I was reading the Collegiate Times this morning, our local college newspaper.  I found this article which directly pertains to irresponsible and inartistic desk graffiti.  I do not support threats and inappropriate images or messages on desks.  I simply portray the beauty that desk graffiti can have.  The post in the newspaper was:

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/14312/university-investigates-vandalism-incidents

Virginia Tech police are investigating a string of vandalisms that began Aug. 12 after an angry student visited Cook Counseling Center.

A search warrant filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court was executed on the off-campus apartment of a male student on Friday. Police seized two notebooks and paper for handwriting samples. The search warrant indicated that police were looking for signs of swastikas with intent to intimidate, or evidence of violent thoughts toward employees of Cook Counseling Center.

No charges have been filed in the case. Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum said the investigation is ongoing. Cook Counseling Center and the office of the dean of students are also monitoring the situation.

“We’re working with all the areas on campus to resolve this issue,” Flinchum said.

Affidavits filed said the incidents began in Cook Counseling Center on Aug. 12. Between 3 and 5 p.m. that day, a bathroom stall was vandalized, including a slur directed at Cook Counseling Center director Christopher Flynn.

The affidavit said the slur called Flynn a “dickhead” who “deserves to die.”

Johnston Student Center, Engel Hall, Randolph Hall, McBryde Hall and Major Williams Hall were also vandalized. A message on a desk in Randolph Hall threatened to blow up the building.

Another message, “A Cho reborn, it will be avenged,” was written in an allusion to Seung-Hui Cho, who killed 32 people at Tech before committing suicide on April 16, 2007.

The student who angrily left Cook Counseling Center on Aug. 12 has classes in all buildings affected except for Engel Hall. A Tech police officer followed the student on foot on Sept. 25, according to the affidavits.

After witnessing the student enter one of the vandalized Johnston Student Center restrooms, the officer approached the student and informed him the police would be filing a warrant to search his home.

According to the officer’s affidavit, the student replied, “You had better bring the SWAT team.”

The student later said he was joking.

The racial slurs associated with the vandalism incidents are not the first instances of discriminatory behavior at Tech this semester.

On Sept. 2, President Charles Steger sent an e-mail to the community urging students to abide by the Virginia Tech Principles of Community.

“Disappointingly, two key offices, namely the Dean of Students and the Office for Equity and Inclusion, received several reports during the first week of school of discriminatory remarks directed at students from underrepresented groups,” the e-mail said. “Such behavior is not tolerated at Virginia Tech.”

This kind of graffiti I do not support and I will not accept on this blog!

Thanks,

Deskmaster