Swarthmore College has become no stranger to incidents of bigotry and violence over the past few years, including hateful chalking, a violent hate crime assault, and now urination on the campus Intercultural Center.

Following several weeks of tension over a proposal to disband Greek life, and complaints to the Department of Education that federal sexual assault policies are being violated, Swarthmore College reported an incident of an unidentified man urinating on the doors of the Intercultural Center on the evening of May 2. This is the fifth time this year that the doors to the Intercultural Center have been urinated on.

Swarthmore Dean of Students, Liz Braun, described the incident as, “…a malicious and disgusting attack against the Intercultural Center and by extension the students and staff that are a part of it.”

The Intercultural Center houses a number of social, cultural, and queer student groups, including: Achieving Black & Latino Leaders of Excellence, Swarthmore Queer Union, Swarthmore Womyn of Color Collective, COLORS (queer students of color,) Queer Straight Alliance, and many others. The center strives to, “foster a truly multicultural social, cultural and intellectual environment that will empower students to achieve their educational and individual goals.”

The director of the center, Alina Wong, said in an email to Swarthmore students that witnesses overheard a crowd of people cheering, and several men shouting, “Oh, yeah. Right on the door.” Students inside the center called Public Safety, but the perpetrators had fled by the time they arrived. Swarthmore College President, Rebecca Chopp, informed students that a Public Safety officer will be stationed outside of the Intercultural Center throughout the weekend. There was to be a rally held on May 6 to discuss the incident, however, it has since been canceled due to final exams, and is to be replaced with alternative events later in the week, which have yet to be specified.