One Tufts student is pursuing charges through the Dean of Students office stemming from an incident which he alleges occurred in front of the Sigma Phi Epsilon (Sig Ep) fraternity house.
Junior Riyadh Mohammed alleges that the incident was racially motivated. According to Mohammed, he was escorting his girlfriend home and walking by the Sig Ep house on 114 Curtis St. in the early morning hours of April 30 when someone called him "an Indian." When he replied that he was not an Indian, but rather an Arab, an unknown person allegedly called Mohammed a number of racial slurs, including "terrorist." Mohammed is the president of the Arab Students Association (ASA).
According to an anonymous Sig Ep alumnus, who came upon this incident as he exited the fraternity house, the incident appeared to have concluded by the time police had responded to it. "Riyadh went home," he said, and it seemed to be "the end of the situation."
After dropping his girlfriend off, Mohammed returned to the Sig Ep house. "I wanted to educate him [whoever had used the racial slurs] about what it means to be an Arab and how that is different from being a terrorist," Mohammed said.
The Tufts Daily - Student alleges assault by members of Sig Ep
