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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: Why Northwestern didn’t step in after alleged hate symbol painted on trans flag
Description: On Northwestern University’s Evanston campus, there’s a big boulder known as “The Rock.”
For decades students have painted and repainted it with slogans, symbols and announcements.
Campus officials say they don’t police The Rock except in the case of threats and profanity.
But a recent incident has students and faculty questioning what administrators view as threatening and whom they see as worthy of protection.
HOST: LANE