Members of Syracuse Theta Tau fraternity are apologizing for an offensive video that triggered protests on campus and led to the frats suspension a roughly six minute video shows what appears to be fraternity members performing skits using racist sexist and other crude language the chapter apologized overnight in a letter saying quote our
House is not and has never been a place for hate Adriana Diaz is outside the suspended fraternities house in Syracuse Adriana good morning good morning Syracuse University police are now investigating the video which is hard to watch a student newspaper the daily Orange discovered it on a secret Facebook page for fraternity brothers
The nude and crude video shows what appears to be faded out brothers joking about the Holocaust and using racist slurs the chapter apologized overnight in a lengthy letter saying it’s with profound embarrassment and disappointment in ourselves that we find our fraternity in this situation but they say the frat is
Not a hate group or a house full of bigots instead the letter says the video recorded last month shows a satirical sketch performed by fraternity pledges intended to roast active brothers it says the young men were playing characters and do not hold the views they expressed in the video the national
Fraternities top officials said in a Facebook post Thursday the actions of these individuals are truly disgraceful and we will take appropriate action based on the findings of the investigation students have marched across campus demanding the university hold the fraternity brothers accountable Syracuse president Kent syverud said a comprehensive review of the Theta Tau
Chapter is now underway he also promised a series of reforms including diversity training for all members of the Greek system and a closer look at the role of Dean’s and other university leaders the first time I view good is sick to my stomach dolan ivanovich a Syracuse senior vice
President says campus police have interviewed all 48 members of Ada tau for possible violations like hazing and abusive language it’s shocking it’s appalling his activity that is against all of our community standards and values that’s why we immediately suspended this fraternity and will conduct a very thorough review and
Analysis penalties could range from suspension to expulsion for the fraternity brothers and according to the daily Orange this chapter here is the fourth fraternity to be suspended by the school this academic year the other three were for hazing gail adriana thank you so much i just don’t know what it’s
Gonna take for people to realize this isn’t funny no I don’t think it does any good to expel them but I think there has talked about racial bias training sensitivity training even as a joke it just is not fun it’s not funny and I think the president of Syracuse
University should sit down with them and talk to them because even if they were expelled they’re gonna go out into society yeah and so there has to be kind of a alert experience here in a discussion about it that’s exactly the right point it’s not just what’s already in their hearts
Returnees when they defend themselves they say they need these kinds of events among brothers to build up a brotherhood around common experience so look at what’s at the heart of this common experience it is hatred and bigotry so you’re sending them out in the world armed with that kind of hate yeah
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