On Friday night, Bush supporters chalked around campus and painted the cannon on the Academic Quad with statements including "Liberals run in fear to Canada" and "Tufts Votes Wrong."
Anti-Bush and anti-Tufts Republicans chalkings made Saturday night combated those of the previous evening. New phrases on the cannon included "Yay Canada" and another that referred to Bush by using an obscenity.
Sophomore Stephanie Mayer was among those shocked by both the original statements and those countering them.
"I think it's offensive no matter what side of the political spectrum you're on," she said. "It prevents a healing process between Democrats and Republicans."
According to President of Tufts Republicans Nicholas Boyd, while Friday night's chalkings were not a planned event, they were part of a victory celebration of many of the club's members.
Boyd said the statements were neither intended to be offensive, nor did he consider them to be so.
