Swastika burned into floor at UC Merced residence hall: college investigating

MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - UC Merced officials person alerted residents of university-owned lodging astir a Swastika awesome that burned into the carpet of a survey country at the Half Dome residence.

In an email sent to residents seen by YourCentralValley.com, it emphasizes that the enactment violates the university's Principles of Community.

The swastika, a awesome wide associated with hatred and antisemitism owed to its usage by Nazi Germany, has historically been linked to acts of intimidation and discrimination.

In the email to residents, UC Merced stated that the awesome had been burned into the carpet "using a scooter oregon akin device."

In a follow-up connection to YourCentralValley.com, a assemblage spokesperson said that the assemblage is alert of a vandalism incidental that took spot connected field wrong a residence hall.

Such actions are unacceptable and bash not bespeak the values of our schoolhouse arsenic acceptable distant successful our Principles of Community.

UC Merced officials accidental the incidental remains nether probe and unit promote anyone with accusation to travel forward. The assemblage added that its precedence remains providing a harmless and supportive situation for students, staff, and the community.