She said students are trying to keep one another safe, as Title IX rules are in flux while regulators decide what to do with the policies of Betsy DeVos, the former secretary of education. Now students are taking to Instagram to call out perpetrators. When Carson was in college in the mid-2010’s, students would write their assailants’ names on bathroom walls to demand attention from administrators. Sage Carson, manager of Know Your IX, an organization aimed at educating youth about the federal gender-equity law Title IX, said she has noticed in recent years that more students have come forward about being survivors of sexual violence. Other activists, especially from within Greek life, have called for Greek life reform in lieu of abolition. In the wake of the George Floyd protests last summer, the Abolish Greek Life movement gained a following at many college campuses.

Those protests had continued a trend of student activists’ demanding safer, more-equitable social environments as they return to campus this fall. A petition calling for Fiji’s expulsion had racked up more than 475,000 signatures at the time this article was published. While Fiji was temporarily suspended and placed under a university investigation, students demanded the fraternity be kicked off campus permanently. The situation in Lawrence, Kan., echoes the protests outside a Phi Gamma Delta (“Fiji”) fraternity last month in Lincoln, Neb., following a reported sexual assault at the house. In a statement to The Chronicle, Drake DelosSantos, a spokesman for the national Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, said his organization became aware of the accusations against a fraternity member on Sunday and immediately notified officials at Kansas. “Sadly, sexual assault continues to be pervasive in our society, and we are heartened to know that so many of you feel compelled to engage on this topic.”

Bichelmeyer, and Vice Provost for Student Affairs Tammara Durham. “We appreciate that so many members of our community were moved to gather in support of combatting sexual assault,” read the statement, which was signed by Chancellor Douglas A.

In their statement, university leaders said Phi Kappa Psi has been cooperative. A Kansas spokesperson told The Chronicle the university’s investigation is focused on an individual and not the fraternity. In an email to the campus on Tuesday, university leaders acknowledged the activism and said they have begun an investigation into the sexual-assault accusation.

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