Hate on Montana Tech’s Campus

Travis Eskelsen


A couple weeks ago I was walking into the South Campus for one of my late afternoon classes. With my arms completely full of books, I was rushing through the doors trying to make it to class on time. I was thinking to myself how heavy the books were, and why did we need so many books for just one class, when something caught my attention out of the corner of my eye. I stopped to take a closer look and could not believe what I saw. There hanging on one of the bulletin boards was a Phi Theta Kappa poster that someone had recklessly destroyed. This was not your average prank of drawing mustaches on the faces or such. Written on this poster in bold black marker was a message of racial hate and discrimination. I stood there for a minute in absolute disbelief, revolted by the markings on the poster. I could not believe that I was seeing this on Montana Tech’s campus.