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University of Wisconsin-Madison has suspended the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity through Nov. 1 after an investigation found chapter members repeatedly used racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic slurs, and then ostracized a black member who told them to stop, according to documents released by the university.

This is the latest in a series of racial incidents addressed by the state's flagship university during an academic year punctuated by student protests over campus climate.

In the most recent action, the campus Committee on Student Organizations ordered members of the SAE fraternity to take part in diversity training and prohibited the fraternity from recruiting members this fall or taking part in events with the rest of the campus Greek community through Nov. 1.

Chancellor Rebecca Blank also requested that fraternity leaders meet with her before the suspension ends to discuss how they plan to bring about lasting changes so there are no recurrences.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon can appeal the decision.

The Committee on Student Organizations issued its ruling after investigating allegations against the fraternity made in March by an unnamed student member, who is black.

The student alleged that fellow members had casually used a racial slur for African-Americans from fall 2014 through February of this year, and that one fraternity member assaulted him in a racially motivated attack. Members also used homophobic and anti-Semitic language, according to the student.

The student said he heard members use a racial slur while singing along with music, when introducing the student to others and, in March 2015, while running down State Street, according to a report by Will Chapman, UW-Madison's assistant director of student conduct.

UW officials said the fraternity took action in response to some of the incidents. The member in the State Street incident was kicked out of the fraternity, and the member accused in the assault was disciplined before he graduated, according to Chapman's report.

The Committee on Student Organizations considered whether the fraternity permitted a discriminatory environment by failing to adequately address reports of continued usage of bigoted and derogatory language, and actions by its members.

The committee found sufficient information to demonstrate that the fraternity's leadership was aware of the black member's concerns about how certain members treated him based on his race, and how certain members used language that was derogatory on the basis of sexual orientation and religious affiliation.

The fraternity, along with other chapters across the country, was required in 2015 by its national organization to have all members complete online diversity training following a highly publicized incident at the University of Oklahoma SAE chapter.

While the UW-Madison fraternity's leadership did take action on some of the incidents, the black member who complained to the university said racist behavior continued.

A national spokesman for the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity disagreed with Blank's observation that the fraternity's national organization has an inability to address discrimination in its chapters.

"In fact, the fraternity has enacted a large number of initiatives in the past year to combat intolerance, discrimination or morally unacceptable behavior," Brandon E. Weghorst, SAE's associate executive director of communications, said in prepared remarks Wednesday.

In March, the national organization launched an initiative to address diversity and inclusion, as well as cultural awareness, he said. All collegiate members were provided a diversity-and-inclusion training program as part of comprehensive training modules, and all new members must complete similar training before they can be initiated into the fraternity, Weghorst said.