Vandals struck the Community Conference Center this Saturday, leaving police searching for clues and some student groups wondering if the destruction was racially motivated.

A large white board, poster and thermostat were found ripped off the wall at the community conference room located next to El Centro Chicano, Associate Dean of Students Thom Massey told The Daily. Furniture was also overturned, a Native American basket had been destroyed, and a fire extinguisher had been discharged, its contents sprayed over the entire conference room.

The center serves as a meeting space for El Centro Chicano, the Black Community Services Center, the Asian American Activities Center and the Native American Cultural Center.

“We are currently going through the damage to see what needs to be repaired and informing the students about the incidents to see whether they have any information relevant to the investigation,” Massey said. “We are also looking at the possibility of having [police] officers outside the Community Conference Center for the remainder of the quarter, so that people feel safe.”

The destruction of the Native American basket and the targeting of the center itself left some students wondering if the vandalism was more than just a college prank.

“It seems that someone, or a group of people, is angry at the students who use these spaces and failed to express their frustration in a constructive way and instead displayed their opinions in an overtly aggressive manner,” said senior Adia Gooden, co-chair of the Black Student Union