NELSONVILLE, Ohio — Instructors lectured to classrooms peppered with empty seats at an Ohio technical college where graffiti had warned that black students would die Tuesday, and the school president sought to reassure students by camping out in the dorm where the threat was scrawled.
The message led at least two black students to withdraw from Hocking College and caused others to move out of the dorm where it was found more than a week ago. Campus police and the FBI have been investigating but haven’t identified who was responsible for the threat, written on the wall of a men’s bathroom.
President Ron Erickson and his wife moved into the Hocking Heights dorm, where the threat was discovered, over the weekend and remained there Tuesday, school spokeswoman Judy Sinnott said.
Students said they had seen additional officers on campus; no obvious extra police presence was evident on the grounds Tuesday, but two State Highway Patrol cruisers sat outside campus police headquarters.
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