<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="text-align:left;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;float:none"><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Hello ballroom friends,</font></span><span class="gmail-c-mrkdwn__br" style="height:8px;text-align:left;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:block;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"></span><span style="text-align:left;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;float:none"><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Every day, we work hard to provide a safe and welcoming environment for members of our community to dance, learn, and grow with each other. We take this responsibility very seriously. In late November, leadership was alerted to inappropriate behavior targeting a community member. Due to sensitivity of the allegations, the matter was referred directly to the Associate Dean of Student Affairs and other appropriate offices.</font></span><span class="gmail-c-mrkdwn__br" style="height:8px;text-align:left;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:block;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"></span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-align:left;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;float:none">After a thorough investigation by CMU Police, Philip Spelman has been banned from campus, and by proxy, banned from our club. Out of respect for the safety and privacy of affected members, no further details will be given. We encourage you to call campus police at </span><a class="gmail-c-link" style="text-align:left;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit" href="tel:4122682323" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">412-268-2323</a><span style="text-align:left;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;float:none"> immediately if he is seen on campus or at CMU events and to avoid interaction with him.

Thank you,
Emma Barake
CMU BDC Secretary
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