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Human relations freshman Isaiah Flowers demonstrates Monday morning on the North Oval to support Unheard, an alliance of black students advocating for minority rights. During the demonstration students, faculty, staff and members of the community gathered by the George Lynn Cross statue to march through Oklahoma Memorial Union and leave notes expressing their frustrations with OU.

OU community members protest racist video remarks PAIGHTEN HARKINS Digital Managing Editor

O f f e n s i v e. D i s g u s t i n g . Bi g o t e d .

Disgraceful. Racist.

That’s what OU students and officials said in response to a racist video depicting members of OU’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity that surfaced late Sunday evening.

In the 10-second grainy clip, members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, dressed in suits on their way to a date party, emphatically sing the lines: “There will never be a n***** SAE. You can hang them from a tree, but he’ll never sign with me.”

Before midnight that Sunday, the fraternity’s national headquarters disbanded it. Before the sun rose Monday, about one hundred individuals gathered on the North Oval to demonstrate against the video and

the values it depicted. Demonstrations continued throughout the day as students and university officials alike agreed: The video and those it depicts do not represent OU. Unheard, an alliance of black students who advocate for minority rights on campus, kicked off the day’s events at 7:30 a.m.

Before executive members addressed the full crowd, OU President David Boren left his office in Evans Hall to meet demonstrators outside.

Someone handed Boren a megaphone, and he didn’t hold back.

“In my mind, you shouldn’t have the privilege of calling yourself Sooners,” Boren said to the students in the video. “Real Sooners are not bigots. Real Sooners are not racists.”

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OU President David Boren speaks to OU students, staff, news stations and Norman residents early Monday morning outside Evans Hall during a morning demonstration. Boren commented on a leaked video of Sigma Alpha Epsilon members participating in a racist chant.

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OU employees boarded up windows and removed Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s letters from the fraternity house in the first set of actions to reclaim the house after the organization was disbanded late Sunday.

OU Facilities Management employees used a lift to retrieve the gold letters from the side of the building, located at 730 College Ave., around 3:30 p.m. Monday.

The employees took down the letters and blocked the

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windows as residents packed their belongings, Facilities Management director Brian Ellis said.

“We are establishing control of the property,” Ellis said.

The move came after OU President David Boren’s 11 a.m. press conference, in which he spoke out against a racist video that implicated Sigma Alpha Epsilon members.

During the conference, Boren said residents must be out of the house by midnight Tuesday and that the university would not help members find alternative housing.

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An OU Facilities Management worker carries letters from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house Monday afternoon. The fraternity was banned at OU after a leaked video showing members singing a racist chant surfaced online

OU President David Boren stood behind a podium in Holmberg Hall on Monday morning and left no doubt about his stance on the actions of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members who were caught on video participating in a racist chant that sparked protests across campus.

“Would I be happy if they left the university as students and were no longer our students? You betcha,” Boren said. “I’d be happy. We don’t have any room for racists and

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bigots at this university. I’d be glad if they left.”

At this point the OU chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon no longer exists. All of its members have been suspended from the fraternity, Boren has ordered the house to be closed and everyone living inside must be out by midnight tonight.

For many, that is not enough.

Calls for expulsion abounded across the campus Monday, and Boren explained in his press conference that the university’s legal team is working to find a way to punish individuals in a way that is constitutionally sound.

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Unheard organizers address a crowd of about 100 people at their demonstration Monday morning in front of Evans Hall. Unheard called the demonstration in response to a racist video featuring members of OU’s now-disbanded Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

UNHEARD: Administrators and athletes join demonstrations on campus Continued from Page One After Boren’s speech, in which he severed the university’s ties with the fraternity, Unheard executives gathered students near Evans Hall’s front steps.

“The events that happened this weekend are extremely, extremely offensive and disgusting to our culture and to our people,” Unheard executive Chelsea Davis said to the crowd.

She and several other Unheard members stood on the steps to give recommendations. The executive members — along with many in the crowd — dressed in black. It was a sign of support.

