Crime | Harvard University Harvard: Urine-Soaked Gay Books Not a Hate Crime Just an accident resulting from ... pee on a shelf? By Evann Gastaldo Posted Dec 14, 2010 6:39 AM CST Copied In this Nov. 13, 2009 file photo, a woman enters a library at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, file) Those 36 books on LGBT topics that were damaged with urine at one of Harvard’s libraries? Not a hate crime … just an accident, university police have determined. A member of Harvard’s library personnel accidentally spilled a bottle of urine that was found on a shelf, the Harvard Crimson reports. Statements from campus staff and administration reiterate the “welcoming environment” of Harvard, but questions still remain. "On the one hand, I feel relieved by the news—but on the other hand, I’m still holding breath on questions that are still unresolved," says the co-chair of a campus LGBT group. "Why was there a bottle of urine on the shelf? Why did it take two weeks … to figure out that this was just an accident?” Read These Next He went to kill a Cape buffalo. Instead, it killed him. Elon Musk's infamous '5 things' email just got the boot. The Sunshine State is putting its robotic rabbit army to work. Christina Applegate battles further health issues. Report an error