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Site of Flagstaff Jewish community ASU student group center vandalized with apologizes after leaked racist and anti- anti-Semitic graffiti Semitic chats NICK ENQUIST | STAFF WRITER
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n March 22, The Phoenix New Times published a series of private Facebook messages from members of Arizona State University’s College Republicans United (CRU), a student group founded in January 2018 after splitting off from the larger student Republican group, ASU College Republicans. The CRU messages contained anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic sentiments and have generated controversy and outrage on campus. On Monday, CRU, which is funded by the university, issued a public apology at a meeting on ASU’s Tempe campus. “Moving forward, under my presidency, we will condemn to the highest degree any behavior involving racism, anti-Semitism, any level of discrimination to any group whatsoever, we will condemn it,” said the new president of the organization, Matthew Northway, who assumed his position after CRU’s prior president, Joshua Bernard, resigned last week. The meeting was attended by dozens of protesters. Group founder Rick Thomas spoke at the meeting and apologized for messages and tweets of his own. He said that the rhetoric in those messages was much different from the group’s public
ust months before its scheduled opening, the Molly Blank Jewish Community Center was vandalized. Two weeks ago, swastikas were painted on windows and carved into the walls. The community center — which is still under construction — is set to be the new home for Chabad of Flagstaff and is just a few miles away from Northern Arizona SEE FLAGSTAFF, PAGE 3
A swastika painted on the window of the Molly Blank Jewish Community Center. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Boppard and the Middle Rhine In our new monthly travel column, Jeffrey and Virginia Orenstein take readers to the Rhine Valley and offer many tips for enjoying a trip, whether for the first time or anew. For more, read Page 10. PHOTO COURTESY JEFFREY ORENSTEIN
SEE ASU, PAGE 2
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