The sun barely peeked over the top of the building

as Davis spoke. The morning dew, made wetter by the day’s forecasted rain, was still fresh on the ground. It was hardly 8:45 a.m.

Davis gave the audience instructions: Grab some duct tape to close your mouth.

Take a Post-It Note to write your concerns and make yourself heard. Then march so people will listen.

T h re e m i n u t e s l a t e r, Unheard executives led the demonstrators from Evans Hall to Oklahoma Memorial Union with one destination in mind: the Office of Student Affairs.

Demonstrators stuck notes on the office’s door in hopes that administrators would see their complaints. By the end of the protest, hundreds of notes adorned the door.

One note read: “Education i s a l w a y s t h e a n s w e r.”

Another read: “I’m hurt.”

Another: “Expel the perpetrators.”

Around the same time members of OU’s Athletic Department, including head coach Bob Stoops and linebacker Eric Striker, demonstrated on the South Oval.

The individuals stood near Lindsey Street, standing in silence as students walked past.

Later, football players and coaches didn’t practice in protest of the video. Instead of practicing, the team, lead

by Stoops and athletic director Joe Castiglione, entered the Everest Training Center walking arm-in-arm and dressed in black.

An OU spokesman said

Stoops and other team leaders made the decision to forgo practice.

Unheard member Kumba Sicarr said she was happy with the student turnout and support at the group’s demonstration, but that the university should continue discussions about race.

“It doesn’t stop at this protest. I believe the university still needs to have a plan of action. This is not the first, and it’s not the last,” Sicarr said.

Members and demonstrators said the video is only one example of issues minority students deal with daily, which is exactly why Davis and other Unheard members demand change — even after the fraternity’s punishment has already been doled out.

“We need the university to understand that this is a cultural change that needs to happen,” Davis said during the demonstration.

Joining the droves of students at the event were campus administrators, including Student Life director Kristen Partridge and Clarke Stroud, university vice president for Students Affairs and dean of students, whose office-building door the demonstrators covered with notes.

They seemed to be listening.

Stroud said he was happy with the turnout at the protest but that he was both hurt and outraged by the video.

“There’s just no room in our community for it,” Stroud said.

Partridge echoed Stroud’s statements about student turnout, adding that she hoped the demonstration showed students that racism still exists on campus.

“Students who have not experienced that may not understand what students in minority communities face everyday. I hope that there’s a greater sense of awareness,” Partridge said. “I also hope that students in our cultural communities realize how many allies they have. It’s our honor to stand with them against things like hate and racism.”

S t a f f re p o r t e r s An d re w Clark, Daisy Creager and Joe Buettner contributed to this report.

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An OU student wears tape with the label “Unheard” over his mouth at OU Unheard’s demonstration Monday morning.

RIGHTS: Students protected by First Amendment Continued from Page One Unless their investigation yields something more than the image of fraternity brothers spewing bigotry on a charter bus though, there is a good chance they won’t find it.

“If the extent of it is what we see in those 11 seconds of video, I don’t see a constitutional basis for [expulsion],” said Robert Shibley, executive director of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.

Shibley’s organization’s mission is to protect individual rights at America’s colleges and universities.

Just last week the foundation helped students at Utah’s Dixie State University file a lawsuit against their school for placing unconstitutional restrictions on their First Amendment rights.

“It suggests that they would not allow black people into SAE fraternity or SAE chapter. If that indicates they might be engaged in unlawful discrimination, you can investigate the unlawful discrimination angle of it,” Shibley said. “But actually just saying that isn’t the offense. The offense would actually be engaging in discrimination.”

The removal of the fraternity from campus and the students from their house was legal because it involved an organization that represents the university.

“The university can kick them off campus for a variety of reasons, and there’s a lot of latitude to go that far,” said OU political science professor Keith Gaddie.

“The question is, can you go after individuals?”

