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Thursday's protest and counter protest at Towson University has prompted the school to plan to take a more direct look at events next week.School leaders said outsiders came to the campus Thursday with a message of hate.SkyTeam 11 captured the scene as a group called the Bible Believers showed up and targeted several groups, including Muslims, Jewish people, women and members of the LGBTQ+ community.Towson students said Friday there's a lot of pride in how they handled themselves."I was really, really proud of my students, my peers. It was really awesome seeing everybody come together to spread love instead of hate on campus," said Melissa Spangler, a student.Hundreds of Towson students showed up with music and inclusive banners to fight back Thursday afternoon, saying hate has no place on their campus.Police officers got between the students and the protesters. No one from the university was arrested, but police did arrest a man affiliated with the Bible Believers.Student Emily Green said she's thankful for the response of the Towson University Police Department."All of a sudden, I was surrounded by original protesters. It was really frightening. I appreciate them pulling me out of that," Green said.The university's president, Kim Schatzel, said there will be a university-wide teach-in planned by and for the community to talk about what happened, best practices and legal rights of students during these kinds of events."Students would then know legal rights of both the people that come here to protest and what we can do as students as well. It will be very informative and educational, so that's probably a good step moving forward," said Evan Englehard, a student.The teach-in is expected to take place next week.