On March 8 a viral video surfaced showing the University of Oklahoma's SAE chapter members leading a racist chant emphasizing the chapter's exclusion of African Americans.

CMU's SAE president Ryan Coy said the chapter is disgusted and appalled by a video that caused the expulsion of two University of Oklahoma students leading the chant while celebrating the foundation of their fraternity.

"It was outrageous and upsetting to see people have such discrimination and hate," Coy said. "That type of behavior and discrimination has no place in our society, and especially in our organization. My chapter will continue to follow our fraternity's values and will continue to accept men based on character and embodiment of our creed."

"Our creed the gentlemen" is more than just a saying for the brothers of SAE said Chapter adviser Brad Kloha. The CMU chapter was disgusted and appalled by the video.

"Anytime (an incident) gets to the heart of what (we) believe at (our) core, the values of (our) organization, we're being challenged," Kloha said. "Our brothers believe very strongly in the values of our organizations 'Our creed the true gentlemen' in diversity, inclusion and in treating their fellow man equally."

An emergency meeting on March 16 allowed SAE members to discuss the video. SAE at CMU took their response to social media by tweeting a photo captioned "Discrimination of any kind is unacceptable #NotOnOurCampus."

The photo showed a sign placed in front of the chapter's house, located on Main Street. The sign reads "SAE MI-DO stands against discrimination of any kind #NotOnOurCampus."

SAE's national office in Evanston, Ill. issued a statement calling for training, awareness and resources on "cultural diversity issues."

It is unclear how SAE's national response affected CMU's chapter. Greek Life coordinator Katrina Crawford said the video is unfortunate but allows for an opportunity to have important conversations.

"It's important to have these conversations," Crawford said. "These are oftentimes very uncomfortable conversations to have, but you have to be uncomfortable to get to the root of the issue. It's unfortunate that this has to happen to have these conversations, but that's what we have to do."

Every registered Greek organization has a required multicultural competency. Crawford said there will be more programing on diversity and community inclusion, following the SAE incident.

Tom Idema, director of student conduct which oversees all of Greek Life, said the university would handle a situation similar to the video according to the campus' code of conduct.

"We would speak with the fraternity to find out what was going on," Idema said. "We look for threats being made or discrimination being displayed. There would be an investigation in which we'd work closely with the Office of Civil Rights."

"If we were to find a violation in the policy, the chapter would be placed with heavy sanctions. These sanctions are removal from housing, removing the RSO status and suspending students involved with the violation."

CMU's SAE chapter has a history of members being well-known leaders on campus. Kloha said the chapter promotes growth through leadership and acceptance.

"We welcome anyone of any race or any sexual orientation," Kloha said. "It's about the man and the values they hold personally in terms of leadership, and how they want to contribute to the group. For that type of language to be used and that type of thought process to be associated with an organization we care about, it was very jarring. It was antithetical to what we believe."