Gaddie said there is some space for the university to pursue individual punishment for the leaders of the chant. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, individuals who create an intimidating or hostile environment can face consequences, Gaddie said. “…The question is, have these people created an intimidating or hostile environment on the basis of race? And in so doing so, does that create a violation

of the individual code of conduct for a student at the university which can lead to expulsion? That’s what has to be determined,” Gaddie said.

Title VI protects individuals from discrimination based on race, color or national origin in programs receiving federal financial assistance, such as a public university. The goal then becomes proving that the perpetrators created a hostile learning environment for fellow students.

According to Shibley, what showed up on the video is not enough to legally qualify as hostile.

“The harassment has to be based on a protected class and so severe, pervasive and objectively offensive that it effectively keeps the targets of discrimination from getting an education,” Shibley said.

Simply speaking, even if the words are abhorrent, they have not lived up to that scrutiny in previous court cases.

“OU may not censor the students because of their hate speech. Their hateful speech is protected,” said Joey Senat, an associate professor in the Oklahoma

State University School o f Me d ia a n d St rate g i c Communications.

According to Senat, the issue is much deeper than one of race: It is one of free speech.

“People should be wary when government acts to censor speech, even unpopular speech,” Senat said.

“Censorship doesn’t solve any problems. It will drive the unpopular ideas underground, but it certainly doesn’t help convince anyone that their idea of another race is inaccurate.

It doesn’t enlighten those people. And what it does lead to — that kind of censorship — is people like me standing up to defend racists. I would rather not defend racists. But I’m more concerned too about OU trying to censor ideas that David Boren doesn’t like.”

While the university seeks a rule that will allow them to send the students elsewhere, Senat advocates for a dialogue.

“Those people who hold racist viewpoints are as sincere in their viewpoints as I am in that people should be treated equally and that racism should not exist,” Senat said. “Obviously it

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does exist, but those racists hold those views to be sincere and punishing them by government punishment does not change their mind. It only reinforces what they hate.”

Boren called the fraternity members disgraceful. He let them know that they had lost the privilege to call themselves Sooners. And he closed h i s s t at e m e nt by l e tting them know just how much he would love it if they left. “ They don’t belong here, and I don’t want them here ... I might even pay personal bus fare for them if they’d go somewhere else,” Boren said.

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REACTION: President Boren castigates frat Continued from Page One

“We don’t provide student services for bigots.”

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“We don’t provide student services for bigots,” Boren said.

He went on to say that he wants those involved in the incident gone from the university.

“I don’t have much sympathy for them,” Boren said.

Members have been leaving the house with luggage in hand since late Sunday evening. As OU employees removed the letters, Sigma Alpha Epsilon members waited in a parking lot near the house.

Ellis said once the

members are moved out, facilities management employees will secure the building. Ellis said he didn’t know what the university plans to do with the property.

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Gaylord dean steps down CLASSIFIEDS Foote plans to focus more on nonadministrative tasks EMILY SHARP

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Joe Foote, dean of t h e Gay l o rd C o l l e g e o f Journalism and Mass Communication, is stepping down as dean in August.

Foote sent an email to the college’s faculty Monday afternoon announcing his plans to focus on non-administrative journalism education.

“Realizing that I transition back into have just a few years a teaching position left before retiring, I before bowing out all want to focus on the together. non-administrative Foote said he exthings I’m passionpects OU President ate about like new Boren will announce teaching methods the new dean by the enhanced by tech- JOE FOOTE summer. nology, internaFoote’s favorite part tional development proj- of being dean through his 10 ects and leadership of the years was getting to know World Journalism Education the students in Gaylord.

Council,� Foote said in the “Every day, Gaylord stuemail. dents inspire me through Foote, who has been dean their creativity, passion and for 10 years, will take a sab- dedication,� Foote said. batical in the fall and will re- “[Monday was] a textbook turn to the faculty in spring example of why this college 2016. He said he is trying to is special. Students don’t

have to be assigned to anything. They jump into action immediately.�

Foote said as an alumnus, he is grateful to return to his alma mater and have a hand in building future leaders. “You need to look no farther than [Monday] to see what kind of energy is produced by students and why they make it such a privilege to lead this college,� Foote said.

