CalArts Apartment Vandalized, Swastikas & Demons Painted on Walls
More hate graffiti tainted the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) campus in Valencia over the weekend. When senior Daine Carter entered his campus apartment on Friday night after a Halloween party, he was greeted with red swastikas and demonic imagery on his walls.
Not only did the suspects vandalize Carter's abode, they also heisted items and ruined his paintbrushes.
"They stole some stuff, and they used my paint brushes," said Carter, reports CBS LA. "I had some expensive paint brushes, they're completely destroyed."
Racist, anti-Semitic and hateful graffiti is not new to the campus. One student reported that her studio was recently "broken into three times" and "spray-painted everywhere" as a result of the first incident.
CalArts president and assistant provost delivered a campus-wide email in September addressing the hateful graffiti issue. The email said, "We are writing to you today to unequivocally address a few recent acts of hateful and racist graffiti found on campus…we do not accommodate or accept language or actions imbued with hate."
An investigation into Carter's report and other incidents is underway, and no suspects or leads have been reported.
