FOUR ORE. STUDENTS CONFESS TO OBAMA EFFIGY: University holds all-campus
meeting to break the news. October 2, 2008
[image: Barack Obama]
*Officials at a Christian university in Oregon announced Tuesday that
four students have confessed to hanging a likeness of Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama from a tree on campus.
A statement from George Fox University said the penalties against the
four students were "immediate long-term suspension and public service." The
school cited federal privacy rules in not disclosing more about the students
or their punishment.
"To the best of our knowledge these are the only people involved.
We're not pursuing it any further," said university spokesman Rob Felton,
adding that the four were discovered after the university led its own
investigation.
Students and staff were informed of the development Tuesday afternoon
at an all-campus meeting attended by about 1,000 people, according to the
Associated Press.
Meanwhile, the FBI continues to investigate whether any civil rights
were violated.
The commercially produced cardboard cutout of Obama was found hanging
from a tree last week with fishing line around the neck. A message taped to
the cutout read, "Act Six reject." That refers to a scholarship and
leadership program for minority and low-income student leaders at Christian
colleges primarily located in the Northwest.
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> *NEWBERG, Ore. -- *A life-sized cardboard cutout of Sen. Barack Obama was
> found hanging from a tree Tuesday on the campus of George Fox University,
> school officials said.
>
> An employee at the Christian university found the likeness of Obama
> attached by fishing line to a tree near Minthorn Hall, according to the
> school. A sign taped to the cardboard cut-out read, "Act Six reject."
>
> Act Six, a George Fox scholarship and leadership program, awards
> full-expense scholarships to students from the Portland area. In a statement
> Wednesday morning, school officials said 17 Act Six students are enrolled at
> the university. Many of the students, but not all of them, are minorities,
> officials said.
>
> It's unclear who placed the cardboard cutout in the tree. University
> administrators asked that anyone with information contact the school's
> Office of Student Life.
>
> Rob Felton, a representative of the university, said the school's president
> will speak to students about the discovery Wednesday at 11:15 a.m.
>
> Few people on campus saw the cardboard cutout before the employee removed
> it, according to Felton's statement. School leaders condemned the display.
>
> About 1,800 undergraduate students attend George Fox University in Newberg.
> It's the third-largest private college in Oregon.
>
> According to the school, nearly 25 percent of students in this fall's
> incoming class are minorities.
>
> --
> "Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over
> their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change."
> - Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
>
>
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"Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over
their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change."
- Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
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