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Historian Peter Kastor lectures at OU’s Teach-In on Monday afternoon in Catlett Music Center’s Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall. Kastor discussed “Oklahoma, the West and the World� during his 2 p.m. lecture.

‘No such thing as boring history’ Historian discusses Dust Bowl at third annual Teach-In BRADON LONG

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Historian, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Timothy Egan spoke to students about the importance of the human aspect of history in the Oklahoma Memorial Union on March 9.

Egan’s talk was part of OU’s Teach-In, an annual event that commemorates OU’s pride in American History. This year’s topic, “The Western Frontier,� focused on the American West.

Egan spoke about the Dust Bowl, the topic of his novel “The Worst Hard Time.� “I am a huge believer that there is no such thing as boring history,� Egan said. “There is just boringly told history.�

Egan discovered this passion while reading his son’s AP U.S. History textbook and seeing its lack of information about the Dust Bowl. The texbook had one paragraph on the subject.

“Steinbeck wrote ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ about all of those that left ... but twothirds of them didn’t go anywhere,� Egan said.

While traveling through counties in the western Plains, Egan heard stories about the Dust Bowl from sur vivors. He ended up using six stories in his book that took him back to those years. “I wasn’t talking to a 92 year old. I was talking to a 17 year old,� Egan said.

Egan went on to describe the histor y of Western Oklahoma and the culture and geography that played a role in it. This began with the international allure of the Homestead Act and continued through the impact of the Great Depression, Egan said. The economic struggle, combined with the dust, created an unimaginable situation.

“I am a huge believer that there is no such thing as boring history. There is just boringly told history.�

TIMOTHY EGAN, HISTORIAN

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“There was a randomness to the death. You lost friends you thought would live forever,� Egan said.

Egan ended the talk by stating the importance of recording “your story,� the human aspect of history.

The event began with a lunch, followed by an introduction by President David Boren, who spoke about Egan’s work and his relationship with the Oklahoma people. “In a way we feel we’ve

claimed Tim Egan as one of us. He has helped bring to us a better understanding of ourselves through our history,� Boren said.

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Head football coach Bob Stoops and members of OU’s football team walk arm-in-arm during their regularly scheduled spring football practice on Monday outside the Everest Training Center. The team did not practice Monday in protest of a video showing members of the now-disbanded Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity participating in a racist chant.

Football team eschews practice for protest Sooner athletics stops schedules to stand for equality JOE BUETTNER

Women’s Basketball Reporter @Joe_Buettner

Framed by a steady March rain shower, the Oklahoma football team linked arms and silently walked to their indoor practice facility Monday afternoon.

H o w e v e r, O U ’s p l a y ers and coaches weren’t dressed for their scheduled spring practice, and they didn’t stay in the Everest Training Center for more than a few minutes.

Donning predominantly black clothes, head coach Bob Stoops, the coaching staff, the players and athletic director Joe Castiglione made their stand against the now infamous SAE video.

The players lined up in rows and walked quietly from their locker room to the practice field with Stoops front and center.

Each small row marched onto the field and stood silently before unlinking their arms and huddling near midfield to say a prayer.

The team left immediately after the prayer, and no players or coaches were made available to the media

as scheduled.

While OU football is in the midst of its offseason, the Oklahoma men’s basketball team has a Big 12 tournament game to prepare for this Thursday.

Head coaches Lon Kruger and Stoops joined some of their players at OU’s demonstration this morning on the South Oval, but Kruger’s squad was back to work after beating the Kansas Jayhawks this past weekend.

Senior forward TaShawn Thomas attended the protest and was disappointed with the more somber atmosphere campus experienced Monday following a big win

for Oklahoma hoops.

