U. Oklahoma student readmitted after threat of lawsuit
NORMAN, Okla. (U-WIRE) — A student forced out of University of Oklahoma in September after the president of the Pakistan Student Association accused him of a hate crime is back on campus. Chance Shipman started class Monday, but it is not yet known if he will be able to rejoin coach Jack Spates' wrestling team.

While Shipman has returned to school this semester, his friend Gary Frizzell, forced out of OU in November, has not. His father, Gary, said Frizzell decided not to come back to OU until the fall semester.

The Frizzells have hired an attorney who is looking into the matter. Frizzell's father said he felt he should not comment except to say: "Gary is in no way guilty."

Shipman's readmission is a complete turnaround from the university's stance just one month ago. The ongoing revelations about electrical engineering junior Mohammad Yaseen Haider, in jail since Nov. 8, prompted Shipman to threaten a lawsuit against the university.

The lawsuit would have sought to nullify a contract Shipman signed with OU the week after Haider accused him, Gary Frizzell and an unnamed student of hate crimes. Haider claimed the students beat him Sept. 16 in the racially charged aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

—Oklahoma Daily

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