“Crush the Gays” — that is what the Caldwell Fellows Banner read Sunday morning due to an act of vandalism rather than the original “Crush the Cavs,” this year’s Homecoming Week theme, according to Vansana Nolintha,

But, that was not the only act of vandalism this week.

Leader of the Pack finalist Nick Schultz, senior in civil engineering, had chalk advertisements defaced, while his running mate Jamal Irving, junior in textile engineering, had campaign signs removed from billboards around campus, according to the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service Director Mike Giancola.

Nolintha said Campus Police first saw the banner defacement Sunday morning and alerted officials from the Caldwell Fellows Program.

“The message was inappropriate,” Nolintha said.”As a program, we decided to have a discussion dialogue Monday.”

According to Nolintha, this is the first time the program has had to face this situation and said Campus Police removed the hate speech immediately.

He said this will not deter the Caldwell Program’s participation in Spirit Week.

“Our campus is very supportive of the Homecoming tradition,” Nolintha said. “The Caldwell Program has a tradition in being involved in Homecoming, and that’s going to push us harder.”

Nolintha said Campus Police have not caught the vandal.

The vandalism of the LOP campaign materials, on the other hand, was reported to the CSLEPS Office Monday, according to Giancola.

“One of the candidates had chalked, and the chalking had been crossed out,” he said. “And ‘I hate you’ was written on [it].”

Irving said he did not know who took the signs, but they were removed some time between Sunday evening and Monday morning.

“I put up most of my signs and fliers Sunday night,” Irving said. “When I came to class Monday at 9 [a.m.], some of my signs were gone.”

Giancola said that there were no leads on who destroyed the materials and stressed that it could have been anyone, not necessarily someone affiliated with a Leader of the Pack finalist.

“We don’t have any direct knowledge of whether it was done by candidates or just students,” he said.

John Mickey, semifinalist for LOP and junior in business management, said he witnessed three girls painting over finalists’ campaign materials in the Free Expression Tunnel.

“Someone was going around last night and painting over names in the tunnel,” he said. “It was three girls, and they spraypainted Bobby over it.”

Bobby Mills, finalist for Leader of the Pack and junior in political science and economics, said he had heard of the vandalism, “but it’s called the Free Expression Tunnel.”

Mickey said he did not think the girls who painted the tunnel were affiliated with Mills.

According to Mills, it would be hard to tell if the vandalism affected the outcome of the elections.

“It’s a factor that you really can’t weigh,” he said.

Irving agreed that the results would likely not be affected.

“I hope it wouldn’t. There are still a bunch of signs up,” he said.