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| Shock at noose found on NY campus | Shock at noose found on NY campus |
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| A black professor at Columbia University in New York has found a hangman's noose left on her door. | A black professor at Columbia University in New York has found a hangman's noose left on her door. |
| Police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime. | Police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime. |
| Columbia students and staff have expressed their shock and surprise at the incident - which occurred at the university's teachers college. | Columbia students and staff have expressed their shock and surprise at the incident - which occurred at the university's teachers college. |
| The discovery echoes a case last year in Jena, Louisiana, where white high school students placed nooses in a tree under which white students usually met. | |
| Columbia University has not identified the professor who found the noose on Tuesday, but students say she teaches a class on racial justice. | Columbia University has not identified the professor who found the noose on Tuesday, but students say she teaches a class on racial justice. |
| Teachers college president Susan Fuhrman sent an e-mail to students and faculty members condemning "this hateful act". | Teachers college president Susan Fuhrman sent an e-mail to students and faculty members condemning "this hateful act". |
| Student Mary Owens told the Associated Press news agency: "It's really, really disturbing." | Student Mary Owens told the Associated Press news agency: "It's really, really disturbing." |
| Professor Arlene Ackerman, who teaches at the college, said she was "shocked and stunned". | Professor Arlene Ackerman, who teaches at the college, said she was "shocked and stunned". |
| Nooses are reviled by many as symbols of lynchings that were once common in the southern US. | Nooses are reviled by many as symbols of lynchings that were once common in the southern US. |
| In the Jena case the white students involved were suspended but not prosecuted - prompting violent reprisals from black students and protest marches in the town. | In the Jena case the white students involved were suspended but not prosecuted - prompting violent reprisals from black students and protest marches in the town. |