“But this man is being supported by students on our campus and our administration shows that they, by their silence, support it as well … I don’t deserve to feel afraid at my school,” she added.
Wagner said Emory would do what it could to allay any fears.
“After meeting with our students, I cannot dismiss their expression of feelings and concern as motivated only by political preference or oversensitivity. Instead, the students with whom I spoke heard a message, not about political process or candidate choice, but instead about values regarding diversity and respect that clash with Emory’s own,” he said.
One word left students at an elite Atlanta university quaking in their shoes earlier this week: “Trump.”
About 50 Emory University undergrads confronted school president James Warner because they said they felt intimidated after seeing a rash of “Trump 2016″ chalk markings on campus grounds.
Wielding signs reading, “Stop Trump” or “Stop Hate,” the anti-Donald Trump protesters, led by college sophomore Jonathan Peraza, yelled out, “You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain!,” the school newspaper the Emory Wheel reported.
“It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win,” Peraza added. “We have nothing to lose but our chains.”
Just seeing the GOP front-runner’s name — and the university’s apparent acceptance of it — was terrifying to some students, they said.
“I’m supposed to feel comfortable and safe [here],” one student told the Wheel.
“As an academic community, we must value and encourage the expression of ideas, vigorous debate, speech, dissent, and protest.
“At the same time, our commitment to respect, civility, and inclusion calls us to provide a safe environment that inspires and supports courageous inquiry,” Wagner noted.
The school will review security surveillance footage near where chalk markings were placed in restricted areas, Wagner said.
If certain pro-Trump scrawls were written by students, “they will go through the conduct violation process, while if they are from outside of the University, trespassing charges will be pressed,” the Wheel noted.
A college spokeswoman told The Post that Emory had no problem with the political content of the chalk scrawls, but writing on campus buildings would be a violation of campus regulations.
“Chalkings by students are allowed as a form of expression on the Emory campus but must be limited to certain areas and must not deface campus property. These chalkings did not follow guidelines — that’s the issue regarding violation of policy, not the content,” she noted.
Calls to the student council and the school’s newspaper were not returned.
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