. >>> to the university of maryland where president wallace loh took to twitter this afternoon trying to answer questions about the school's investigation into a student who sent a shockingly racist and frightingly sexist e-mail to fraternity brothers, that e- mail over a year old but has just come to light. >> reporter: i'm scott broom at university of maryland where president wallace loh is refusing to be interviewed about this. instead he took to twitter this afternoon to say, "the utter disregard for decency, the mindless disparaging of sexual consent has left me angry and pro foundly saddened." the offensive e-mail was sent 14 months ago to members of the kappa sigma fraternity telling brothers not to invite certain minority guests to a function and no one at the frat house would talk about this today, but the member behind the e- mail has resigned. students from a anybodying fraternity condemned -- from a neighboring fraternity condemned the e-mail. >> the fact that this student believed they could just send out an e-mail and there would be no repercussions says something in its

. >>> university of maryland president wallace loh took to twitter this afternoon to try and answer questions about his university's investigation into a student who sent a shocking racist e-mail to fraternity brothers. this e-mail is more than a year old but has only now just come to light. scott broom is live at maryland tonight to report on the reactions to it. scott? >> reporter: well, one of the difficult challenges in reporting this tonight is i simply can't tell you on television what this e-mail said. it is that profane. it's that disgusting. it is simply stunning in its ugliness. in a single sentence it manages to cast racial epithets at no less than three racial groups. it attacks women and it openly incites rape at a fraternity park. perhaps equally challenging in all this is that university president wallace loh is refusing to do television interviews about this. instead he took to twitter this afternoon to say that, "the utter disregard for decency, the racist and mindless disparaging of sexual consent has left me angry and profoundly saddened." earlier loh announced an investiga

wallace loh took to twitter for discussion with the campus community. among the exchanges discussions of freedom of speech tweeting how freedom of speech is a core american value but so is tolerance and equity. another in the discussion responded does not tolerance also mean tolerating a view to which you strongly disagree? it's clear tt many on this campus disagree with the remarks in that e-mail. >> to still be acting like this toward women, i just thought we progressed. >> i have no clue why they would do something like, that but i don't s anyone else here having that experience or even myself. i have not experienced anything like that. >> reporter: the kappa sigma fraternity acknowledged that the e-mail's author was indeed a member who was suspended once the e-mail came to light. kappa sigma also says they're moving to formally remove him from kappa sigma. >> it's a cultural thing. i don't know how you can easily measure that. >> reporter: for now it's being addressed with an investigation and plans for what's being called an educational interventio

. >>> university of maryland president wallace loh took to twitter this afternoon to discussion the investigation into a racist e-mail that has stirred outrage on campus. this e-mail is 14 months old, but it has just come to light. a member of kappa sigma fraternity tells brother not to invite people from certain cultural backgrounds and invites rape at a fraternity party in. one tweet loh said, "the other disregard for decency, the mindless disparaging of sexual content has left me angry and profoundly saddened." students condemned the e-mail. >> it's not that kind of place. i don't think the e-mail represents the house at all. i'm shocked. >> the fact this student believes they could send out an e-mail and there would be no repercussions says something in itself. there's a lot of progress that needs to be made. >> i was in a fraternity and some of people say was like shocking. >> the student who wrote the e- mail has resigned from the fraternity which condemns the e- mail. the university president said student is under investigation, but the administration is not providing any details of man's

. >>> to the university of maryland where president wallace loh took to

the e-mail was forwarded to university officials this week and university president wallace loh responded with "the vulgar language in the e-mail expresses views that are repre to our campus community. we immediately met with the individual involved and a university investigati is under way." whatever that n is yields one student wonders if it can make a difference. >> that's something that need to be changed over time. it's more, you know like knowing where your values are. >> reporter: it was the topic of a national press club discussion on campus sexual assault and harassment. cynthia garrett, an attorney who focuses on campus equality issues was among the panelists. >> you know, you educate them just like you educate them about their career. >> reporter: maryland officials plan what they're calling an educational intervention with kappa sigma after the spring break. and we want to make it clear this young man, now while he may be out of the fraternity, is apparently still a student at the university of maryland. the university president said he was personally anger and saddened by thi

. >> in a statement, the university president wallace loh said the university became aware of the e-mail on tuesday and calls it vulgar and says it expresses views that are reprehensible to the campus community. >> after even like the u.v.a. thing, i think it's tragic that it's all going on. >> loh added that an investigation led by the university's office of civil rights and sexual misconduct is currently under way and part of the probe will include trying to see if that e-mail was written and sent from inside the frat house today. people inside preferred not to comment. the fraternity's national chapter took quick action sending us a statement saying "upon learning of the e-mail the student was immediately suspended pending investigation and subsequently september a letter of resignation from sigma kappa. >> a car slams into a colorado pizza parlor and a person walking walking outside ends up on the hood of the car. the young woman is dazed for a few seconds but gets up and runs out of the restaurant. police say the driver accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake and was ticketed

. >> university president wallace loh says an investigation is under way. in a statement, the kappa sigma fraternity's national chapter said "upon learning of this e-mail, the individual member was immediately suspended and has since resigned from the fraternity." >> new developments in the university of oklahoma fraternity scandal as the fraternity at the center of that scandal hires a high powered attorney. this comes as we hear of more racially fuelled episodes at campuses around the country. >> days after the oklahoma university chapter of s.a.e. closed down the fallout in norman continues. the local s.a.e. alumni chapter has retained the prominent attorney steven jones after the university shut down the chapter and evicted the entire house. >> we adviseded the university to work with us and try to find a solution. >> and there's more news of racially fuelled fraternity incidences happening all across the nation. a national spokesman for s.a.e. tells abc news the organization is investigating whether that same chant was used at fraternities at the unive