U. of C. frat controversy leads to dean smackdown, apology
Charges that one University of Chicago fraternity had pledges wear sombreros and mow a lawn as Latin music played — and another frat planned a party for “Conquistadors and Aztec Hoes” — have led to a smackdown from the school’s dean of students. Both incidents, which occurred this month, drew the ire of some Latino students and others who said they were ignorant and in poor taste.
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Family ends 40-year search for missing Vietnam War captain
In December 1972, anti-aircraft fire ripped through the fuselage of Capt. George Macdonald’s gunship during a mission over Laos as the Vietnam War drew to a close. Despite years of searching, the body of the 24-year-old Evanston Township High School graduate was never found. On Tuesday, his family will finally end their search at a memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery.
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