{"id":98415,"date":"2021-11-15T11:26:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T16:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/?p=98415"},"modified":"2021-11-15T11:26:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T16:26:57","slug":"anti-frat-protests-caused-200k-in-damage-left-28-students-temporarily-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/anti-frat-protests-caused-200k-in-damage-left-28-students-temporarily-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-frat protests caused $200K+ in damage, left 28 students temporarily homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Protests stemmed from September 2020 sexual assault allegation<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Protests against the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at University of Iowa caused more than $200,000 in damages and left 28 students without permanent housing according to public documents.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Gazette<\/em>, a local paper, filed public record requests for information about the August and September protests against the fraternity, also known as FIJI.<\/p>\n<p>Student activists <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/1raaZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">circulated a petition<\/a> and led protests against FIJI after news broke that two members allegedly sexually assaulted someone in September 2020. The students are no longer in the fraternity, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyiowan.com\/2021\/11\/11\/university-of-iowa-announces-changes-to-fraternity-and-sorority-life-support-of-fiji-chapter-during-performance-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Daily Iowan<\/em><\/a>. A student filed a lawsuit against the two students, though the campus paper did not link to a copy of it. The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>The protests led to broken windows, doors and frames.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rumble\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/vmmthd\/?pub=gavb5\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegazette.com\/higher-education\/university-of-iowa-fiji-protests-caused-200k-in-damage-displaced-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Gazette<\/em><\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Damage to the FIJI house from the raucous protests of more than 1,000 will require repair to 120-plus damaged windows, landscaping, a permanent gas grill, four doors and frames \u2018at a cost of over $200,000,\u2019 according to an Oct. 15 email from FIJI Assistant Executive Director Todd Rotgers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The damage made the house unlivable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven space limitations at the Iowa House Hotel \u2014 costing $200 a night on Fridays and Saturdays and $75 to $95 Sunday through Thursday \u2014 FIJI also had to book rooms in the Hilton Garden Inn and the Hampton Inn in Iowa City,\u201d the <em>Gazette<\/em> said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;FIJI headquarters covered those hotel costs through Sept. 12 \u2014 after which displaced members found alternative housing for the rest of the semester,&#8221; the\u00a0<em>Gazette<\/em> reported, based on a letter from the university&#8217;s Greek Life office that the newspaper reviewed.<\/p>\n<p>University officials reached out to FIJI to offer support.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_jXanGSsem0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n\u201cYou\u2019ve had a really tough week+ and I hope you were able to get some rest over the long weekend,\u201d Anita Cory with the dean of students\u2019 office wrote on September 7 to an unnamed frat member.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been thinking about you and your fraternity brothers a lot as we\u2019ve reached out to offer support to those who requested additional assistance,\u201d Cory said, according to <em>The Gazette<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The public Iowa university said it will implement further training and transparency for Greek life, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyiowan.com\/2021\/11\/11\/university-of-iowa-announces-changes-to-fraternity-and-sorority-life-support-of-fiji-chapter-during-performance-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Daily Iowan<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>IMAGE: Daily Iowan\/YouTube<\/p>\n            <div class=\"article-truncate-control\">\n                <button class=\"show-complete-article\">\n                    Read More                <\/button>\n            <\/div>\n\n        ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protests stemmed from September 2020 sexual assault allegation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":98417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1361],"tags":[43273,256,11431,1710,11432,12403,43274,979],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FIJIProtest.DailyIowan_YouTube72.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Oh4L-pBl","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98415"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98419,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98415\/revisions\/98419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}