University of North Carolina System President Erskine Bowles says a new panel will review student codes of conduct as they relate to hate crimes.
     
The university said Friday the UNC Study Commission will advise Bowles on whether a system wide policy is needed to address hate crimes and acts of violence and intimidation.
     
The commission was created in reaction to racially charged comments that were spray painted at North Carolina State University.
     
A student has admitted writing the derogatory comments about President-elect Barack Obama in the school's Free Expression Tunnel, an area dedicated to free expression.
     
The panel includes 11 students, staff and faculty from 10 of the system's universities. They will forward their final recommendations to Bowles by the end of March.