“After you win a big game, you usually have everyone saying ‘good game,’” Thomas said. “It wasn’t hard. We didn’t get to talk about the win today because of the protest this morning.”

The video also overshadowed a big day for junior Buddy Hield, who won the 2015 Big 12 Player of the Year award.

Hield won the honor after tipping in the game-winning shot against Kansas.

However, he wasn’t too upset with the poor timing of the SAE incident.

“I can’t let stuff bother me. People say stuff like that

everyday,” Hield said. “It’s small group that impactnot right to say, but I think ed all of us,” Spangler said. the university did a good job “I think they got what they deserved.”

“I can’t let stuff Oklahoma basketball will continue its preparation for bother me. People the postseason, but it’s unsay stuff like that known when OU football will return to the field. everyday.”

The football team is slatBUDDY HIELD ed to have media availability JUNIOR GUARD Wednesday, but OU spokesman Pete Moris was unsure handling the situation.” how this decision would afHowever, on the bas- fect OU’s spring schedule. ketball side, junior Ryan Spangler doesn’t see Joe Buettner the video affecting OU’s joebuet@ou.eduw perception.

“I’m not worried. I think people realize that was a

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Not on OUr campus Sooner nation was chal- and requiring a diversity lenged Sunday, and as we’ve training class as part of regcome to expect, the Sooner istration for new students family came together in the would be a start. If OU truly face of staggering ignorance wants to ensure another racand racism. On the 50th an- ist video never happens, we niversary of “Bloody Sunday” need to squash institutional— the historical civil rights ized racism at every turn. march from Selma, Alabama, It’s disappointing and disto Montgomery, Alabama — heartening that OU students an ignorant, hateful group engaged in a display of such of bigoted OU students sang blatant racism, but we are gleefully about lynching and encouraged by the reactions the N-word. The SAE chant of OU students and adminwas clearly learned, re- istrators. Yesterday, we saw hearsed and passed down to student-athletes stand tothe members who unabash- gether in solidarity, countedly sang it Saturday. The rest less students march in silent of the world learned protest on campus about it Sunday beand administrators Our View is cause a person on show support for the majority the bus emailed a OU students. opinion of video to The Daily.

As we’ve said beThe Daily’s It is unacceptable fore, we applaud nine-member for such racism to OU Unheard for editorial board all it’s done to proexist in 2015 and we urge OU to make mote diversity on sure the video recampus and commains an isolated incident. bat racism at OU. The group Thankfully, OU is off to a organized the powerful yesgood start in combatting sys- terday morning protest and tematic racism. Under the shared its message on naleadership of OU President tional news outlets. We are David Boren, the OU SAE thankful OU is listening to chapter was closed and all the group’s concerns and members ordered to vacate implore administrators to the fraternity house by mid- continue to listen to Unheard night tonight. Many Sooners students. It’s clearer than called for immediate, forceful ever that racism is alive and action and Boren delivered. well in 2015, and OU needs He called the offenders in the to root out racism wherevvideo bigots and a disgrace. er it appears on campus. We He shut down the frat and believe maintaining an open announced an ongoing in- dialogue with Unheard is a vestigation into the possibil- great way to tackle that goal. ity of expelling the students OU is by no means a perin the video. He visited with fect place, but we can get betSooners who gathered early ter by standing up for what’s yesterday morning to protest right and adopting a zero tolon campus. erance approach to hatred Achieving greater diversi- and racism. No OU student ty and inclusivity at OU isn’t should ever feel unwelcome an easy task, but it is a neces- on this campus. The way OU sary task. We are glad Boren came together yesterday to kicked SAE off campus, both protest the SAE video and, like the student group and support our AfricanUnheard, we believe the American students shows next step towards promoting progress towards equality equality at OU is implement- can be made. ing mandatory diversity and sensitivity training for all Comment on this at students. Offering an online seminar for current students OUDaily.com Post-It notes left on Student Affairs’ door

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