Penn State University said Saturday it would remove a quote by the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro from a campus building following a campaign led by Erik Suarez, an international student at PSU who experienced the effects of a communist regime firsthand in his native Venezuela. He described his discovery of the quote on display in Penn State’s Paul Robeson Cultural Center, a student resource building, as a "big shock." Watching it display a Fidel Castro quote hit hard and it was very shocking for me." He partnered with several student organizations, including the Penn State College Republicans, to send a formal letter to university president Eric Barron on Thursday requesting the quote’s removal. In a statement to Fox News, Penn State University said it had just become aware of the quote display and confirmed it would be removed.

Source: Fox News July 17, 2021 22:52 UTC