COLUMBIA, Mo. • Mizzou’s campus was calm Thursday. Students lounged on the quad enjoying the warm sun or scurried between classes.

Days after two black students reported that a group of white students had aimed racial insults at them, others reflected on the incident in the context of last year’s racial protests on campus, which garnered national attention and led to the downfall of top school leaders.

University of Missouri-Columbia sophomore Michaela Morgan said it feels like the campus was “getting riled up again.”

But she said she was glad the community continued to have conversations about the incident in the days to follow.

“I know for me personally, it really hurts to hear that these kind of things are still happening, but at the same time, I think we need to be aware that this is not new,” Morgan said. “This is stuff that’s been happening. But it’s good that it’s been more broadcast, so that more people actually know about it.”

Morgan, who is majoring in special education, said the university’s College of Education held an open discussion for students who wanted to share their experiences and talk about what had happened.