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Auburn Athletics Departmet releases statement re:dog incident
Posted on 2/23/15 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 2/23/15 at 9:07 pm
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On Tuesday, February 17th Auburn Athletics was made aware of an incident in the lobby area of Haley Center involving two student-athletes and an interaction with a fellow student and her service dog.
Based on conversations with the students, it’s our belief that neither of the student-athletes, Andrew Williams nor Dontavius Russell, did anything with disrespectful intent. From a distance, Andrew made noises trying to get the dog’s attention. He didn't understand the purpose of the dog or realize that the student was a disabled veteran. Dontavius had no involvement in the interaction whatsoever as he was only walking to class.
Andrew offers the following message to the female student. “I want to take this opportunity to apologize for raising my voice. I was startled and totally misunderstood the situation. My mother and father who raised me both served in the military. I have tremendous respect for veterans. In the past week, I've learned a lot more about the role of service dogs for veterans and now better understand her courage to attend Auburn.”
The matter is under review by the university’s Office of Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity. We have and will continue to cooperate, and we understand the review must be allowed to follow its normal course.
Auburn has a long history of supporting the men and women who have served our country. We look forward to adding new programs and educational offerings that raise awareness about service dogs and the challenges that often impact those who serve. Both of the student-athletes affected by the incident were raised by military families and value all that Auburn does in support of the many military appreciation related activities.
Posted on 2/23/15 at 9:08 pm to TheSandman
Wouldn't have expected anything else.
Posted on 2/23/15 at 9:09 pm to TheSandman
considering multiple witnesses said that bitch was being crazy, this is pretty obvious
Posted on 2/23/15 at 9:09 pm to TheSandman
Class act from players and University
Posted on 2/23/15 at 9:11 pm to Auburn4three
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Class act from players and University
Posted on 2/23/15 at 9:11 pm to TheSandman
Since when has "raised my voice" translated to "WHAT YOU GONNA DO 'BOUT IT, BITCH?!?!"
Posted on 2/23/15 at 9:11 pm to TheSandman
Auburn players hate veterans
Posted on 2/23/15 at 9:12 pm to TheSandman
Made it act like they didn't do anything wrong while having them apologize. Nice
Posted on 2/23/15 at 9:12 pm to Tuscaloosa
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Tuscaloosa
Omg great post
Posted on 2/23/15 at 9:12 pm to TheSandman
But, but, but! The SECRant said they were thug pieces of shite!
Posted on 2/23/15 at 9:14 pm to TheSandman
frick this girl, frick her husband, her sister and her dog.
frick em
frick em
Posted on 2/23/15 at 9:14 pm to TTsTowel
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But, but, but! The SECRant said they were thug pieces of shite!
....wait.... do you think their statement is genuine or are you just trolling?
Posted on 2/23/15 at 9:15 pm to Rig
She sounds like a lunatic to me. I can't believe this is still a story.
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