22 CommentsEarly this morning, Bwog received several tips about ongoing vandalism to the Carman 13 bulletin board. The board’s decorations in honor of Trans Awareness Month have been destroyed a total of four times now. It is unclear how many people are responsible for the vandalism.
In response to the destruction of the first three bulletin boards, the Carman 13 RA sent a message to residents about a new board on which residents could sign their names in solidarity against the previous acts of hate. The entire message is included below.
First message from the Carman 13 RA
The new board was subsequently vandalized.
We also received a tip that the Carman 13 RA sent a second message following the most recent vandalism. The post has since been deleted. According to our tipster, the message read:
To those who just tore the NEW bulletin board with people’s signatures on it, know that your actions endanger people’s sense of safety in our community and constitute an act of hate. We will continue to speak up against your actions and we will continue to do so publicly. The board is still up and everyone is still welcome to sign it.
The original board’s decorations are pictured below, along with the new board featuring residents’ signatures.
Original Carman 13 bulletin board, decorated in honor of Trans Awareness Month
Carman 13 bulletin board with signatures
If you have any more information about the events on Carman 13, submit an anonymous tip or email us at tips@bwog.com.
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22 Comments
@Blunts in Butler Yo kiddos chill and stop hating on our trans classmates and friends. Just come to the stacks and just light up.
@Anonymous In the 1970s any Jewish flier in Carman or Hamilton would end up with a flame scorched on it from a cigarette ligher.
@ok ok
@why fun fact of the day!!!!!!!!!
@Anonymous Im sorry your feelings are hurt. Yes, we should provide a safe campus for all, but stop pretending we all have to kneel down to suck their … whatever it is they have down there. Respect for all, not any more or less for transgender students. Pandering is for social justice bullies (who often do it just to crush puss a la south park)
@why i want to punch you
you don’t get it
and here i thought columbia students were smart…
also quit it with the micro aggressions !!
– mit student / trans ally / carman 13 supporter
@fuccboi blocks out name of postee, yet still posts identifying traits of said person (Carman RA, not to mention the floor they work on). I can go to carman lobby and find out who this is.
Since you’re trying to protect the identity of the person, just drop all identifying markers.
@Anonymous Put in a camera. Case solved. No one should destroy university property.
@Anonymous I came to Columbia to try to get away from narrow-minded, cis-gendered focused, heteronormative-loving bozos like this one, and I personally do not find it amusing whatsoever his heinous actions. Columbia prides itself on its supposed “acceptance” of everyone, but as long as I have been attending here I have only been exposed to stupid frat boys who think they’re funny and – quite frankly – a disgusting plethora of experiences that have shown me the cruelness the world is capable of accomplishing. I ask that everyone joins me at Low Plaza on friday at the “Columbia Students Rise Up: Demand Justice on Climate, Race, Labor & Sexual Violence” event where we can FINALLY work against the injustice on campus.
@A "Stupid frat boy" Fuck off.
@people are dumb this was A+ trolling
@Anonymous Call public safety for someone being an asshole? I don’t think that’s a thing.
@Anonymous Actually, this is a hate crime and thank you for the inspiration, I will call public safety myself.
@Anonymous oh come on. this is shitty behavior, but a hate crime… really??
@Anonymous Well, let me see. At Columbia University, transgender affiliates are a protected class. This vandalism was directed against transgender affiliates. Hence, this is a hate crime, and the person and/or persons involved should be put on academic suspension and/or expelled from the University.
@Anonymous This is not a crime in the first place, so I am confused as to why you consider it a hate crime. It is offensive, don’t get me wrong, but there is no reason to go whining to campus security over hurt feelings.
@y r u stupid Uh yeah, vandalism IS a crime.
And if you google “hate crime” the definition is:
a crime motivated by racial, sexual, or other prejudice, one typically (but not necessarily) involving violence.
This is motivated by a prejudice against the trans-community.
Here is some straight up logic for you:
If
VANDALISM = something prohibited by law
Something prohibited by law = a crime
this CRIME was motivated by PREJUDICE so yes, by definition this is a hate crime, which is a not a subjective term used to describe your moral judgement.
you can argue “shitty behavior” all you want, but that doesn’t change the law.
But hey, let’s pretend it;s not a hate crime so the perpetrator comes forward thinking it’s all up for debate.
@peak Discourse 2/10 bad Discourse, liberalism has been done before go back to reading ur Locke
@Thomas Hate crime lol? Wow…
@Anonymous Why hasn’t anyone called public safety? Whoever is doing this should be put on academic probation.
@Anonymous you mean disciplinary probation
@Anonymous lol carman