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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.