Article: Web site slams student candidate

veronican@wvgazette.com

Racial comments posted on a social networking Web site prompted students at West Virginia State University to hold a public forum on Wednesday.

Comments posted on Facebook attack the race and religion of Nadir Mirza, a student who is campaigning for student government president.

Students and members of the Student Government Association gathered at the university's student union to discredit the statements and discuss discrimination on campus.

Mirza is Muslim. A Facebook group titled "Friends of Nadir Mirza

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