A performing arts center has apologized to a Muslim student from Seton Hall after the woman says she was racially profiled during a security screening before a student production of "Steel Magnolias."
Rawda Abdelmenan was in line at the South Orange Performing Arts Center for the student production on Feb. 24 when house manager Tom Cogan asked to check her book bag. The senior said she noticed that other students with backpacks were not checked.
Abdelmenan, who wears a hijab, says that when she asked Cogan why he singled her out, he cited protocol and explained that "no one else is a threat.