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Fraternity rush signs vandalized

September 23, 2010

Passersby on Farm Lane on Thursday might have noticed the fraternity rush signs usually seen this time of year looked a bit different.

Zajac first heard about the incident at 10 a.m. Thursday after members of various fraternities contacted him about the signs.

“One of the members of the fraternities texted me and I checked it out,” Zajac said. “(I) took some pictures, then began making calls to the fraternities.”

Zajac said he encouraged the members of the affected fraternities to file individual police reports. He said the Interfraternity Council, or IFC, has not investigated the incident because it does not know whether a fraternity brother committed the vandalism.

“If it is someone from our constituency, we can take action on it,” he said.

MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said no reports regarding the vandalism were available Thursday.

The phrase “Rush Fart” appeared on several signs, as did the Greek letters Delta Chi. Delta Chi President James Petkus said he does not believe any members of his fraternity were involved in the vandalism.

“I don’t think it was anyone from our fraternity,” Petkus said. “(But) I’m going to bring it up to the house and try to get to the bottom of this.”

Zajac said there are no suspects at this point, but he does not believe the perpetrators were in Delta Chi either. People like to try to point the finger at one another in these situations, he said.

Delta Kappa Epsilon was another fraternity affected by the vandalism. Delta Kappa Epsilon President Eric Wehner said he was not happy with what had happened, but said the circumstances were out of his control.

“I think it’s a little ridiculous and immature,” he said. “I mean, they wrote ‘Rush Fart.’”

Wehner said despite his fraternity’s frustration, they are playing the waiting game.

“At this point, there isn’t anything else we can do,” he said. “We called IFC, we called the police and that’s all we can do.”

If the perpetrators are in the greek community, they will be dealt with accordingly, Zajac said.

“I don’t think whoever did this is of the right moral fiber to be part of the greek system here,” Zajac said.

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