LEWISBURG -- Three Bucknell University students were expelled Monday afternoon after making racist and violent remarks on Bucknell's student-run radio station, WVBU, according to officials.
"Administration found out about a radio program that aired the previous Friday in which some students were using reprehensible, inappropriate, inexcusable language," Bucknell Vice President for Communications Andy Hirsch said.
Authorities say they heard about the foul language from someone at a local prison who was listening to the program. The three students were suspended on Thursday.
"All the individuals involved are going to be held fully accountable for their actions," Hirsch said.
Hirsch told Newswatch 16 Bucknell University won't tolerate the behavior.
"It really goes against all the values of our community here at Bucknell," Hirsch said.
Students we spoke with tell Newswatch 16 they agree that the situation does not represent Bucknell University.
"Obviously it was very unfortunate what happened and I hope that people understand it's not all publications at Bucknell," Emma Sheehy said.
"It's definitely not something that we want to be known for," Courtney Jonas said.
Other students said there is a lesson to be learned from all this.
"Be careful what you say and do especially nowadays. It gets out very easy and it can affect your life and your future," said freshman Emma Downey.
"Not just really what you say, but what you really put out there. If you put a bad picture on Facebook, that's going to get out too just like this did," sophomore Amanda Pirri said.
"You never really know your audience and even if something you say you may perceive as harmless, you never know who is going to hear it and how it might affect that individual," freshman Trevor Fennimore said.
School officials say while they might not realize the impact in what they do now, students need to be conscious of how certain things can affect their future.
"If you want to go into politics and things like that, they can look back and dig up dirt on you like this. It can affect where you get a job in the future, what you do, a lot of things," Downey added.