OKLAHOMA CITY — OU President David Boren said OU officials do not yet have plans for future use of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house after the fraternity was shut down in the wake of a surfaced racist video.
All 68 members living in the house, located at 730 College Ave., have until midnight Tuesday to move out, Boren announced at a Monday morning protest.
At the regularly scheduled OU Board of Regents meeting, Boren told The Daily what might happen with the fraternity's former house.
“I don’t know whether we will use it for something else [or] whether we’ll tear it down,” he said. “Obviously, [the board] didn’t know until 24 hours ago, just like I didn’t either, that that piece of property would be available for other use.”
Boren said the board will study all of the house’s possible alternative uses, but does not expect an answer anytime soon.
Currently, the Regents own the building and its property. At midnight, the university will take hold of the building, said Brian Ellis, Facilities Management director.
“The building is no longer associated with SAE at all,” Ellis said.
After the house was vandalized with spray paint Sunday night, the first floor will be boarded up for security and protection of the property, Ellis said.
