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Old 11-11-2006, 06:50 PM
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Pi Kappa Phi Chapter "Interim Suspension" -- Blackface Incident (George Mason U)

An NBC affiliate reports that Pi Kappa Phi has put its George Mason U. chapter on “an interim suspension” for an incident involving blackface at a party:

http://www.nbc4.com/news/10294493/detail.html

Excerpts from article:

. . . The controversy started when photos from an off-campus Halloween party of a white student in blackface and chains showed up on the Web site Facebook.com with a caption that called the costume "The Runaway Slave," News4's Michael Flynn reported.
School officials said the student was photographed at a party thrown by the fraternity Pi Kappa Phi.
. . . A statement released by Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity CEO Mark E. Timmes said an interim suspension has been imposed on the GMU chapter due to the incident.


You'd think people would know better.
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