Penn State Admin’s Open Letter Re: Mexican Costume Flap
By Latino RebelsThe following is an open letter published by Penn State’s administration on the university’s official site in response to the Chi Omega Mexican costume controversy:
An open letter to the Penn State community
Thursday, December 6, 2012
To the Penn State Community:
In recent weeks and particularly in the past few days, it has become clear that some Penn State students celebrated Halloween in costumes and in a manner that offended others and was contrary to many of the most important values our University seeks to advance among its constituents and in the world. These disturbing behaviors involved expressive rights protected under various federal and state laws — rights which we strongly support, and which we honor by not vainly pursuing unlawful disciplinary action against the students involved. But we also cannot refrain from expressing our own feelings of deep disappointment and dismay.
How any constituent groups or individuals in the University