That morning, members of the campus community of the private institution in DeKalb woke to find a number of messages supporting Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump. Some students found the “TRUMP 2016” scribbles so offensive that a group of about 50 of them protested in the administration offices. Some minority students said they felt targeted, and one student even said she feared for her life.

The reaction by offended students was picked up by national media such as the Washington Post and has drawn some derisive articles as the week progressed. Critics deemed the students’ protest as an overreaction.