NELSONVILLE, Ohio -- The head of an Ohio technical college says the school remains open for classes in the face of a threat that black students would be killed Tuesday.
President Ron Erickson says in a letter posted on the Hocking College Web site that the two-year college in southeast Ohio has responded to the threat with increased security measures, law enforcement officers and counselors.
A message threatening blacks and including Tuesday's date was found scrawled on a bathroom wall more than a week ago.
In his letter, addressed to "the campus and community" and dated Saturday, Erickson says every effort is being made to keep students, employees and visitors safe.
He describes the graffiti as an "ignorant act" and says it doesn't represent the school.
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