Vandals earlier this month left graffiti at St. Edward s University that included anti-Semitic and xenophobic messages on the doors of multiple individual student dorm rooms, university officials said.
Gwendolyn Schuler, a university spokeswoman, said officials were notified the morning of Feb. 3 of the graffiti on the doors of multiple residents at on-campus dormitory Basil Moreau Hall.
University officials have not specified what messages or images were in the graffiti, other than that they were offensive, anti-Semitic and xenophobic.
Schuler said the graffiti was cleaned up after staff members took photos of it for the university s police department.
She said authorities do not have any security footage of the vandalism because it did not occur in the common area of the dormitory.
Austin firefighters Thursday evening rescued a person from a house fire in South Austin.
The person, who was only identified as an adult, was taken to a hospital, according to Austin fire officials. Officials did not specify the severity of the person s injuries but said they were evaluated by Austin-Travis County EMS medics. The person was able to walk and was conscious, according to fire officials.
Austin Fire Department Battalion Chief Calvin Poole said no other people were inside the house, which is located on the 3200 block of China Grove in South Austin. He said most of the fire was contained to the kitchen of the house.