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'''Mark Modesitt''', [[CC]] '10, is a [[Political Science]] and [[Spanish]] major. He was president of the [[CC 2010 Class Council|Class of 2010 Council]] for the [[2006]]-[[2007|07]] academic year, but is more widely known for his involvement in a "hate speech" incident that took place in March 2007.
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'''Mark Modesitt''', [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[2011|11]], was an [[Anthropology]] major. He was president of the [[CC 2010 Class Council|Class of 2010 Council]] for the [[2006]]-[[2007|07]] academic year.
  
On Monday [[March 5|March 5th]], [[2007]], a threat was written in permanent marker on the door of Modesitt's [[John Jay]] [[:Image:JJ8.gif|floor 8]] single.<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/24290 "CCSC 2010 President Gets Death Threat"], ''The Spectator'', 3/7/07.</ref> The threat read "Mark is racist, I'll kill you." Modesitt notified [[Public Safety]], naming at least four first year students. Public Safety then launched an investigation, sending an email to each implicated student. One of the students under investigation is Joey Goldberg, CC '10, a class representative running on the [[GO]] ticket against Modesitt's [[Alma Mater Remix]] party in the [[CCSC]] elections. Goldberg claims not to have had anything to do with the death threat. The other students under investigation include Chris Duncan, CC '10, an opinion editor for the [[Columbia Spectator]]; Rita Morales, CC '10; and Chloe Faux, CC '10.
 
  
The residents of Modesitt's floor were made to attend a mandatory meeting about "hate speech", held by floor 8 [[RA]] Alex Topkins. Modesitt's door was sanded down soon after the incident.
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Some of the accused students have created a [[protests|protest]] group on [[Facebook]] called "I'm Being Investigated by Mark Modesitt". The group was deleted sometime between Thursday [[March 8|March 8th]] or Friday [[March 9|March 9th]]. Other Columbia students have since created a new group called "Class of 2010 is a Disgrace".
 
  
 
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Mark Modesitt, CC '11, was an Anthropology major. He was president of the Class of 2010 Council for the 2006-07 academic year.


Preceded by
None
President of the Class of 2010 
2006-2007
Succeeded by
AJ Pascua


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