Fraternity's MLK-themed party: Civil rights leaders threaten ASU boycott

[Mosby]

Local civil rights leaders are threatening a boycott of Arizona State University’s athletic program and the fund-raising campaign to rebuild Sun Devil Stadium unless the university expels a fraternity and students who organized a Martin Luther King Jr.-themed party.

Civil rights leaders made the the demands at a press conference Tuesday afternoon outside the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in downtown Phoenix.

The Rev. Jarrett Maupin is demanding the university permanently revoke recognition for the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, which was already on probation for fighting with a rival fraternity before this incident. Maupin said a boycott of Sun Devil Athletics would include discouraging student athletes from attending the university as well as campaigning against efforts to raise funds to rebuild the stadium.

In an interview with The Arizona Republic after the press conference, Jim Rund, the university’s senior vice president for Educational Outreach and Student Services, said university officials are investigating the incident and expect to make decisions on the fraternity chapter and individuals involved within days.

http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/20140121asu-suspended-fraternity-mlk-party-draws-criticism.html

[vt_native]

1. you assholes are now famous

Enjoy it.

[Number23]

4. Nailed it in Post #1

[etherealtruth]

2. WTF is wrong with some people?

Clearly ASU admits folk that score somewhere around 3 on their SATs

[radicalliberal]

3. Young Republicans, no doubt.

Par for the course.