( CNN ) The University of Florida and Emory University are investigating allegations that Zeta Beta Tau fraternity members disrespected wounded war veterans last weekend at Panama City Beach , Florida , by spitting , urinating and pouring beer on them . `` They actually spit on me and my service dog as well , and that 's just so disrespectful and it hurts . I come and I feel honored and I feel safe and that I belong , but now I feel like I 'm defending myself , '' wounded veteran Nicholas Connole told CNN affiliate WJHG . `` People were urinating off the balconies , throwing up in the elevators , making suggestive and sexual comments about veterans with their service dogs and derogatory and suggestive comments about their wives , '' said Linda Cope , organizer of the Warrior Beach Retreat . Both the University of Florida and the international office of Zeta Beta Tau are investigating , have apologized to the veterans group and the international office suspended activities for the fraternity chapters at the Florida school at at Emory in Atlanta . The fraternity 's executive director , Laurence Bolotin said in a statement that three fraternity members from the University of Florida have been expelled from the group . `` While the details of their actions are still under investigation , there is no doubt that some of our members engaged in ugly and unacceptable behavior , '' Bolotin said . `` On behalf of our entire organization , I want to apologize to veterans , both those who were in Panama City Beach , and those who have felt the pain from afar , as well as to their families and all who support the Warrior Beach Retreat and had worked to make it a positive and meaningful occasion for attendees . '' `` I am personally offended and disappointed by the behavior that has been described to me , '' University of Florida Student Affairs Vice President Dave Kratzer said . `` This is not representative of our students or of the university . '' A reporter for CNN affiliate WFOX went to the University of Florida fraternity house on Friday seeking comment from members . Nobody answered her knock on the door or would talk when she approached them in the parking lot . Do fraternities make men behave badly ? Emory University issued a statement saying it was appalled to hear of the disrespectful acts but said `` no evidence has been found to implicate Emory students in these reported incidents . '' Cope said the Wounded Warriors stayed at the same resort where the fraternities were having their spring formal . She said the fraternity members had too much to drink the night of April 17 . `` We had an American flag flying outside and there was urination coming down from the balconies going onto the flag , '' she said . `` One of the drunk kids pulled a veteran American flag out of the ground and [ we ] made the boy put it back . This all happened Friday afternoon , through the night , into the late morning . '' She said the veterans and their families did not retaliate . `` These men and women acted like the leaders they are of our country , '' she said . Cope told WJHG she received an apology letter from the University of Florida president and the president of Zeta Beta Tau at that school . The website for Zeta Beta Tau says it 's the the world 's first Jewish fraternity and prides itself on being an inclusive organization . In 1989 , it became the first fraternity to abolish pledging from its organization , the website said .
The executive director of University of Florida Beta Tau fraternity apologizes for `` ugly and unacceptable behavior '' Zeta and Emory University fraternity members are being investigated . Wounded veterans , fraternity members stayed at the same resort at Panama City Beach , Florida .