"The MES would like to extend its deepest apologies to any individuals or groups that may have been offended by the document’s content, and strongly affirms that these attitudes will not be tolerated within the MES." Redsuit songbook disclaimerĬBC News in Hamilton has obtained a copy of the Redsuits songbook, which includes a disclaimer preceding one of its most lurid chants: "There is no good place to sing this. "The content unequivocally opposes what the MES represents," the statement says. In a statement released on Thursday afternoon, the McMaster Engineering Society's leadership condemned the content of the songbook and said it has never " distributed or endorsed" the text. The group plays a main role during the university’s orientation week welcoming new engineering students to the campus. The suspended group is called the Redsuits, student volunteers from the McMaster Engineering Society (MES) who promote spirit throughout the year on campus, recognized by wearing red jumpsuits. “We are very strong advocates of creating an inclusive community at the university, so when we discovered this book and saw its contents, we took immediate and swift action to indicate a book with this kind of content in it is unacceptable.” “The material is highly repugnant,” said provost and vice-president (academic) David Wilkinson. It is not clear when the songbook was created, but its foreword suggests the students who compiled it were set to graduate in 2010. READ MORE: McMaster songbook decision sparks social media firestorm.It is also rife with misogynistic and homophobic slurs. The songbook contains around 25 cheers and includes multiple references to violent rape, murder, incest, bestiality and sex with underage females. McMaster University has suspended an engineering student group over a songbook containing what the university calls “sexist, violent and degrading material.”
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