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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO
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MONDAY NOVEMBER 2, 1992 VOLUME 42 NUMBER 27
Vandalism at LGBA office
Investigation under way
JUNIE HILBURGER
Spectrum Staff Reporter
Intolerance at UB has shown its
ugly face.
Sometime between last Monday at 5 p.m. and 10 a.m. Tuesday, some unknown person(s)
spraypainted the word "DIE" on
the door of the Lesbian Gay
Bisexual Alliance (LGBA},
according to Inspector Daniel Jay
of Public Safety.
In addition, there was a line
painted through the nameplate on
the door, located at 362 Student
Union.
According to Jay, "it's under
investigation, however, we have
no suspects."
Hate crime
"This is an example of the type
of hatred that eventually leads to
violence similar to that experienced by the Lisbon Avenue victim," Chris Kelly, LGBA treasurer, said. "It's not a comforting
feeling when you walk into the
only office in the Student Union
that one can feel comfortable in
and the word 'die' is written on
the door."
"If I become informed of who
did it, I will personally bring up
charges against them in the Student Court," Student Association Vice President Eddie Mark
said.
Adminis!rative response
According to Dennis Black,
dean of students, the Administration's response to the vandalism
is threefold. "First, we want to
repair the damage as quickly as
possible and put things back the
way they were," Black
explained.
"Second, we want to send the
message that we are very intolerant of intolerance and we hate
acts of hate," Black said. "The
acts of the vandals are not acceptable to our community or any
others."
"Third, we want to find out
what we can do to rectify the
problem . We're going to sit
down with staff and students and
try to find a means of preventing this kind of action," Black
said.
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INTOLERANCE: LGBA was the victim of an apparent bias toward homosexuals.