OU President: Individual Frat Members Will Be Investigated For Racist Chant

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University of Oklahoma President David Boren said Monday afternoon that the school may take action against individual members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity over a video that allegedly shows them singing a racist chant.

Boren already severed the university’s ties to its SAE chapter in a statement Monday morning. But in a later press conference, Boren said the university was conducting an investigation into frat members’ individual behavior in addition to the actions of the chapter as a whole.

“Obviously, some of those who took leadership roles in orchestrating the chant, pushing forward the chant, engaging in this activity which clearly is harassing our community and disrupting our educational experience,” Boren said. “Under the civil rights law it may be possible for us to take action against certain individuals.”

Boren was emphatic about kicking the frat off campus to send a strong message that discrimination wouldn’t be tolerated at the school.

“As far as I’m concerned it won’t be back, at least not while I’m president of the university,” he said. “It’s not gonna come back.”

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  1. I’m lovin’ this guy. NO QUARTER!

  2. "Under the civil rights law it may be possible for us to take action against certain individuals.

    Does this mean students participating in this episode could be kicked out of school?

  3. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    Wonder who the brave soul was that sent the video…

    Hope he won’t be 'punished ’ by his fRatBros.

  4. That does seem to be what he’s saying.

  5. May be from a heroic whistleblower. May be from someone who didn’t even realize it was showing stuff that was really bad.

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