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The Sigma Nu chapter at Old Dominion University has been suspended while the school investigates an incident involving controversial banners hung outside an off-campus house, Brad Beacham, executive director of Sigma Nu's national chapter said in a statement Monday, according to NBC News.

Reading, "Rowdy And Fun! Hope your baby girl is ready for a good time," "Freshman daughter drop off" and "Go ahead and drop off mom too," the sexually suggestive posters reportedly targeted incoming female freshmen.

The banners near the university in Norfolk, Va., since removed, have shaken students and administrators alike.

Beacham said in the statement Monday that "information received by the fraternity today indicates that some chapter members may have been involved with the banners," NBC reports.

"Any fraternity member found to be responsible for this reprehensible display will be held accountable by the fraternity," Beacham added, according to NBC.

After news of the banners went viral, reports WTKR, the school sent a statement to the local station:

"Messages like the ones displayed yesterday by a few students on the balcony of their private residence are not and will not be tolerated. The moment University staff became aware of these banners, they worked to have them removed. At ODU, we foster a community of respect and dignity and these messages sickened us. They are not representative of our 3,000 faculty and staff, 25,000 students and our 130,000 alumni. Ours is a community that works actively to promote bystander intervention and takes a stand denouncing violence against women."

 

Old Dominion President John Broderick also posted a message to faculty, staff, students and alumni on the university's Facebook page expressing his "outrage." Broderick said that the university constantly tries to educate its students about sexual assault and sexual harassment, and included a link to student leaders responding to the posters:

"I am outraged about the offensive message directed toward women that was visible for a time on 43rd Street. Our students, campus community and alumni have been offended. While we constantly educate students, faculty and staff about sexual assault and sexual harassment, this incident confirms our collective efforts are still failing to register with some."

Contributing: Jessica Durando, USA TODAY Network

 

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I thought it was funny.

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Me, too. And the comment to my daughter would be along the lines of "I TOLD you the guys in college are looking to take advantage of freshmen girls. Be very careful.")

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When my mom dropped me off Freshman year there was a guy passed out on one of the beds in my room. The dorm was co-ed divided by floors & he was on the wrong floor.

I believe she said something along the same line. Be very careful.

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I don't see how the university can control what is displayed on a private house.

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Isn't it funny that it really is the libs who want to control speech? Apparently, everyone going to college nowadays is a fragile flower who can't handle anything "insensitive' or a "microaggression" or anything that might make them feel butthurt or uncomfortable.

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I don't see how the university can control what is displayed on a private house.

 They can't, but they can decide if the Fraternity should have rights at the school.



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I think they sound like typical college guys trying to be funny.

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The bigger problem that I see is that colleges haven't typically taken sexual assault and rape very seriously and allowing a bunch of frat boys to hang signs like that sends a message that women are only for their gratification.

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The bigger problem that I see is that colleges haven't typically taken sexual assault and rape very seriously and allowing a bunch of frat boys to hang signs like that sends a message that women are only for their gratification.

... or that they're God's Gift to Women. 



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I chuckled.

Some are too uptight.

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Bonny22Pye wrote:

The bigger problem that I see is that colleges haven't typically taken sexual assault and rape very seriously and allowing a bunch of frat boys to hang signs like that sends a message that women are only for their gratification.

 BINGO!!!!!

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Bonny22Pye wrote:
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I don't see how the university can control what is displayed on a private house.

 They can't, but they can decide if the Fraternity should have rights at the school.

 But was it at the frat house?  It says a private house.  It may not have even been at the fraternity.



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I suspect that if any parents HAD dropped off their freshman daughters there, the guys would have escorted her and her luggage to her dorm, made sure she got settled into her room,

 

and asked for her contact information so they could possibly ask her out later.

Or offer free tutoring services.

 

 



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lilyofcourse wrote:

I chuckled.

Some are too uptight.

 And if it was YOUR daughter?

Read this again:

"At ODU, we foster a community of respect and dignity and these messages sickened us. They are not representative of our 3,000 faculty and staff, 25,000 students and our 130,000 alumni. Ours is a community that works actively to promote bystander intervention and takes a stand denouncing violence against women."

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Excuse me, some quick math here:

our 3,000 faculty and staff, 25,000 students and our 130,000 alumni.

This university seems to be about six years old. Or almost nobody actually graduates.

 



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I thought it was funny too. People needs to get over themselves...

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flan327 wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:

I chuckled.

Some are too uptight.

 And if it was YOUR daughter?

Read this again:

"At ODU, we foster a community of respect and dignity and these messages sickened us. They are not representative of our 3,000 faculty and staff, 25,000 students and our 130,000 alumni. Ours is a community that works actively to promote bystander intervention and takes a stand denouncing violence against women."

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If it were my daughter--I wouldn't drop her off there.  It's not a requirement.   



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ed11563 wrote:

I suspect that if any parents HAD dropped off their freshman daughters there, the guys would have escorted her and her luggage to her dorm, made sure she got settled into her room,

 

and asked for her contact information so they could possibly ask her out later.

Or offer free tutoring services.

 

 

I suspect.  



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Bonny22Pye wrote:

The bigger problem that I see is that colleges haven't typically taken sexual assault and rape very seriously and allowing a bunch of frat boys to hang signs like that sends a message that women are only for their gratification.

Well, they went to CoEd dorms years ago which I thought was really stupid.  



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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Bonny22Pye wrote:

The bigger problem that I see is that colleges haven't typically taken sexual assault and rape very seriously and allowing a bunch of frat boys to hang signs like that sends a message that women are only for their gratification.

Well, they went to CoEd dorms years ago which I thought was really stupid.  

 That i totally agree with.

 



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I went to an all girls' Catholic College. The Dorms were always locked. And, boys had to come through the front door and pass an RA. Well, I mean that was what was supposed to happen, lol.

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I highly doubt that the actual rapists on campus are going to hang up signs announcing it.

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Men in fraternities commit rape at a rate 300% higher than the general male student body. So these may very well have been rapists announcing it.

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Mellow Momma wrote:

Men in fraternities commit rape at a rate 300% higher than the general male student body. So these may very well have been rapists announcing it.

Maybe--but where's the logic here?

 

Wouldn't you rather that rapists ADVERTISE where they are and what they might do rather than keep it quiet?  Much easier to avoid it if they do the former.  Much easier for the University or authorities to keep an eye on them if they advertise it.   



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Sounds to me like someone had a facination with Animal House.

Caitlyn and I would have laughed it off.

Or maybe I would knock on the door and announce my arrival as a college freshman!

That might be fun.
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Mellow Momma wrote:

Men in fraternities commit rape at a rate 300% higher than the general male student body. So these may very well have been rapists announcing it.

Of course...It's not rocket science.

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lilyofcourse wrote:

Sounds to me like someone had a facination with Animal House.

Caitlyn and I would have laughed it off.

Or maybe I would knock on the door and announce my arrival as a college freshman!

That might be fun.
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Go right ahead...

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