'Colonial Bros And Nava-Hos' Party Didn't Violate Cal Poly Campus Policies

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) - A Central California university says an off-campus fraternity party with the theme "Colonial Bros and Nava-Hos" was offensive but didn't violate any campus policies.

The Nov. 16 party was held away from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. It urged women to wear racy attire with a Native American theme and sparked complaints that it was sexist and ethnically offensive.

The San Luis Obispo Tribune (http://bit.ly/1jUjPCQ ) this week says university President Jeff Armstrong released results of a campus review that found no policy violations.

However, Armstrong's letter to the campus community calls the party behavior "deplorable" and says the school will try to address sensitivity and diversity issues.

Similar theme parties held by fraternities from Harvard and elsewhere have drawn similar criticism.

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