Students interrupt Jenna Fischer event at Depauw to protest recent racial incidents on campus

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Several dozen students interrupted an event featuring Jenna Fischer at DePauw University Tuesday to protests recent racial incidents on and near campus. Many of them held signs with things claiming they are "afraid for their lives" after recent events.  Fischer, star of the new ABC sitcom "Splitting Up Together" was a guest at the university as part of the Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture Series to discuss her new book, "The Actor's Life: A Survivor's Guide." University Spokesman Ken Owen, who was moderating the lecture with Fischer, said about 15 minutes into the program a group of students got up and began interrupting the event whistling, shouting and saying they were afraid for their safety on campus because of the recent racial incidents.

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