Most blog readers will be aware of this incident from the chancellor's recent email. Here are some excerpts from the Daily Bruin:UCLA student's YouTube video 'Asians in the Library' prompts death threats; violent responses criticized as equally damaging
Kate Parkinson-Morgan
March 14, 2011, Daily Bruin, online version
A UCLA student has received multiple death threats in response to her video “Asians in the Library,” which was posted Friday. In the video, third-year political science student Alexandra Wallace makes a number of disparaging comments about Asian students...
The video quickly went viral and, despite being removed by Wallace on Sunday, has since been reposted under different accounts on YouTube and other websites.
Wallace contacted university police early Sunday evening after receiving numerous death threats via e-mail and phone... Police advised her to take a number of precautions and are currently working to ensure her safety... “If she’s received a death threat, I find that as deplorable as her original YouTube video. If this is the response of students on campus, we’ve got a lot of work to do,” said Robert Naples, associate vice chancellor and dean of students...
A Facebook user under the name “Alexandra Wallace” posted an apology on Block’s Facebook page on Sunday night. However, Wallace said she did not write the posts, stating that she does not have a Facebook account...(P)olice advised her to reschedule her final exams in light of the death threats and information posted online that listed her class schedule and exam locations...
Naples said the university will examine Wallace’s video to see if it violates any part of the student code of conduct. But he cautioned that the code does not usurp the authority of the First Amendment...
Full story at http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2011/03/ucla_student039s_youtube_video_039asians_in_the_library039_prompts_death_threats_violent_responses_c
Chancellor Block's video response of 3/14/11:
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