Swarthmore College banned fraternities based on leaked internal fraternity documents describing horrendous behavior, and following student protests.

But two investigations into the protests show no evidence of wrongdoing by current fraternity members, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The investigations also indicated some protesters used aggressive tactics that made administrators fearful. Students forced open a dean’s office door while he tried to close it and allegedly threatened to follow him to his car, the report said.

“By all accounts, the dean was visibly rattled and upset,” wrote lawyers Christina D. Riggs and Albert F. Moran, hired by Swarthmore to look into the April protests.

A Swarthmore task force recommended that Swarthmore stop leasing houses to fraternities. College president Valerie Smith then announced an end to Greek life.

Morgin Goldberg, a 2019 graduate, and one of the protesters, called both reports “misleading” and said it was the students who were scared as police showed up.

The conflict left the campus divided.

College officials are now looking to engage students and others in “strengthening and expanding meaningful relationships within the campus community,” a spokesperson said.

Read more about the campus atmosphere leading up to the decision to end Greek life at Swarthmore College here.

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