After seeing a white, pointy figure in a classroom window at Bowling Green State University, a frightened student took to Twitter to post the image and dramatically state there was an “ACTIVE KKK group” at her school.
There’s been an ACTIVE KKK group in Bowling Green, OH since 1922. @bgsu @PresidentMazey soo, how does this promote diversity &a inclusion?? pic.twitter.com/bmoA66Rt0O
— A. ? (@autumpatrice) January 22, 2017
The post sparked plenty of concern among the student community demanding answers as to how the pointy white sheets made their way onto their hallowed grounds. It even reached the highest post on campus, the Twitter account of BGSU President Mary Ellen Mazey, who responded by stating the university looked into it, and that is was simply a cover for lab equipment:
Thanks for sharing, @autumpatrice. We looked into this. We discovered it’s a cover on a piece of lab equipment. pic.twitter.com/plkQTBr9HC
— Mary Ellen Mazey (@PresidentMazey) January 23, 2017
Yes, Bowling Green laid its eyes on Grand Wizard Microscope. The student who shared the original video was promptly mocked online for her paranoia. Also, Wood County, OH, where Bowling Green is located, has been a historical swing county over the last few elections, narrowly voting for Barack Obama twice and Donald Trump in 2016.
As far as concerns of an “active” KKK branch in the county, according to Wood County’s newspaper, the Sentinel-Tribune, Klan membership in Bowling Green was no longer an issue:
