story stupid hurt students western washington university bellingham wa get early thanksgiving holiday university president abruptly cancel class early tuesday morning shut campus extreme action take ask sort terrorist threat possible mass shoot nope even close seem someone say mean thing black student social media site.the register-guard report president bruce shepard send urgent e-mail students 6am tuesday morning cancel class reason give racist thread yik yak concern school mascot need clear talk merely insult rude offensive commentary troll various lowlifes seem free spew willy nilly although plenty hate speech write shepard e-mail.gee insult rude offensive troll definition hate speech shepard even reporter cover story keep refer threats issue minority students actually appear case.a series threats minorities post weekend yik yak anonymous social media platform popular among college students.the post mention almost every ethnic group include black muslims jews american indians blame effort campus debate change university mascot viking threats come days student leaders suggest mascot racist post mention specific action students.how threat mention specific action online comment contain racist language profanity make fun mascot debate students propose one post call black students cry baby another compliment school overtly aryan mascot.sifting noise see bad thing post black person crybaby even racist insult basically 15,000-student university shut mild flame war.if think leave something feel free read source article swear even cop think anything law enforcement officials believe threat general campus security shepard say threat western student attack whole college community decision cancel class precautionary make sure students safe say school thanksgiving break officially begin wednesday disturb social media content continue early morning students color advise genuine entirely understandable heighten fear campus write shepard take feel safety students seriously oh get sort actual threat somebody feel get hurt hurt feel well students believe white european man good representation school racist call someone baby want viking mascot racist say white european man represent school make much sense anything else go guess.black students want white mascot think racist complain social media white students tell stop whine black students take racial hostility black students complain school perceive hostility make feel unsafe gutless president cancel class placate irrational fear welcome black live matter version america.via downtrend college campus shut comment make blame minorities effort remove racist viking mascot