St. Olaf Student 'Fabricated' Racist Note: College President

NORTHFIELD, MN — The president of St. Olaf College announced Wednesday that a student confessed to writing a racist note and admitted it was "fabricated" as an apparent "strategy to draw attention to concerns about the campus climate." President David R. Anderson said the college "confirmed that this was not a genuine threat. We're confident that there is no ongoing threat from this incident to individuals or the community as a whole."

Late last month, students at St. Olaf College began protesting after a student said a racist note was placed on her car's windshield. St. Olaf College Protest: 5 Things You Should Know

Anderson said he revealed the intention behind the note due to "many requests for more information," the Star Tribune reported:

"We learned from the author's confession that the note was fabricated," the president said. "It was apparently a strategy to draw attention to concerns about the campus climate."

Anderson's second e-mail implicated a student as the person responsible, pointing out that "federal privacy laws prohibit the college from disclosing the identity of the author of that note and disclosing the actions taken by the college now that know the author's identity."

Read much more at the Star Tribune.

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