URI: Student penned racial epithets in women's rooms
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- A University of Rhode Island student pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that resulted from an incident Oct. 21 during which, URI police said, racial epithets were drawn on whiteboards in a residence hall. Eric Muroski, 18, of Southington, Conn., entered the plea before Judge Edward J. Clifton in Washington County District Court. The defendant was released pending a court appearance on Nov. 18, according to Officer Debra Sheldon of the URI police, the department's arraigning officer. Maj. Stephen Baker of the URI police said the incident occurred in Heathman Hall. He said that Muroski, who is white, is alleged to have scrawled sexual graffiti and racial epithets on the whiteboards in the dorm rooms of black female students, using a permanent marker that had to be washed off by the housing staff. That allegation led to a charge of vandalism. Muroski was additionally charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly trying to force his way into one female student's room, Baker said. Baker said that Muroski came voluntarily to the police station on Oct. 26. He said that campus police recently investigated a couple of cases of "anti-Semitic" graffiti, but there was no indication of any connection with the Oct. 21 incident, and no arrests have been made.
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Pleaded? What happened to pled? The inelegance of modern news-language stuck me when I readed the article.
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To Flecha: I believe either is correct. Both are 'good' words with the same meaning.
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WOW, I'm shocked - racism is still very much alive and well, go figure!
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Wow Natasha! Guilty until proven innocent. Where have I heard those words before? Wait! I know! It was Duke U.
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Flecha: Webster's preferred past tense of plead is "pleaded." Pled is listed as a second choice. I haven't heard "pled" used in many years; I think it has become archaic.
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Well, I am a bit archaic.
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Elizabeth; What happened to that breaking news about the Cranston girl?
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