The orange and black graffiti that plagued the steps of Catt Hall yesterday morning turned more than a few heads passing by the vandalized stone steps.

The words painted on the steps of the building were intermixed with words etched into the stone steps. In descending order they were: DISCOVER, “your mom, who cares, no, stop,” INVENT, “quit, your mom, who cares.” A few other marks were sprayed onto the steps but were difficult to decipher.

Deb Amenson, a senior in liberal studies, was upset after seeing the vandalism.

“I was disgusted,” she said.

Jerry Stewart, assistant director of the Department of Public Safety, said a report about the graffiti painted on the steps was filed by telephone around 8 a.m.

No suspects had been found as of press time Wednesday.

“There appears to be no connection to the controversy surrounding the naming of this building,” he said.

John Anderson, interim director of university relations, said whether the vandalism is associated with the controversy about the hall’s name, defacing public property is still a crime and it is being investigated.

“We certainly don’t want to overreact to this incident because it may well be an isolated incident of vandalism and very possibly not even somewhat associated with the university,” Anderson said

Stewart said Facilities Planning and Management officials were contacted and they removed the graffiti using high-pressure washers.

John Sluis, assistant director of Facilities Planning and Management, said he originally thought the vandalism was associated with the controversy, but now he’s not so sure.

“I didn’t understand it. It seemed to be a random, senseless act of violence. The building just happened to be in the way,” he said.

Kelly VanPelt, a groundskeeper, was called to the scene to clean up damages about 7:30 a.m. By noon, little evidence of the vandalism remained.

Stewart said it is “standard protocol” to clean up in short order any graffiti found on campus. Pictures were taken for record keeping.