I attend Georgia State University, where this incident occurred, and I thought that you all would like to see the e-mail the university president sent out...
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TO: Georgia State University Faculty, Staff and Students
FROM: President Carl Patton
The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity has been charged with several violations of the student code of conduct, including, but not limited to, engaging in racially harassing conduct.
Discussions between the fraternity and members of the Dean of Students' staff and representatives of several African American organizations have not indicated a willingness on the part of the fraternity to accept appropriate responsibility for its actions. Furthermore, recent communication from the national office of Pi Kappa Alpha has indicated they are not willing to address the situation in any meaningful way.
Therefore, I am suspending the fraternity from Georgia State University until the charges against it can be heard by the University Senate Committee on Student Discipline and appropriate action taken.
During this suspension, I hope that the leadership of the fraternity will explore with other groups on campus ways in which to prevent future occurrences of racially offensive conduct.
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To the Pikes in here, I realize that the organization as a whole is not racist, but something needs to be done to change these behaviors. I feel for you all because I know some of the Pikes at Georgia State, and they're good guys. But many of them that came to the campus discussion we had walked out and never came back...
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