To the Editor:
It was reported to my office this week that two individuals, both Black female Tufts students, were personally targeted in an incident of intolerance as they walked on Professors' Row in front of Metcalf Hall at 3:50 a.m. on Feb. 16. At that time, four or five white males, 18 to 22 years old, drove by in a white Mercury Sable. The men shouted racist and sexist obscenities at the women and threw eggs at them, striking them on the legs.
This was an awful incident. An event that makes any of our students unsafe on campus injures our whole community. There is no reason to think that it was Tufts students who committed this reprehensible act, but there is also no way to rule out that possibility. The police, who were informed of this incident on March 1, are investigating the circumstances, but have few leads to pursue.
If anyone has any information that might help identify the perpetrators, please inform the Public Safety Department immediately. I also encourage anyone who is victimized on this campus to report the incident as soon as possible. Finding those responsible for crimes like this one must be a high priority. Letting others know that we deplore the hatred expressed is just as important.
