18 Syracuse University students face possible expulsion over disturbing videos of young men at a fraternity engaged in offensive behavior a new second video was published online over the weekend it appears to show Theta Tau members simulating a sexual assault on a man in a wheelchair the University which
Expelled the Theta Tau chapter said the students made several offensive videos to Rika Duncan is outside the fraternity house in Syracuse New York where the videos were recorded Jericka good morning good morning all is quiet here right now and there’s a public safety officer parked in front of
This house university officials say that 18 of those Theta Tau members have been removed from classes and that today even more members could face disciplinary actions now that video is difficult to watch but it was not released by the University instead it was the student newspaper the daily Orange that released
And obtained that disturbing video the newest video surfaced Saturday and shows what appears to be Theta Tau brothers pretending to sexually assault a disabled man in a wheelchair a video released last week apparently shows members joking about the Holocaust and using racial and anti-semitic slurs Syracuse University permanently expelled
The Theta Tau chapter over the weekend and charged 18 students with undisclosed offenses the students whom the school will not identify because of federal privacy law are banned from classes during the disciplinary process they will attend alternative study arrangements instead Syracuse president Kent syverud outcomes could include suspension or expulsion from Syracuse University
Students are calling on the university to release more of the fraternities videos but civil route has so far resisted saying he wants to protect the integrity of the ongoing investigation I was heartbroken sophomore Priya Penner says she hopes this school will expel the students involved this video is just a example one example
Of what we deal with as marginalized folks it’s saying to them and to me that disabled lives and disabled people aren’t worth seeing as people Theta Tau members apologize for the video last week which it said was intended to be satire members say they don’t really hold the views that were expressed in
Those videos meanwhile the Dean of Students here at Syracuse says the school will meet with some of the 18 students to decide on punishment Nora where I Jericka thank you you know it’s not sad tired you know no it is not it’s not last week I thought you shouldn’t
Expel them you just work with them and now you look at that video and I sort of changed my mind on that and we know many Syracuse students who certainly say that does not represent the school that they go to that’s not indicative of how people feel there but you can’t do that
And say that doesn’t reflect the person that I am repeatedly you can’t do that yeah it wouldn’t come out of your mouth no absolutely would not
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