Students at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill can expect an “epic rager” called Flagstock 2024 this Labor Day thanks to a GoFundMe page which raised $515,517 for fraternity brothers who defended the American flag against anti-Israel protesters. 

When the protesters replaced the American flag with a Palestinian one on April 30, several fraternity brothers, including members of Alpha Epsilon Pi and Pi Kappa Phi, prevented the American one from touching the ground. The image that circulated on social media in the subsequent days was among the more iconic of the spring’s campus protests against Israel.