Racist graffiti prompts rally

RIVER FALLS, Wis., Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Students at a Wisconsin university say they are organizing a rally to show they don't agree with an anonymous tagger who left a racist threat on campus.

The threat targeting minorities was discovered last Sunday written on a bathroom stall at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Friday.

In response, the university will hold activities Monday protesting bigotry.

"We will not tolerate hate," march and rally leader Nikki Shonoiki, a student from Minneapolis, declared.

The campus' 6,600 students have been asked to wear the school's color, red, Monday in a show of solidarity with the school's approximately 500 minority students, the Pioneer Press reported.

Police are investigating the graffiti, which read: "The time of destruction is near. Blacks + Asians 11-02-09."

"We don't know if this is a prank or part of an actual plan, but we must take it seriously," university spokesman Kevin Harter said. "We have to ensure the safety of the students."

No arrests had been made as police continued to investigate.