It was a messy affair when the University of North Carolina at Wilmington closed its chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, in 2012. The group was kicked off campus for providing alcohol to minors, sponsoring a social affair after its activities were supposed to be suspended, and then lying to university officials about having done so. So far, the fraternity’s return to the campus isn’t going much better. Now that Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s two-year suspension has expired, university officials are trying to ensure that there is adequate oversight and accountability for its future members. But the officials feel their efforts are being undercut by a group of the fraternity’s alumni, including a state legislator and an influential local businessman with strong ties to the governor, who have used their influence to protect the fraternity from a university administration they felt was unfair to the group. Further complicating the issue are the group’s ties to a local, private men’s club that played a central role in the city’s violent racial past.

June 24, 2015 ・ From Chronicle of Higher Education