As Kappa Sigma members celebrated bid night, about 30 MEChA members chanted and held signs in their fourth and final candlelight vigil of rush week.

"We're out here so that we can do something, so we don't have to do this again," said political science sophomore Marco Dominguez.

Holding candles and signs asking people to honk for their cause, the group spoke out against racism while fraternity members remained within the perimeters of the house and calmly went about their business.

Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan alleges that a Kappa Sigma fraternity member called a Chicano student a "spic" last September during an intramural speed soccer game.

"By using a racial slur instead of a regular insult, they made it a racial issue," said graduate student Dolores Ramos.

Although MEChA tried to file a complaint, the tri-university student code of conduct does not include a policy on hate speech.

George Jenson, resident adviser for Kappa Sigma, said he feels the fraternity is being unfairly labeled as racist by people who do not know them as individuals.

"As a group, their (MEChA's) allegations are that one of our members made a racial slur, so they think that includes everyone," he said.

But Dominguez said an organization is responsible for the conduct of its members.

"In the code of conduct it says that if a member of an organization makes a violation under a university sponsored event, then the whole organization is responsible," he said.

While MEChA claims they are being discriminated against, Jenson said he feels that the fraternity is also a victim.

"A popular stereotype of fraternities is that they are rich white guys and because of that we are also victims of prejudice," he said.

During rush week, MEChA tried to persuade individuals not to rush Kappa Sigma.

But despite their efforts, the fraternity had 12 pledges at the end of the week, said Alex Alcantara, a member of the fraternity and a molecular and cellular biology senior.

"It did not affect rush week. We had a successful rush and we are very pleased with our new members," Jenson said, adding that the new members did not feel deterred by the protests.