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Friday May 2, 2008

Refund for harassed college student

The University of North Dakota will reimburse about a month’s worth of rent to a Jewish student who says he had to move out of his dormitory because of harassment.

Scott Lebovitz will receive about $460 for the cost of housing dating back to mid-March, school spokesman Peter Johnson said.

Lebovitz says his tormentors used anti-Semitic taunts and drew swastikas in the stairwell of the dorm where he lived.

UND President Charles Kupchella condemned the graffiti and called the incidents “abhorrent” and “mindless.” — ap

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