Frat brothers at Yale are adding water stations and bouncers to parties after multiple women say members sexually assaulted them

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February 5, 2018 8:54 PM

The recommendations follow reporting from Business Insider in January detailing the accounts of two Yale women who say they were the victims of sexual assaults by brothers in Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Yale's Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity released proposed reforms to improve an environment some students describe as sexually
unsafe.
The proposed reforms were created by fraternity members.
Yale University has indicated that it doesn't plan to

Following allegations of sexual misconduct at Yale's Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) fraternity, chapter leaders have released a first draft of recommendations to create a "

, include adding sober monitors at parties, co-ed bouncers and bartenders at joint parties with sororities, and an accessible water station.

Two women on Yale's campus told Business Insider they were the victims of rapes by brothers in Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE, pronounced "Deke") during the 2016-17 school year. More than a dozen other students told Business Insider they've witnessed or experienced separate instances of nonconsensual sexual contact by DKE brothers since 2014, including unwanted kissing, groping, and sexual assault.

"When an individual violates Yale’s standards in a way that cannot be tied fairly to the student’s organization, the sanction falls on the individual, not the organization," Yale President Peter Salovey told The News in January.

Yale did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

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