Published: Jan 25, 2007 12:30 AM
Modified: Jan 25, 2007 03:04 AM
College asks students in fight to move out
GREENSBORO - Guilford College has asked five students involved in a weekend fight that some have labeled a hate crime to move off campus while police and school officials investigate.
The students, three Guilford football players and two Palestinian students that the players are accused of attacking, will still be allowed to attend class and study in the college library, said Guilford President Kent Chabotar. A third Palestinian student, who attends college in Raleigh and was visiting friends at Guilford, has also said he was assaulted during Saturday's altercation.
Chabotar announced the school's request at an emotional forum held Wednesday evening near campus, and stressed the college was still working to figure out what happened.
"I'm saying we need to get the truth," Chabotar said, adding that administrators were hearing "a core of things that are very consistent" about the fight.
Authorities have charged Michael Bates, 19, of Reidsville; Michael Robert Six, 20, of Clemmons; and Christopher Barnette, 21, of Semora, with misdemeanor assault and ethnic intimidation, according to court documents. They were released Monday on $2,000 bail.
The documents state that the three players taunted Guilford students Faris Khader and Osama Sabbah, and N.C. State University student Omar Awartani, with racial slurs and called them "terrorists" as they assaulted them with their fists and feet.
Arrest warrants said Bates and Six used brass knuckles.
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http://www.guilford.edu/athletics/football/releases/2006/Barnette_AA.html