Exclusive | UCSB deans leaked email about toxic sorority girl scandal engulfing party college: Deep impact

The dean of UC Santa Barbara has been forced to step in after a toxic racism scandal at Alpha Phi threatened to fracture Greek life on campus.The incident triggered a witch hunt and prompted the college to offer 24/7 psychological counseling to shaken students.In an internal email, obtained by the California Post, UCSB Dean of Students Joaquin Becerra told the Panhellenic community he had launched a formal review into the recruitment “bias incident” under system-wide anti-discrimination policies.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story He also issued an urgent plea to stop an escalating campus witch hunt for the Alpha Phi International girl who allegedly scrubbed people of color from the list of potential new recruits.Acknowledging the “deep impact” the controversy had across campus, Becerra called on students to curb public hostility against sorority members as online backlash and chapter walkouts intensified.“I want to encourage us to be mindful that we do not shame or exclude members of our community as we move towards education and accountability,” he wrote, revealing leadership had scheduled emergency sit-downs with Collegiate Panhellenic Council presidents to manage the fallout.The controversy originally erupted inside the Alpha Phi house when active sisters confronted visiting national handlers over the sudden, unexplained purging of minority recruits during fall rush.The selection pool plummeted from 1,200 prospective members to roughly 250 in a single round, while active sisters of color were allegedly sidelined from recruiting duties.When national reps tried to defuse the room by proposing a “dance party” to end the day on a “happy note,” Alpha Phi President Alana Nielsen refused and forced a chapter-wide meeting, sparking a tear-fueled sh...