BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Western Washington University announced it was suspending all classes on Tuesday because of threats against minority students on social media.
President Bruce Shepard said the comments were not just rude, he considered them to be hate speech. He said safety of students is his top priority and that is why administrators have chosen to cancel classes Tuesday.
Shepard said he could not release specific details of the ongoing law enforcement investigation. It is unclear who posted the threatening comments on social media.
He said there was no specific threat to general campus safety, but "a threat to any one of us is an attack on all of us."
While classes were canceled, the university was said to be "open and operating."
The university's Thanksgiving break was scheduled to begin on Wednesday.
Here is the full message from the president posted shortly after 6 a.m. on the school's website:
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