WWU student accused of racist graffiti expelled from school and trespassed from campus

The 20-year-old man charged with racist vandalism and writing hate-filled slurs on doors of a Western Washington University residence hall and around campus has been expelled from school and trespassed from the Bellingham campus.

According to a WWU release Tuesday, Shayne Robert Merwin of Gold Bar has been permanently removed from campus and will not be allowed to re-enroll — the most significant discipline the university can levy through the student conduct process.