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| Tiffany Tcheng/STATE PRESS MAGAZINE |
Patrick Spomer, president SigEp, says the organization worked hard to restore its reputation after the chapter lost its charter in 2002. |
...intellectual conversation may seem a little strange for a fraternity embarking on a Friday night out. But then, the men from SigEp, the ASU colony of Sigma Phi Epsilon, aren't your average frat boys.ASU Web Devil - Frat Talk: The Good Boys
One day in July 2002 ensured that.
It was then that ASU officials found out that members of four different ASU fraternities, including SigEp, had participated in "Shane's World #29: Frat Row Scavenger Hunt 3", a pornographic video shot predominantly at ASU's Tempe campus.
The video included sex on a campus lawn and a "sexual scavenger hunt" in which two members from each fraternity were paired with two female porn stars and received points for the amount of sexual acts they completed.
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Subsequently, the national chapter of SigEp decided to take away the ASU group's charter...
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Essentially, Spomer says proudly, SigEp is not your typical ASU frat.
"We don't make people pledge, don't demean women and aren't drunken assholes," he says. "We have the highest GPA of all the fraternities and we're basically here to promote and support each other."
Despite his confidence, Spomer's young fraternity still faces a number of problems. They have yet to have their charter reinstated, and for now must make do with the title of "colony" instead of "chapter."
SigEp has also struggled to recruit new members and currently has 20 less than the 45 they need to fill their old house on Alpha Drive. Spomer says the legacy of the porn video is partly responsible.
"A lot of guys mention it, but when I hear 'I saw that video...' I'm just like, 'nice to meet you' and won't call them back. We don't want people like that," he says."Our founding principles are value, diligence and brotherly love."
