Late Tuesday evening, several staff members at Susquehanna University received phone messages “containing racist and derogatory comments,” which the FBI is now investigating.
The messages may be tied to the school’s decision to drop its nickname of “Crusader” (in favor of one of these five semi-finalists) a university spokesman said.
The calls were made to the staffers’ office phones between 9 p.m. and midnight and appeared to have been made by the same unknown male caller, university spokesman Angela Burrows said.
The derogatory comments were based on race, gender and religion, she said in a statement sent out to the campus community today.
The staff members who received the messages were both male and female, she said.
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“We suspect the calls are tied to the university’s decision to move away from the Crusaders nickname,” Burrows said.
The calls were reported to the university public safety office which referred the incidents to state police, Selinsgrove borough police and Susquehanna University’s FBI liaison.
Burrows added that law enforcement officials “determined there is no immediate threat to the campus.”
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