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Vandals paint campus in 'Zombie Love'

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SMILEY: Defaced ASU property sits on the north side of the Coor Building near the PBS loading dock. Vandals struck several buildings on the Tempe campus over the weekend.

Spray-painting vandals hit ASU this weekend intent on spreading the message of "Zombie Love."

In part of a recent upward trend in vandalism, one or more people spraypainted large hearts accompanied by the words "Zombie Love G.R.M." on several ASU buildings around campus.

"We've had an increase in graffiti, and it's a real issue for us," said Ellen Newell, assistant director of ground services at ASU. "[The night crew] cleans graffiti almost every night."

The graffiti was found on the art building, West Hall and the Lattie F. Coor Hall. Several concrete balls near the Coor building were also spraypainted with happy faces.

A report was filed to ASU Police Monday morning about the graffiti, said Cmdr. Jim Hardina.

But finding the vandals will be difficult, he

added.

"Normally, we catch people because there's a citizen that calls us and says there's a guy spraypainting," Hardina said. "We very rarely catch people in the act."

Graffiti is a regular event on campus, but it is not usually such an organized effort, Newell said.

"This sounds bigger than what we normally find," she said.

The hearts are filled in with different colors and have what looks to be

stitching painted over them.

Design management seniors Brendan Dekker and Aaron Marohl said they were unimpressed with the artistic caliber of the graffiti.

"It doesn't seem like anyone's trying to prove a point," Dekker said. "At least if they are, it's not comprehendible."

Marohl agreed after seeing the paint near the Coor building.

"There's no creativity to it, no style," Marohl said. "I wouldn't say they even gave it thought when they did it."

The graffiti is probably not gang related, Newell said.

"[Graffiti on campus] is usually students doing stuff," she added.

Hardina said he also thought that the graffiti was not indicative of gangs on campus.

"Typically, it's kids messing around," he said. "And usually it's not ASU kids."

Art history sophomore Julie Storaska had her own idea of what the

spray painter's intentions were.

"I think someone's pulling a big prank and getting a giant laugh every time he walks by it," she said.

Graffiti can sometimes be an art, she added.

"But that just seems like someone got high and decided to paint the side of the building."

Reach the reporter at: john.dougherty@asu.edu.


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