Racial Slur Starts Sigma Pi Fight

Alledged Fight Prompts Investigation

The University of West Alabama was witness to a roving mob of fraternity guys last Sunday. It all started when a member of Sigma Pi fraternity used a racial in the direction of a black guest at their party. The guest then hit a member of the fraternity and left the building.

Several angry brothers were not far behind him. The incident occurred around 2 am.

The surly group found its way over to a dormitory parking lot, where they found Edmond Kelly, Jason Graham and two other, presumably black, students.

"As we were walking, a white guy ran up to us and said, 'which one of you guys cold-cocked my friend with a bottle?" said Edmond Kennedy a West Alabama student.

"Before I could even ask any questions or anything, by that time they had done bum rushed me, about 30 or 40 of them had done bum rushed me, my roommate and the other two guys", said Jason Graham.

All individuals involved with the assault could face suspension, pending an investigation. The fraternity lost its status as a recognized organization while the school conducts its investigation.

Both Graham and Kennedy claim they were not present at the Sigma Pi fraternity that night, and were not aware of the incident there, until after the ordeal was over, broken up by campus police.