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Syracuse Chancellor Apologizes for Slow Response to Racist Graffiti

‘DISAPPOINTED’

Says he was “disappointed” that leadership didn’t communicate with the larger student body more quickly.

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Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud apologized on Tuesday for the school’s slow response to racist graffiti found in a residence hall on campus last week, which featured the n-word and anti-Asian slurs.

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