Corvallis police on Monday arrested an Oregon State University graduate student who serves as a student body representative.

Andrew Joseph Oswalt, 27, was arrested Monday on accusations of two counts of third-degree criminal mischief, according to the Benton County Sheriff's Office. He was held on $7,000 bail and was released the same day. His booking photo shows him smiling.

It's unclear what led to the arrest; calls to police Monday night were not immediately returned.

The arrest was first reported by The Daily Barometer, OSU's student newspaper. According to the Barometer, Oswalt is a graduate representative in the university's associated student body group, a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry and a self-described member of the alt-right.

In a recent article, the student paper outlined Oswalt's inflammatory views on the superiority of white people, his dislike of left-leaning activists and his feelings of being attacked because he is a white man.

In response, other student representatives are considering expelling him from the student congress for disorderly behavior, one member told the Barometer.

-- Anna Marum

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