At least one person was also seen on Oberlin College's campuswearing a Ku Klux Klan-style outfit in February, which is BlackHistory Month in the US. Numerous acts of vandalism targeted thecollege's black, Jewish and LGBT students, according to the OberlinReview. It was the seventh racist incident at the school inFebruary.
The school's newspaper cited a note at the campus LGBTQCommunity Coordinator calling it the "Nigger + FaggotCenter." Someone also wrote "Nigger Oven" on an elevator- along with numerous swastikas drawn in various places aroundcampus.
After the reports of a student in Ku Klux Klan getup, Oberlin'sadministration had had enough, sending a message to the schoolcommunity.
"This event, in addition to the series of other hate-relatedincidents on campus, has precipitated our decision to suspendformal classes and all non-essential activities for today, Monday,March 4, 2013, and gather for a series of discussions of thechallenging issues that have faced our community in recentweeks," the statement read.
Oberlin had already scheduled an event later in the week tocounter "racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic messages spreadanonymously around campus," the school's Officer ofCommunications said, but that event was moved to Monday, along witha Rally Against Hate.
As many as 460 students attended a February 13 demonstration inresponse to the vandalism, according to one student'scount.
