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Harvard University police are investigating a death threat that was apparently emailed to several hundred Harvard affiliates, among others, on Friday afternoon, according to Harvard University Police Department spokesperson Steven G. Catalano.Addressed to "All students at Harvard," the text of the email included what appeared to be racist language. The email referred to its intended recipients as "slit-eyes." Many, but not all, of the email's intended recipients appear to have Asian surnames.

Video game critic, feminist and blogger Anita Sarkeesian canceled a Wednesday speech at Utah State University after the college received an email threatening violence if she lectured, school officials said. Sarkeesian is a pop culture critic whose series of videos under the Feminist Frequency banner analyze sexism in mainstream video games.