One of the vandals who defaced a Black history mural on the South 40 underpass with white supremacist messaging in December of 2021 was sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation Tuesday morning. 

The artists behind the “The Never Ending Story” mural held a conversation about race and free speech, along with a signing for their photo book commemorating their mural, Sept. 28.

The South 40 underpass is returning to advertising space for Student Union-recognized groups after two years of hosting a social justice mural focused on celebrating Black people.

The spray-paint consisted of a white base layer underneath red and blue messages in support of a white nationalist hate group. 

A different kind of welcome message greeted new students at the South 40 Underpass this year.