me. although i don t deserve it i want to ask for your forgiveness. there are no excuses for my behavior. i never thought of myself as a racist, i never considered it a possibility. but the bottom line is that the words that were said in that chant were mean hateful and racist. pettit s words were enough to satisfy the oklahoma leaders who stood with him during his statement. we accept the apology of levi, this young man, and we forgive him for the mistake which he has made. it wasn t the only time this week that this community began healing the racial rift with apologies offered and acceptances given. a meeting in the office of ou president, david boren, brought together the former sae members and african-american student leaders in a moment of unity that boren said blot him to tears. to say it was a very emotional moment for me is an
in a news conference moments ago, the national officials announce an initiative after members of that fraternity were caught on tape singing a racist chant. director of diversity and inclusion and to do so in short order. we have going to have a diversity program for all sae members and staff. sae set up a new confidential hot line to report inappropriate behavior. both the ou chapter and university hired attorneys since the incident. a north carolina man charged with the disappearance of foot star network contestant and her husband. they arrested jason owens monday was he a contractor they hired to do work on their home. investigators won t say if the bodies have been found. kraft is recalling more than 6 million boxes of mac and
fraternity suspended over a racist chant has announced new policies to eliminate racial discrimination. it was earlier today the national officials announced a new four-part initiative. it comes after sae members at the university of oklahoma were caught on tape singing a racist chant. and so as of last week we started a comprehensive investigation of all of our chapters to determine if any others have engaged in behavior similar to what we saw on the video. sae has also set up a new confidential hot line to report inappropriate behavior. both the ou chapter and the university have hired lawyers since the incident. meanwhile, officials are working to figure out who spray painted three swastikas inside a jewish fraternity held at vanderbilt university. similar acts of vandalism have been reported at frats at emery university and uc davis. and the university of houston has suspended the sigma chi
inducing and, in some ways satisfying shining a light on to racism they know is there but often impossible to prove. what environment did that video create on campus? you hear a lot of students who feel this way and speak like this behind doors. what i think it did was it opened up and exposed bones in their closet. reporter: campbell says threats against sae members is terrible but without the university s swift action the threats and anger across the entire university would have been worse. if they were on campus say now, right, it would definitely create a more will have environment than fwoufb they were removed than would have been if they were removed. reporter: sae s organization yanked the charter for the house and gave the fraternity members 48 hours to clear out, then expelled two students seen in the video. legal analyst jeffrey toobin
sae s house and expelling two students. for ou african-american students and others the video was both anger-inducing and some ways satisfying shining a light on to racism they know is there but often impossible to prove. what sort of environment did that video create on campus? there were a lot of students who feel this way. i speak like this behind doors. and when i think it did was it opened up and exposed a lot of those bones in their closet. campbell says the threats against sae members is terrible but without the university s swift action the threats and anger across the entire university would have been worse. if they were on campus say now, right, it would ultimately it would definitely create a more violent environment than it would have been if they were removed. sae s national organization yanked the charter for the ou