ASU fraternity suspended after 'offensive' MLK party

KPHO ^ | 01/20/2014 | Greg Argos

[Responsibility2nd]

TEMPE, AZ (CBS5) - A representative for Arizona State University said school officials have suspended Tau Kappa Epsilon's chapter operations while they investigate an unregistered Greek event that has many on campus offended

Pictures from the event, coined "MLK Black Party" by the group, show members and guests dressed in basketball jerseys, flashing gang signs and even drinking from watermelon cups.

"This isn't appropriate at all and you really have no business dressing like this on a day that's sort of revered for African-Americans," said ASU senior Frank Hogan after seeing some of the pictures.

"I think this represents the ignorance that still exists today. This is just one example of the kind of things that occur here," stated Kaajal Koranteng, also a senior.

An official statement from the university said ASU has suspended the chapter's operations and will take "additional action against the individuals involved."

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Dress them all in kaki Mao uniforms and hats and get it over with!

[FrdmLvr]

Those rascally little stinkers! What’ll they think of next?

[Delta Dawn]

If they smoked a little weed at this party, then they would have been acting presidential.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Oh noes a college fraternity acting inappropriately. :-)

[rwa265]

Gotta love those Tekes.

[Gene Eric]

Imagine if they dressed as philandering commies.

[ozzymandus]

“The Farternity For Life” AU, 545.

[ozzymandus]

We should quit worring about “playing the game” and stand up to the PC Nazis. You talk like a KAPO.

[AppyPappy]

Everyone is a hero on the Internet.

[ozzymandus]

How often do you change your kneepads?

[Cyber Liberty]

Ronald Reagan loved them. He was a Teke.

[Cyber Liberty]

You are the one who called him a KAPO.

[AppyPappy]

Everyone’s a hero on the Internet.

[Bob]

When I first hear this story this morning, my initial reaction was “SAE in dutch again?” Was just a little surprised to hear it was the Tekes. Sigh.

And I opened the thread fully expecting it to be a Pi Kappa Alpha chapter. I think my chapter was on suspension more than we were off it. :)

[Rebelbase]

I’m in the south and it seemed like there was an overly sensitive news coverage about respecting MLK day this year.

A local station did a bit on “some find it disrespectful for retail to be open on MLK day”.

There were a couple of other news articles from local papers citing “respect”, I’ll see if I can find them.

[Cyber Liberty]

Pikes and Tekes. Good God help us, Bob. We fought Pikes on “Who is the real Animal House?”

I miss those days.....sometimes.

[Cyber Liberty]

Really, the Brothers should have known better. This was an event meant to rile them up.

Meanwhile, they’re talking EXPULSION for the Brothers. Seems a little harsh.

[Darren McCarty]

LOL. I shouldn’t laugh, but that just looks so ridiculous. Know wat im saiiing!

[Darren McCarty]

But it’s ok on Saint Patrick’s Day for people to wear a green hat, shamrock shaped glasses, and drink green beer?

It's okay, if you're a plastic paddy.

I wouldn't be caught dead drinking green beer.

[Ray76]

>> I wouldn’t be caught dead drinking green beer.

Yeah!