Forty-five black student groups at Harvard University have signed a letter complaining about the university's reaction to police treatment of four black students in a dorm-related incident this month and demanding action.
The incident occurred at 4 a.m. April 3 when a male called the police claiming he'd tried to kill a female student after taking her hostage at Leverett House. The call turned out to be a hoax. After the Harvard University Police Department officers arrived, they led four black students out of the building at gunpoint, according to Boston.com.
A candidate for Easthampton superintendent has removed herself from consideration after students, including one from the school's Gender and Sexuality Alliance Club, found what they call "transphobic" posts on her Facebook page and provided them to Easthampton officials.
Erica Faginski-Stark's withdrawal comes 10 days after the Easthampton School Committee voted to offer her the job and two weeks after a job offer to the first choice for the post was rescinded after he used "ladies" to refer to two women in an email message.
