UNL Chancellor Ronnie Green released a statement Wednesday after students protested Tuesday night outside the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity House, also known as Fiji. Hundreds of students and others gathered near 14th & R following reports of an alleged sexual assault at the fraternity overnight Monday spread throughout the student body Tuesday.
“We take any allegation of sexual assault very seriously, and the UNL Police Department began investigating this incident as soon as the report came in. That investigation remains open and is ongoing,” Green said.
“The Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at UNL is currently under probation for previous violations of university policy. We are closing the fraternity house and suspending operations of the Fiji chapter while this investigation is ongoing, due to potential violations of that probation. This is the responsible action to take for everyone involved.”
Green also said “we are committed to creating a safe campus environment for our students, faculty and staff. No one should be a victim of sexual assault or harassment, and we have taken a number of steps to provide additional support and reporting mechanisms for our campus.”
This spring, under the recommendation of the Campuswide Collaborative on Sexual Misconduct, Green says they instituted new mandatory Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response Training. Additional resources for anyone who has been a victim of sexual misconduct can be found here. The university is also required by federal law to follow a follow a process to to investigate and address allegations of sexual misconduct.”