time.
The plans will include “an extensive review of the fraternity’s chapters and colonies around the country.”
This is a direct reaction to the University of Oklahoma’s “racially offensive actions” that were revealed last week when a video leaked showing fraternity brothers jubilantly singing a racist chant.
Two students were expelled and the chapter’s actions were condemned by SAE headquarters and the president of the University of Oklahoma as “disgraceful.” SAE shut down the Oklahoma University chapter.
What Sigma Alpha Epsilon Looked Like 70 Years Ago
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Circus party at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1946.Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesCaption from LIFE. A long-legged coed gets hoisted atop a circus wagon which will take her to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon circus masquerade party at U.C.L.A. The inside of the wagon, which normally is used for lions by a local circus, was already full of other guests. Halfway to the party the wagon broke down and the girls and their hosts continued on foot.Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesCaption from LIFE. Bonnie, a mournful elephant, provided a lift to the party for two co-eds.Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesCaption from LIFE. Delighted dates were carried off to the wagon by boys in bears' heads.Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesCaption from LIFE. Sideshow "Barker" chivies coeds about their costumes as he hands out admission to "main tent." Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesSigma Alpha Epsilon Circus party at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1946.Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesSigma Alpha Epsilon Circus party at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1946.Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesSigma Alpha Epsilon Circus party at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1946.Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesSigma Alpha Epsilon Circus party at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1946.Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesSigma Alpha Epsilon Circus party at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1946.Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesSigma Alpha Epsilon Circus party at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1946.Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesSigma Alpha Epsilon Circus party at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1946.Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesSigma Alpha Epsilon Circus party at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1946.Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesCaption from LIFE. Make-believe rabbits, Bud Jones and Muriel Goodwin in ordinary campus life, made the most startling and effective appearance at the masquerade party. The costumes were sewn together by Miss. Goodwin from old bed sheeting of dark felt and cotton batting for less than a dollar. The entire party cost a little under $400.Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
