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Officials: Student accused of racist messages offered admission to UPenn in May

Published  November 15, 2016 9:42pm EST
U.S.
FOX 29 Philadelphia

NORMAN, Okla. (WTXF/AP) - Officials say one of the students accused of sending racist messages to UPenn students was offered admission to UPenn, accepted the offer in May, but chose not to attend.

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According to officials, having accepted Penn's admission offer, he was invited to join and access the private Facebook group created for the Class of 2020, which is a common practice among many colleges and universities. Officials say utilizing this access, he obtained the contact information of some black first-year students who had shared their information with the Facebook group. Officials say the student added those individual students to the racist, GroupMe message thread without their permission or knowledge.

University of Oklahoma President David Boren says one of the students involved in a racist incident at the University of Pennsylvania "is no longer enrolled" at OU.