In the last week Sigma Chis and Phi Kappa Psis tried to break windows at the Delt house, and an ensuing encounter, in which all three fraternities entered, that was becoming serious before Griffin arrived on the scene. The Delta Tau Delta sign, repainted after its earlier charred state. A traditional fight involves setting the sign on fire. There is no harm in an occasional food fight or chapel sing stand-off, as long as things don't get out of hand. The administration takes events such as these seriously.
Fines collected in excess of repair costs occasionally go directly to the victimized fraternity.
The rivalries have existed for a long time, and have sometimes gotten out of hand. Such extremities, Hadley assumes, have never been tolerated by the college. Members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, which has a traditional rivalry with the Phi Delta Theta house, and Sigma Chi fraternity have respectively stated that the intensity of the rivalries varies over the years or doesn't change much. Gentlemen are not vandals. Vandals are not gentlemen.