Boren said that student has been temporarily suspended. He also said it doesn't appear the matter originated at OU.

After students at the University of Pennsylvania were added to a chain of racist messages without their knowledge Friday, the school tried to show their support for the students.

A number of students held signs showing support around campus, and tried to let affected students know they stood with them in unity.

One unidentified student told KYW, the CBS affiliate in Philadelphia was sad students had to experience this type of racism.

“It’s sad that in this day that we’re still dealing with racism in this type of way, and out of all places I didn’t think my school would be the school to have to go through it.”

The app, called GroupMe, works like a chat room, but sends posts as text messages to people who don’t have it installed on their phones.

In a written statement, Penn President Amy Gutmann says it appears the person who added the students to the GroupMe account, which contained violent pictures of lynchings, appears to be based in Oklahoma.

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University of Oklahoma President David Boren has ordered an inquiry into the involvement of an OU student in racist social media messages aimed at black freshmen at The University of Pennsylvania.

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