Wagga students who made national headlines last week after they donned offensive costumes at a “politically incorrect” party have now been identified.
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Images of the Charles Sturt University students wearing Ku Klux Klan robes, Nazi swastikas, blackface, and concentration camp uniforms went viral after their start-of-exams celebration at North Wagga’s Black Swan Hotel last Thursday night.
CSU’s vice-chancellor Professor Andrew Vann has now confirmed that all of the men pictured in the offensive images were in fact students of the university.
“The university has identified all students in both images distributed last Friday following an event at the Black Swann in Wagga,” Professor Vann said.
“We are working to conclude this investigation to provide an outcome for both the students involved, the members of the public, and our communities looking for an update.”
The Daily Advertiser understands there had been some issues in identifying all 10 students pictured, given some of them had hidden their faces under their Ku Klux Klan hoods.
The vice-chancellor said he and his team had also been working with leaders from Wagga’s Indigenous and Jewish communities in recognition of the distress his students had caused them.
“I want to reiterate that the Charles Sturt University community and I do not accept nor condone this behaviour,” he said.
“It simply will not be tolerated, and I want to apologise to any people who have been upset or hurt by this matter.”
CSU is yet to confirm what action, if any, has been taken against the students involved.
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