--- description: Frat members refuse to say where they learned the song title: SAE Frat Members Learned Racist Song at National Event image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fffb0cfc4ff0801/6987859a8e06015a6445afc9/ap641655973104-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Education](/tag/education/) ## Education Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Oklahoma University Frat Members Learned Racist Song at National SAE Event by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 27, 2015 4:55 PM CUT  The Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at the University of Oklahoma on March. 9, 2015. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at the University of Oklahoma on March. 9, 2015.Nick Oxford—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 27, 2015 4:55 PM CUT The University of Oklahoma says it has determined that fraternity members learned a racist chant at a national event organized by Sigma Alpha Epsilon four years ago — and it wants to know what the leaders are doing about it. OU President David Boren is expected to announce the results of the school’s investigation into the disgraceful episode at 1 p.m. CT Friday, but revealed some findings in a letter to the frat’s executive director. “The chant was learned by local chapter members while attending a national leadership cruise sponsored by by the national SAE organizations four years ago,” Boren wrote… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ou-says-sae-frat-members-learned-racist-song-national-event-n331416?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3761691/sae-frat-members-learned-racist-song-national-event/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3761691/sae-frat-members-learned-racist-song-national-event/"},"headline":"Oklahoma University Frat Members Learned Racist Song at National SAE Event","datePublished":"2015-03-27T16:55:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:30:26.256Z","description":"Frat members refuse to say where they learned the song","url":"https://time.com/3761691/sae-frat-members-learned-racist-song-national-event/","keywords":["Education","Oklahoma"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fffb0cfc4ff0801/6987859a8e06015a6445afc9/ap641655973104-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fffb0cfc4ff0801/6987859a8e06015a6445afc9/ap641655973104-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at the University of Oklahoma on March. 9, 2015.","caption":"The Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at the University of Oklahoma on March. 9, 2015.","creditText":"Nick Oxford—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/education/","name":"Education"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3761691/sae-frat-members-learned-racist-song-national-event/","name":"Oklahoma University Frat Members Learned Racist Song at National SAE Event"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A Year in Space: The Mission","description":"On March 28, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly begins a historic year in Space. 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