From Ham’s link below:

One piece of the graffiti said the attack was ?from the College Republicans.? … The university and police officials realized that the College Republicans and the DCA were not involved in the incident. Anyone who took the time to listen to them would have known that they are not racist and they are not anti-Semitic. And furthermore, they would not throw away thousands of dollars and years of their lives invested in attending DePaul to be expelled and publicly humiliated by signing their names to such an obscene act. …

In spite of an unclear picture of what had actually occurred, the school proceeded with its prayer vigil and meeting with the president. At no time was it publicly mentioned that the evidence suggested that the incident was a hoax. In fact, a public relations official of the college hinted to a local radio station that the incident might be related to the charged atmosphere on campus that resulted from an anti-affirmative action protest organized by the DePaul Conservative Alliance.

Anger at the College Republicans had been growing among certain groups on campus. Earlier, a group of conservative students had staged what is commonly referred to as an ?affirmative action bake sale? on campus.

Would activists really stage something like that? Why, yes, as a matter of fact, those are exactly the sort of tricks activists (occasionally even Republican activists) would try.


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