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The Ole Miss chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon has been indefinitely suspended by its national headquarters, according to a release issued by the national fraternity office on Friday.
The three Ole Miss freshmen from Georgia suspected of having committed the defacement of the Meredith statue last Sunday have already been expelled from the fraternity. According to the latest reports from Ole Miss Police, the three freshman have admitted hanging a noose around the statue’s neck.
They also are accused of draping a pre-200s Georgia State flag around the statue’s shoulders. They were expected to talk to the police about the matter Thursday but didn’t show and have since acquired an attorney to represent them.
The release from the fraternity’s national headquarters said, “SigEp has indefinitely suspended its University of Mississippi Chapter and asked that the chapter cease all operations.”
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The release added, “The fraternity staff is working with chapter and alumni-volunteer leadership to conduct an internal investigation. The fraternity intends to conduct a comprehensive review of the membership to ensure members’ values align with those espoused by the fraternity.
“We won’t allow the actions of a few men to undermine the more than five decades of leadership this fraternity has demonstrated in the fight for racial equality and diversity on our college campuses,” said SigEp CEO Brian C. Warren.
SigEp as a national organization has a reputation for inclusiveness. In 1959, it was the first national frat to invite members of all races and religions to join its ranks.
 
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14 Comments

14 Comments

  1. hotcoffee4me2

    February 21, 2014 at 6:44 pm

    Good then, back to business. Zero tolerance is the only acceptable answer.

  2. Ashley Taylor

    February 21, 2014 at 7:48 pm

    Ugh..Idiots.

  3. Sipstate

    February 22, 2014 at 3:57 am

    I am shocked that a college with a Confederate Rebel as its mascot in a state where the Confederate battle flag is an integral part of the state’s flag could be the setting for displays of unreformed racism.

  4. Sky Thibedeau

    February 22, 2014 at 7:34 am

    They are morons but I can’t help but thing back to that other hate incident a few years ago at Kincannon where the perpetrators turned out to be black pledges getting back at an upperclassman for hazing. I don’t think anyone was suspended much less a guilty by association banning of a whole chapter from campus after all the hue and cry by Mr. Khayat saying they would be kicked off campus and prosecuted.
    There has to be more to the story for them to ban the whole chapter over a probable drunken prank by three dummies who couldn’t get into UGA or Tech.

  5. Sky Thibedeau

    February 22, 2014 at 7:59 am

    Get up to speed the Ole Miss Mascot is a Stupid looking Black Bear. We had hoped for a mon calamari admiral to replace the Old Tired Democrat Cliff Finch Colonel but the Mouse would sue.

  6. Sky Thibedeau

    February 22, 2014 at 8:04 am

    Our Mascot is a Black Bear.

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