Swastika graffiti found on CWRU campus

ALYSSA SCHMITT | STAFF REPORTER aschmitt@cjn.org | @AlyssaSchmitCJN

Case Western Reserve University’s office of student affairs announced in a Nov. 2 email that it received two reports involving anti-Semitic images and racist graffiti on two campus restroom stalls.

According to a Nov. 1 report, an approximately ½ inch in diameter swastika was found on a bathroom stall in the men’s restroom in the Sears Building, which was also covered in a wide variety of graffiti. Once the report was made, a university staff member mentioned a previous swastika was found by an unknown person Oct. 24 and was already removed. University police and security services investigated it Nov. 5.

Lou Stark, vice president of student affairs, wrote in the Nov. 2 email to CWRU’s community that it was unclear whether either had been newly added or recently found. In both cases, they were quickly removed and campus police have been alerted, according to the email.

“We grapple with these hateful expressions as our nation continues to mourn the deaths of 11 people killed Saturday morning in a Pittsburgh synagogue,” Stark wrote in the email. “I