School suspends student over slur

The University of South Carolina says it has suspended a student over a photo showing a racial slur being written on a board in a campus study room.

Multiple media outlets reported President Harris Pastides announced the suspension Friday. Pastides said the unidentified student also faces university code of conduct investigations. The photo shows a white female student writing the slur directed at blacks on a whiteboard.

The picture marked the third such incident in the last week. Bucknell University expelled three students for making racist comments during a campus radio broadcast. At Duke University, a noose was found hanging from a tree. A student admitted to placing the noose on the tree, and officials say that person is no longer on campus, although disciplinary actions are pending and criminal charges are under consideration.