'Nova probing racial graffiti

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, April, 2007 | by CHRISTINE OLLEY olleyc@phillynews.com 215-854-5184

Top officials of Villanova University are investigating four incidents of racially charged graffiti that have shown up in on-campus residence halls for the past week.

"Personally, to me, it is very upsetting, and I think that many people in the university share my sentiments on that," the Rev. Peter Donahue, O.S.A, president of Villanova University, said yesterday.

"We here at the university live by Gospel values, and this is in no way, shape or form one of them," he added.

According to Ann Diebold, spokeswoman for the Catholic Augustinian University, the first incident happened April 19 in Moriarty Hall.

"It was towards the end of the semester and students in the hall were writing their experiences of...