Yesterday’s post about the break in and vandalism at The Center for Sex and Gender Relations seems to have attracted some off campus attention. Today a small story ran in Albany’s Times Union and 4 television stations were on campus today looking to report. Courtney Franko, the Head Peer Advisor for the Center, emailed us these photos of the vandalism, which she personally believes is unrelated to the break in. In these photos from around The Center you can see the perp’s creativity as they scrawled something incomprehensible about “bitches,” accompanied by “for dykes only” and what looks like “dykes cunts.”

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Joe Yanks from the Center For Sex and Gender Relations tipped us off to some bad news: some time this weekend the Center’s offices on the third floor of Case were robbed and vandalized. From what we know the perps broke into the office, stole all of the cash, and then proceeded to vandalize the door of the office as well as the “domestic violence and rape board.” Scrawled across the offices were epithets such as “you bitches deserved it” and the ever-creative derogative “dykes.” While it is surprising that an act of such magnitude would happen on such a tolerant campus, hate crimes and acts of discriminatory violence have, as SkidNews recently reported, become more common. Campus safety was seen today collecting evidence from the scene and it appears that all of the graffiti has been removed before we were able to snap any pictures.

Joe Yanks explained “While it is definitely unexpected and unthinkable that this would happen at Skidmore, the Center will, in no way, be deterred from providing students with resources and assistance, while still maintaining privacy.” This despicable example is only one of what we are sure will be a surge in crime as the semester winds down.

Keep your eyes on your emails for the inevitable Campus Safety Report with more details to follow.