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Students Hold Vigil After Campus Vandalism

EUGENE, Ore. -- Police are still looking for someone that painted a swastika in a UO campus office, but members of the group affected are sending a message that they won't let the vandalism of their office break them.

 

Instead, it's helping to bring them together. Hundreds of supporters of LGBTQA held a candlelight vigil and marched through the campus Tuesday night. They say they're standing together against the hate crime.

 

"Obviously with all these people here, everyone is coming together, showing their support which means a lot to the people in the group," said Dane Gilman.

 

"This is my family, and I'm a lesbian, and I work for the university and I wanted to come and make sure we made ourselves seen," said Julie Heffernan.

 

"They didn't succeed in dividing us. They brought us together," said Michael Williams.

 

The crowd included university president Richard Larievere and eugene mayor Kitty Piercy.