ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A “giant snow penis” erected outside of a University of Michigan residence hall is causing controversy after the building’s hall director reported the “bias-incident.”

The Michigan Review – U of M’s “Journal of Campus Affairs” – reports “the phallic creation in question appeared outside of the Bursley residence hall on North Campus following the snow storm that blanketed Ann Arbor” Thursday.

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The building’s hall director was apparently offended and reported the snow penis to school officials as a “bias-incident,” which is defined by the Student Life website as “incidents that make people feel targeted because of their social identity group membership,” according to the news site.

The Review pointed out that anti-feminist British technology journalist Milo Yiannopoulos visited the school the evening before, and weighed in on “bias-incident” report.

“Based on the (Student Life bias-incident) definition, it is unclear if the bias incident report was generated because of the perceived white male privilege displayed by the pearly member rising out up from the ground or because of inadequate sex representation as no efforts had been made to create a snow vagina,” according to the site.

“It is also possible that the white penis was targeted symbolically, as the university was unable to prevent Milo Yiannopoulos’ visit to the school the evening before,” it continued. “Either way, the snowy creation was deemed something that needed to be taken ‘very seriously’ by the university community.”

Now, the report moves into the post-incident phase, in which residential staff “focus on rebuilding trust in the community, restoring relationships, repairing harm, and fostering healthy communication,” according to the Student Life site.

At least one member of the residence staff thinks the whole situation is absurd, according to The College Fix.

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“I find it more than a little ridiculous that Housing officials are required to waste their time reporting trivial occurrences such as this phallic snow object,” the unidentified staff member told the Review. “In the real world, no one cares about stuff like this.

“It is the height of privilege and entitlement to be obsessively concerned with utterly inconsequential events such as this,” the staffer said.

The snow penis at the University of Michigan certainly isn’t the first to appear on a college campus, though it does seem to be the first to generate a “bias-incident” complaint.

In January 2014, a similar frozen dong was created near the prestigious Princeton University’s Bloomberg Hall, in Poe Field, according to the Daily Princetonian.

“It is the first such sculpture to appear on campus since a similar incident in 1984, according to an article we’re pretty sure was not from the 1984 joke issue. The work appears to be an imitation of this piece, which debuted in Rhode Island last February to mixed reviews,” according to the news site.

“Surprisingly, no one has claimed ownership of the enormous phallus. It is believed to have melted rather quickly, as University Health Services would likely have been contacted had it lasted longer than four hours.”