Phi Gamma Delta

Individuals inside the UC Berkeley chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, or Fiji, house could be heard repeatedly chanting a homophobic slur in a video taken Sunday evening and shared with The Daily Californian.

UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Stephen Sutton called off pyrotechnics at the Big Game Rally, held annually on the evening before the football game against Stanford University. The bonfire, traditionally featured at the rally, was previously canceled because of an air quality notice.

An RV in front of the Phi Gamma Delta, or Fiji, fraternity house caught on fire Sunday evening, but the fire has since been put out.

About 10 UC Berkeley students protested in front of several fraternity houses along Piedmont Avenue on Saturday afternoon, including Delta Kappa Epsilon and Pi Kappa Alpha.

The commission plans to meet with the presidents and lead advisers of the UC Berkeley Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council next week to discuss future action.

Several student protesters assembled outside Phi Gamma Delta, or Fiji, fraternity Saturday afternoon to protest sexual assault. But they were interrupted by members of the fraternity, who began posing behind the protesters in what many alleged was a mockery of the rally.

A crowd of more than 100 gathered Monday to celebrate the life of junior Nick Leslie, who died in the terrorist attack in Nice, France, on Thursday. He was 20 years old.

The Alameda County Defense Attorney’s office dropped the charges Friday against a member of Phi Gamma Delta one day after he was arrested in conjunction with a sexual assault investigation, according to a statement from the UC Berkeley chapter of Phi Gamma Delta.

The council, which represents affiliated campus sororities, had refused as of Jan. 29 to interact with any disaffiliated fraternities until they agreed to comply with a list of demands. Three fraternities, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Zeta Psi and Phi Gamma Delta agreed.