You’re Just Pissing Off The Maintenance Guys

But keep in mind that this happened at the Teachers College. Nice:

A Columbia University Teachers College professor who researches the Holocaust found a swastika painted on her office door yesterday morning, less than a month after a black professor found a noose hanging from her doorknob in the same building.

The professor, Elizabeth Midlarsky, who is Jewish, said in an interview that she felt “awful” that she was targeted, noting that recently she has been “more public about my work on the Holocaust.”

“I think there’s a very hate-filled person who is an extreme coward,” she said. “It makes my blood run cold.”

Ms. Midlarsky is a psychologist who has researched topics ranging from altruism to violence and mental health. She also has written several papers about heroic rescues during the Holocaust and about genocide in Europe.

On the other end of the spectrum, is this even possible? We’ll see:

Today, City Council members, the five borough presidents, and leaders of civil rights organizations are holding a rally in response to the incidents. Also today, the City Council is considering a bill to create a penalty for bias-motivated graffiti. Violators would be fined between $10,000 and $25,000.