This is the second incident involving allegations of anti-semitism on the campus in the past several weeks.
Courtesy of Miriam Pollack
Swastikas were painted on the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house at Stanford University on Saturday night.
"We have no reason to believe that this was targeted toward any particular student in SAE," the fraternity's president told The Stanford Daily.
Miriam Pollack, a Stanford student, said the paint was washed away by Sunday afternoon.
"I am deeply troubled by the act of vandalism, including symbols of hate, that has marred our campus," University President John Hennessy said in a statement to The Stanford Daily. "The University will not tolerate hate crimes and this incident will be fully investigated, both by campus police and by the University under our Acts of Intolerance Protocol. This level of incivility has no place at Stanford."
"I ask everyone in the University community to stand together against intolerance and hate, and to affirm our commitment to a campus community where discourse is civil, where we value differences and where every individual is respected," Hennessy said.
Courtesy of Miriam Pollack
The incident comes just weeks after Molly Horwitz alleged anti-Semitism against Stanford's Students of Color Coalition. Horwitz, who was running for student senate, says a member of the Students of Color Coalition asked — given her Jewish faith — how she would handle divestment.
In a separate incident, Stanford's chapter of SAE lost its housing privileges in December 2014 for the next two academic years after concerns of Title IX violations. The fraternity violated Stanford's sexual harassment policy after a party last year created a hostile environment for female students, according to a statement from the university. Despite losing housing, the fraternity is still a recognized organization on campus.
University officials and members of SAE did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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