A Jewish college student who reported swastikas on her dorm door drew some of them herself.
Sarah Marshak, a George Washington University freshman, was caught on tape by a hidden video camera in the sixth incident of swastika drawing on her dormitory door.
Marshak told the university’s student newspaper that she drew the last three of the six swastikas.
“I wasn’t looking to create this, sort of, insanity,” Marshak told The Hatchet, where she works as a reporter. “I wasn’t looking to become a media darling. I was just looking for acknowledgment from University that someone drew a swastika on the door.”
Marshak could face federal charges. She will appear before the Student Judicial Services.
Nine incidents of swastika painting took place on the campus in a two-week period.
Another student was caught and charged Saturday with drawing swastikas and racial slurs in another dormitory. He has been barred from campus.
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