Reports indicate that comments were made by student athletes and students but no report has singled out a specific student or mentioned any names.' 'Although initial reports indicate that student-athletes led the action, it is important to note that this has not been verified and they were not the only students present. 'The task of identifying specific individuals who were purported to have disrupted the performance is difficult because of the dark theatre, and initial reports vary in regard to the frequency, volume and source of the comments or disruption,' the statement read. 1 will be required to attend an educational dialogue session, the response team said in a statement released Friday evening. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserĪfter the University of Mississippi investigated allegations that an estimated 20 football players disrupted a university theater production of 'The Laramie Project' with 'borderline hate speech' on Tuesday night, the university found no evidence that any players used any anti-gay slurs.īecause of what the university's Bias Incident Response Team deemed 'conflicting reports' surrounding the incident, all the students and student-athletes in attendance of the show Oct.
