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Manifesto From New Zealand Massacre Is Distributed on Syracuse CampusGov. Andrew Cuomo called for an outside monitor after a series of racist incidents that has left Syracuse University besieged. ALBANY, N.Y. - State and federal law enforcement officials are investigating the electronic distribution of a white supremacist manifesto to students at Syracuse University, the latest in a series of racist incidents that has left the upstate campus besieged. The manifesto - an anti-Muslim screed circulated by the suspect accused of a mass killing in March in New Zealand - was posted to an online forum geared to those interested in Greek life at Syracuse University, and then sent to several students' phones via a file-transfer service at a campus library, according to the university's public safety department. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called on the university's board of trustees to hire an independent monitor "to effectively investigate these incidents."Mr. Cuomo was sharply critical of the university's chancellor, Kent D. Syverud, saying in a statement that the chancellor and other officials needed "to remedy the situation immediately.""They have not been handled in a manner that reflects this state's aggressive opposition to such odious, reckless, reprehensible behavior," the governor said of the racist incidents. "That these actions should happen on the campus of a leading New York university makes this situation even worse."University officials emphasized there was "no specific threat" associated with the manifesto, but nonetheless notified the State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The public safety department also doubled patrols around campus and residence halls.In a midday news conference in Syracuse, the city's police chief, Kenton T. Buckner, said that t
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