Cal State Long Beach’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter Cal Lambda recently changed the name of their annual “Cherry Bust” party. The decision came after a editorial in the Daily Forty-Niner written by WSSA members Marina Wood and Erin Hale, on July 30 “Women’s group decries annual frat party.” Wood received a e-mail from Caitlin Roberts, CSULB’s coordinator of Greek Life, after the editorial was published expressing her concern for the event’s theme and the subsequent change in name. According to Wood, the “Cherry Bust” is specifically aimed at freshman girls. Dorm residents have said to have seen signs for the party inviting only freshman girls in previous years. Currently the Facebook page for the original themed party has been deleted with a notification that the event has been canceled. While most fraternities and sororities hold annual welcoming parties coinciding with “Rush Week,” it is unknown whether the theme is used by others.
