Alison Cummings, assistant director for Residence Life, said when people drink, they can show a lack of self-control and clear thinking. Some vandals' work is worse than others, such as when swastikas were drawn on and near a student's door in Brumbaugh Hall in East Halls three weekends ago. Penn State police came after the incident and took a report. At a house meeting on the vandalized floor, the meaning of community and the importance of respecting diversity were discussed, Cummings said, and since then, the quality of the hall has improved. The students whose doorway was vandalized are not Jewish and did not feel the graffiti was a personal attack.
Kids are just silly.
However, he was upset that the marks on his doorway were not removed the day they were made. Kline said whenever vandalism is race or hate motivated, the university tries to remove the graffiti as quickly as possible. However, Fotis said the burden of vandalism does not rest solely with housing. Sometimes, he said, if the vandal is not caught, all of the residents in the building could be required to pay for the damage. Brumbaugh Hall is having problems with vandalism that extend beyond the swastika incident, Cummings said.