A Northwestern University registration employee was fired last Friday after uttering racial slurs to an Asian American senior during student registration, according to the The Daily Northwestern, the school's student newspaper.
The employee, whom NU declined to identify, reportedly said to senior Joanna Chien, "Young lady, watch your mouth or go back to the Orient."
The comment stemmed from an argument between Chien and the employee that began when Chien asked about a petition to graduate early.
In addition to the termination of the employee, NU will also submit a written apology to Chien, The Daily Northwestern reported Monday.
Northwestern University Registrar Donald Gwinn said that this is the only incident of its kind that he's seen in 20 years.
"It was an isolated incident. One person got angry and overreacted and confronted the student in an inappropriate manner," Gwinn told The Daily Northwestern.
Chien was reported as being generally pleased with the administration's response but was upset that she was not given the name of the employee.
The Philadelphia discount text company Campus Text filed suit against Barnes & Noble and the University of Pennsylvania last Friday for allegedly interfering with its business ventures, The Daily Pennsylvanian reported Monday.
The suit claims that U Penn hoped to lessen competition between Campus Text and The Book Store, which Barnes & Noble operates. Terry Elizabeth Silva, Campus Text's attorney, told The Daily Pennsylvanian, the school's student newspaper, that the university was attempting to prevent Campus Text from distributing promotional information.
Silva and her clients have filed a charge of assault against U Penn police for trying to take Campus Text co-president Doug Levy into custody for handing out promotional literature. In addition, they have requested injunctions for constitutional rights violations and interference with business.
Campus Text co-president Mike Saewitz told The Daily Pennsylvanian that university police have harassed and threatened his employees - 95 percent of whom are U Penn students - with criminal citations and arrest.
Saewitz said he harbors no ill feelings toward U Penn, but does not want any interference "with (Campus Text's) rights to conduct business," The Daily Pennsylvanian reported.
A brawl between members of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity and two Gordonsville men broke out early last Saturday morning at the University of Virginia, according to The Cavalier Daily, UVA's student newspaper.
The fight began after "the people at Delta Sigma started yelling at these men saying 'look at these faggots,'" Charlottesville Police Sgt. Pleasant told The Cavalier.
Delta Sigma Phi President Neil Malhotra, who was struck in the head with a board, was reported to have received mild injuries.
Witnesses told the campus newspaper that about 10 Delta Sigma Phi members were involved in the fight, during which an unidentified Charlottesville resident was struck over the head with a brick.
Pleasant said the night's events remain unclear because alcohol was a factor in the incident. An anonmyous Delta Sigma Phi member claims the Gordonsville men were "looking for a fight," The Cavalier reported.
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Janet Adamy.