The University administration is still mulling over its options in response to the evident act of vandalism over the weekend.
Campus safety officers have not yet filed a police report in response to an incident in which janitors found a swastika spray-painted on the floor of the LGBTQA office early Monday morning.
University spokesperson Julie Brown said Department of Public Safety officers will file the report once they finish gathering evidence from those who have keys to the office. She said the aim of the interviews is to get a better idea of when the incident likely happened. She said she does not know how many people have keys to the office.
Mike Kraiman, EMU technical support administrator, said Monday that the EMU gave DPS the names of those who carried keys to the office, but would not release the names while DPS is investigating the incident.
Brown also said the University is still revising the policy that allows the controversial Pacifica Forum to meet on campus. Students who met with University President Richard Lariviere, following the incident in the LGBTQA, said it should spur the administration to remove the Forum, which has invited speakers to campus who deny the Holocaust and advocate white supremacy.
The current policy allows all retired University professors, including Pacifica Forum founder Orval Etter, to reserve space on campus free of charge. Lariviere said Monday that the new policy might require groups to pay for space on campus. Brown said, contrary to what Lariviere told students on Monday, the University has not yet submitted the policy to its lawyers for review.
No police report for suspected vandalism
Daily Emerald
February 2, 2010
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