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I just listened to OU President David Boren's press conference. I can't and won't defend the indefensible behavior of the singers on the bus; however, I will point out that the thrust of Boren's comments was that OU generally does not represent those values and the behavior of a subset of OU students (the SAE chapter) should not discount the otherwise good qualities of OU. But, he is unwilling to give that same consideration to the SAE chapter, i.e. that the behavior of the 20 or so SAEs on the bus (assuming that they were all singing) does not reflect the attitudes of all 200 men in the chapter or SAE generally.
Candidly, are we really to believe that the attitudes of the bus singers, or those of the SAE chapter at OU, are all that different from many in the OU student body? As far as I am aware, the chapter has enjoyed a good reputation on campus. If OU was as enlightened as President Boren would have us believe, they would have been pariahs.
Sanctions? Sure. Counseling? You bet. Apologies? Absolutely. But, if there really is a "U" in "OU", then surely it can come up with a solution more tailored and truly constructive than a one way bus ticket out of Norman.
Last edited by MU2Driver; 03-09-2015 at 01:07 PM.
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