SU accused of ‘homophobia’
AN EX-SABBATICAL officer of the Student’s Union has accused the current YUSU team of inappropriate behaviour after offensive material was placed on the internet via the Facebook website.
The incident occurred last term when an unknown individual created an event on the website Facebook called Rich Croker’s ‘Big Gay Orgy’. Over 400 students were invited to the event. The ex-sabbatical officer called the culprit “too immature and irresponsible” to hold a YUSU position, “with a general lack of respect and regard for other people.” “This can’t be whitewashed by as ‘without intent’ – the invitation was sent to over 400 people.” Croker at first believed Services Officer Amy Woods to be responsible, but she denied this, as Croker later confirmed.
Commenting on the incident he said, “I can only tell you that I found that my Facebook account had been hacked into and changed. I immediately changed it back and closed the event sending out a message stating that my account had been hacked into.” He added, “The prank wasn’t amusing – it could have caused offence. Any group which contravenes our Equal Opportunities policy would be deemed as inappropriate.
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