slacker Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Irregular News for 01.26.07 Stephenville, TX -- The president of the Tarleton State University chapter of the NAACP said Wednesday that he and other students are upset about a Martin Luther King Day party where students ate fried chicken, drank malt liquor and dressed in faux gang apparel. Pictures posted on Facebook.com showed partygoers wearing afro wigs and fake gold and silver teeth. One photo showed students "mocking how African-Americans do step shows," Elder said. In another picture, a student is dressed as Aunt Jemima and carries a gun. "That upsets me," Elder said. "That's someone who knows nothing about Dr. King because Dr. King was totally about nonviolence." The school plans to investigate and "if there is a policy violation, then our process will be followed," said Wanda Mercer, the school's vice president of student life. A university-sponsored forum to address the issue was scheduled for Wednesday night. The president of the school's Lambda Chi Alpha chapter said the Jan. 15 party was at the residence of one of its members but denied the fraternity had anything to do with it. Students from at least seven other campus groups also attended the party, said Devan Hanson, the fraternity president. "I think it was wrong for them to do and inappropriate," Hanson said. "And I think the individuals should be responsible for their own actions." Tarleton State President Dennis P. McCabe said the photographs were reprehensible. "I am personally insulted by these photographs and am disappointed that Tarleton students have demonstrated such insensitivity," he said. The Stephenville Empire-Tribune reported that Elder sent an e-mail to the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity member who posted the pictures. The fraternity member apologized and removed the pictures from his Web site, but not before Elder downloaded them onto a disk. Stephenville is about 60 miles southwest of Fort Worth. source Quote Link to comment
Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 In another picture, a student is dressed as Aunt Jemima and carries a gun. I've always wondered what was under her dress Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 She is a mean ol bitch Quote Link to comment
gamecocks Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 We used to have a party back at my college called "White Trash, Trailer Bash". It was freakin awesome to see what some people would come dressed up as. Pregnant ladies smoking cigarettes, guys wearing wife beaters. The school didn't think it was too funny, and threatened to kick out the people responsible for throwing the party. Quote Link to comment
Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Yea we always have parties for MLK Day. Nothing quite like the article described.....but theres always one guy that shows up drinkin malt liquor. Quote Link to comment
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