Follow our live coverage of OU President David Boren's press conference following the Unheard demonstration this morning on the North Oval after last night's racist Sigma Alpha Epsilon incident.
12:33 p.m. President Boren: Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members must find new housing after the chapter closing, and they won't receive university help to do so.
11:13 a.m. President Boren takes the podium.
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11 a.m. Watch a live stream of OU President David Boren's press conference here.
10:28 a.m. Check out photos from this morning's demonstration. Click below for more.
10:17 a.m. President Boren tweeted that the press conference scheduled for 11 a.m. has been moved to Holmberg Hall due to the weather.
9:17 a.m. President Boren released an updated statement about last night's incident. He will speak further on the racist SAE video at a press conference as 11 a.m.
around 9 a.m. The National Pan-Hellenic council announced that it would hold a closed emergency meeting today with its nine sororities and fraternities.
8:41 a.m. Students sing outside of Evans Hall as the demonstration winds down.
8:19 a.m. Dean Kelly Damphousse speaks about how Boren handled the situation.
8:13 a.m. Dean of students Clarke Stroude expresses his support for the Unheard members demonstrating.
8 a.m. Students placed sticky notes in the Oklahoma Memorial Union, writing grievances on them.
7:53 a.m. OU President David Boren walks through the Oklahoma Memorial Union with the demonstrators, speaks in support.
Students and faculty members are gathering on the North Oval to demonstrate following last night's racist Sigma Alpha Epsilon incident.
Last night, videos surfaced of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members participating in a racist chant. The national fraternity subsequently shut down the OU Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter.
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OU’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity has been disbanded by its national organization following the Sunday night leak of a video showing members participating in a racist chant.
All fraternity members have been suspended and members responsible have had their membership permanently revoked, according to a press release from the fraternity’s national organization.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house vandalized after chapter closure
e Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house, located at 730 College Ave., appears to have been vandalized following its disbandment after a video featuring its members chanting racial slurs surfaced online late Sunday evening.
Daily photographers saw individuals exit the fraternity house with suitcases around 11:30 p.m. Around 12:15 a.m., Daily photographers witnessed a man cross the street and write on the building with spray paint.
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Students and faculty gathered in the North Oval by the George Lynn Cross statue in response and watched a video of Sigma Alpha Epsilon members participating in a racist chant on a bus.
