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Posted By admin on May 11, 2024

The University of Delaware says a student has been banned from campus and will be charged with a hate crime after a display for Holocaust Remembrance Week was damaged on Wednesday.

In a letter to the University of Delaware Community, UD President Dennis Assanis said a flag display had been placed on the Green by the Hillel Student Life organization to mark the week.

He wrote the sign was "damaged by a person who was yelling hateful anti-Semitic slurs," and that the unidentified undergraduate was charged and banned.

"Any acts of discrimination, racism, violence or destructive behavior that are directed at any group and threaten the wellbeing of our community will be addressed immediately," Assanis wrote.

The alleged act comes as student protests continue nationwide in response to the ongoing conflict in the Gaza region.

There have been some protests at the University of Delaware, but not as large as ones at Columbia University, USC, and others.

Here is the complete message sent to the University of Delaware Community:

Dear UD Community:

You have often heard us express our pride in the University of Delaware community for consistently demonstrating respect and civility, even when we have differences of opinion and viewpoint. Today, however, it is with great disappointment that we need to speak about an incident on our campus that disregarded not only our UD values, but also the law, and is being charged as a hate crime.

On The Green on Wednesday, a flag display for Holocaust Remembrance Week, sponsored by the Hillel Student Life registered student organization, was damaged by a person who was yelling hateful antisemitic slurs. An undergraduate student has been charged in connection with the incident and has been banned from campus. This conduct also violates theStudent Code of Conductand theUniversitys Non-Discrimination Policy.

Such abhorrent incidents have no place on our campus. Any acts of discrimination, racism, violence or destructive behavior that are directed at any group and threaten the wellbeing of our community will be addressed immediately. As Blue Hens, we must support one another and draw strength from our shared culture of respect, civil discourse and sense of belonging.

Sincerely,

Dennis Assanis

President

Fatimah Conley

Vice President for Institutional Equity

Jos-Luis Riera

Vice President for Student Life

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