The Sacramento State campus was vandalized overnight, with some of the most pointed messages possibly directed toward the campus and California State University system administrations.

Among the affected areas are the Academic Information Resource Center, the Well, the River Front Center and areas by the residence halls.

The most visible sign of vandalism was found in the Library Quad, where almost a dozen Associated Students Inc. candidate signs were spray painted with political – and in some cases, vulgar – messages about student fee increases.

Sarkis Piloyan, academic affairs vice presidential candidate, said the vandalism was very disappointing and said that while the messages about classes could be expected because of the recent protests, “some were very inappropriate.”

“They got the attention they needed,” Piloyan said of the vandals. “We shouldn’t be engaging in politics of this kind.”

Ileana Grates, candidate for director of business, was in the Library Quad observing the damage, and felt the vandals got their message across at the expense of the ASI candidates.

The messages on Piloyan’s sign were “F— this I want classes” and “F— the system.” Grates’ sign was defaced with a message of a sexually suggestive nature.

“At first, in my opinion, I think it’s great they’re fighting for something they believe in, but for higher education, this is not the way to do it,” Grates said. “If (the vandals) wanted more classes, they shouldn’t take it out on students.”

Grates felt the vandalism “definitely left a negative impression” and said “it was not as effective as other alternatives they could have done.”

Executive vice presidential candidate Shadi Karajeh was at work when another member of his ticket told him of the vandalism. He said he “could not put into words” his initial reaction of seeing the signs in the Quad.

“With all the hard work we put in (to those signs), within a few minutes someone shattered all the hard work,” Karajeh said. “There are different ways to express your opinion, and a time and place to do that; (the campaign signs) were not the correct medium.”

Karajeh said he did not see much of a negative impact on the election cycle, but said the time candidates would spend cleaning up the signs could have been better used in informing and talking to the students about how ASI works.

In an email to ASI officials and candidates, Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management Ed Mills said it falls to the candidates to repair the damage to their signs, which should either be cleaned up or removed within 24 hours.

Grates said she almost wanted to leave her sign up to show how the vandalism did not sway her.

“You made your point,” she said. “You can have it.”