By Rudy TakalaApr 9th, 2021, 1:33 pm
The person who plastered racial graffiti across Michigan’s Albion College during midterm week, fueling protests, was a Black student, according to officials.
“Earlier today, we identified the individual responsible for the racist and anti-Semitic graffiti in Mitchell Towers,” college President
Mathew Johnson said in a Thursday email to students obtained by the school’s
Albion Pleiad. “The student, who was acting alone, acknowledged their responsibility for these incidents, and was immediately removed from campus and placed on temporary suspension while we conduct a full investigation as part of our student judicial process.”
The 21-year-old Black male suspect was questioned by police on April 6, according to Police Chief
Albion College students, staff and faculty have returned to campus for another semester amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On of the biggest things the college is working to do is to incorporate feedback from students (Photo by Jordan Revenaugh).
Returning to campus this semester, students are noticing some changes to the college’s COVID-19 protocols. The college’s general philosophy behind making the decisions, according to Chief of Staff Kelly Finn, was to accommodate student feedback.
“It is our hope that we can be as responsive to students’ needs as possible, given the ongoing implications of COVID-19,” said Finn. “We know that the pandemic has made learning and engaging on campus very challenging, but it is our job to make the best choices for our community to keep everyone together safely.”