Williams responds to racial slurs
Early Saturday morning, a residence hall at Williams College was vandalized with racial slurs. The next day, Williams' Campus Safety and Security sent a report out to the whole campus. On Sunday, Williams' College President Adam Falk released a statement with the full details of the event and cancelled classes for Monday.
"After consulting with the Faculty Steering Committee, we have decided to cancel all classes and athletic practices tomorrow (Monday)," he said in the letter to campus. "We understand how this disrupts important college functions, but in the wake of a shock such as this, the campus community needs to take a pause."
Williams also held an event on Monday and expected all students to attend. Students who attended the event had lunch and small groups. To facilitate this, they suspended meal swipes for Monday lunch.
A similar act of vandalism occurred at Dartmouth on Sunday, November 6th. The College did not notify students a hate crime had taken place until five days later and this notification came only after The Dartmouth broke the story. Dean Charlotte Johnson sent a letter to the community, but it did not include specific details of the event. The College has yet to hold any mandatory or optional events to address the crime.