“....The posts mentioned almost every ethnic group, including blacks, Muslims, Jews and American Indians, blaming them for an effort on campus to debate changing the university’s mascot, a Viking. The threats came days after some student leaders suggested that the mascot is racist. The posts did not mention a specific action against the students....”
http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2015/11/western_washington_university.html
Apparently whomever wrote this article at Oregon live, left out that a man on yik yak who threatened to shoot every black person, was a “black guy” making a joke on “yik yak”. (week ago, Michigan)
“At Missouri, posts were made on social media threatening to shoot black people after protests about racial issues on that campus. The posts followed the resignations of the University of Missouri system president and the chancellor. A white college student at another school was later arrested for making a terrorist threat.
Shepard said debate about the Western Washington’s mascot has come up on occasion and he welcomed the discussion.
Some students do not believe a white European man is a good representation of their school, but Shepard, who is retiring at the end of this academic year, said he doesn’t plan to change the mascot.
Patrick Eckroth, a WWU senior from Port Orchard, Washington, said there is a problem with racism at the school.
“The idea of having a critical conversation about our mascot and the reaction to that is a great illustration of the problem we have not just in our university, but in society,” said Eckroth, who is a member of the student government but said he was speaking personally, not as a student leader.”
AP via oregon live
http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2015/11/western_washington_university.html
Sagina, Michigan yik yakker
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2015/11/student_charged_in_yik_yak_thr.html