Where's your green card?
Invite your friends
Review this article
MOBILE VERSION CLICK HERE

Where's your green card?

By:
March 16, 2012, 2:37 pm
News
A- A+
Hispanic NCAA player heckled
2981 views

Southern Miss apologizes for band's derogatory chant at NCAA tournament
 
Angel Rodriguez, right, was subjected to a derogatory chant by members of the Southern Miss band during the game Thursday.

(CNN) -- A university president apologized after members of the school's band yelled "where's your green card" at a Latino player during a NCAA basketball tournament game Thursday.
TV cameras captured the incident during the University of Southern Mississippi-Kansas State University game at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.

As Kansas State point guard Angel Rodriguez shot free throws, several people could clearly be heard with the green card chant.
Rodriguez did not change his expression during the chants and helped push Kansas State to victory by scoring 13 points.

NCAA spokeswoman Stacey Osburn said the University of Southern Mississippi "responded in a timely and appropriate fashion to address the matter."

"Any determination of championship misconduct is the purview of the men's basketball committee and will be addressed following the tournament," she said.
Southern Miss President Martha Saunders issued an apology.

"We deeply regret the remarks made by a few students at today's game," Saunders said in a statement on the school's website. "The words of these individuals do not represent the sentiments of our pep band, athletic department or university. We apologize to Mr. Rodriguez and will take quick and appropriate disciplinary action against the students involved in this isolated incident."

The eighth-seeded Kansas State Wildcats beat the ninth-seeded Southern Miss Golden Eagles 70-64, knocking them out of the tournament.




Source: www.cnn.com

`

Author: Reynold Mason
Reynold N. Mason teaches law courses at Zenover Educational Institute In Atlanta, Georgia. He has been a judge on New York City Civil Court and, a Justice on New York State Supreme Court. Mason has been an adjunct professor of law at Medgar Evers College and Monroe College in New York. He has authored several legal opinions published in New York Miscellaneous Reports and New York Official Reports as well as the New York Law Journal. He lives in Atlanta.
Sponsors
U.S. Immigration Lawyer
Other news

Notice: Undefined variable: pesq in /mnt/storage/sites/news.jornal.us/noticiasrel.php on line 11
Showing now
Where's your green card?
Where's your green card?
Friday 16 March 2012

Notice: Undefined variable: tpalavras in /mnt/storage/sites/news.jornal.us/noticiasrel.php on line 50

Warning: mysqli_fetch_array() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli_result, boolean given in /mnt/storage/sites/news.jornal.us/footer.php on line 14