Rice University mural, monument vandalized with pro-Donald Trump graffiti
Rice University's police department is investigating two cases of vandalism that were discovered Friday at the campus.
"#DeportSpanos" and "TRUMP BABY!," among other words, were spray-painted on a mural that is fastened to the side of the Moody Center shipping containers. By Friday afternoon, the vandalized art piece was being removed.
The school's portion of the Berlin Wall, a memorial in front of the school's Baker Institute for Public Policy, was similarly defaced. "Aloha!" and "Trump 2016" were scrawled on one side of the monument, which was installed as permanent fixture in 2000. The original graffiti on this section of the historic Berlin Wall was painted before its fall in 1989. Art conservators have in recent years been called upon to restore the writings.
"The vandalism was reported this morning," Rice University senior media director B.J. Almond said Friday. "We will be covering the Berlin Wall until a professional art conservator can come to remove the newly added graffiti."
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