“Girls Not Bombs.”
“Make Love Not War.”
Unusual as they may seem for vandalism signs, these phrases and other graffiti were discovered by Facilities Management Wednesday morning stenciled on the outside walls of LeFrak Hall and the Art-Sociology Building.
No arrests have been made, and university police do not have any suspects, said police spokeswoman Maj. Cathy Atwell.
Meanwhile, leaders of the five student groups that have protested this week on the campus commemorating the War in Iraq’s fourth anniversary have denied any involvement.
“Personally, I’m not a fan of vandalism, but I do agree with the message,” said Sami Tannouri, a senior neurobiology and physiology major, and an organizer of Peace Forum. “Peace Forum had nothing to do with it nor was anyone aware of it.”
The graffiti was still visible last night. But Laura Wildesen, associate director of facilities maintenance, said it will be removed as soon as possible by pressure washing or painting over it.
Daniel Lewkowicz, co-president of Community Roots, said he also rules out any involvement from protesters.
“To spray-paint on a wall, I don’t think it’s something any one of them would’ve done,” said Lewkowicz, a junior history major. “I’m sure it’s something any single individual could accomplish without much coordination.”
About 200 students gathered on McKeldin Mall yesterday afternoon protest the Iraq War and call for the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troops.
Lewkowicz said he can’t make sense of the graffiti and that if it was an advertisement for the protest, then it would have been strategically placed in different places throughout the university.
And for Tannouri, it was perhaps simply dissidents trying to make a point.
“Obviously, the reason is to get the message out and to remind people that there’s still a conflict going on in the world,” he said.
Contact reporter David Minsky at newsdbk@gmail.com