Students at the University of Buffalo were outraged after “White Only” signs were found posted above certain restrooms and water fountains on campus, Gateway Pundit reports. Some students said the signs were a “hate crime, an act of terrorism.”

Micah Oliver, the President for the Black Student Union, stated,

“It brought up feelings of the past, of a past that our generation has never seen which I think is why it was so shocking for us to see."

He said more than 100 students showed up at his club's regular meeting Wednesday night to discuss the signs, and emotions were running high:

“There was fear expressed, anger, disappointment – all of that,” said Oliver.

But unsurprisingly, at least to those of us who keep track of such things, it turns out that no hate crime had been committed after all. In a statement, a University at Buffalo spokesperson said,

“After an initial investigation by University Police, it has been determined that the signs posted in Clemens Hall were part of a student art project. The University is continuing to review this matter through appropriate university policies and procedures.”

Black graduate student Ashley Powell admitted to hanging the signs, much to the outrage and disappointment of the students who had worked themselves up into a frenzy over it:

The campus newspaper, The Spectrum, reported on its website that Ashley Powell, a graduate fine arts student who is black, told a meeting of the Black Student Union Wednesday evening that she posted the signs. The Spectrum noted that many students at the meeting were outraged and walked out. Other students, the newspaper said, denounced the signs on social media as “racist” and “an act of terrorism.”