Story, https://t.co/YZpOiKGpzB, on @WWU_AS president’s response to racial threats, campus shutdown, via @kierelyea. pic.twitter.com/vndFG6S9OJ

— Caleb Hutton (@bhamcaleb) November 25, 2015

BELLINGHAM

A Western Washington University student who said she was threatened with sexual violence and death criticized the university and campus police for not doing enough to protect her and other students of color.

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University President Bruce Shepard canceled classes Tuesday, after reading anonymous social media posts on Yik Yak that he said targeted students of color, possibly because they proposed replacing the school’s Viking mascot.

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Emphasis added, because OMG poor widdle white dudes.