Two students at Gettysburg College have been suspended from the swim team following a report that a racial slur was scratched onto another student's body. The college is actively investigating the incident through its student conduct process.
At least two students at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania were suspended from the swim team after a report that a racial slur was scratched onto a student's body, officials said.School administrators received 'a deeply concerning report of a racial slur being scratched onto a student using a plastic or ceramic tool,' officials at the 2,200-student private liberal arts school in Gettysburg said in a statement last week.
The incident is believed to have happened during an 'informal social gathering at an on-campus residence' and was first reported by upper-class students from the swim team, Gettysburg College President Robert Iuliano said. The family said it happened on Sept. 6.'Two weeks ago on the evening of Friday, Sept. 6, our son became the victim of a hate crime.
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