Noose Hung at Columbia

Police are searching for the suspect who hung a noose on the door of a black professor at Columbia University Teachers College yesterday, and investigators aren't just looking at angry students:

NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators on Wednesday were looking into whether a noose hanging from the door of a black professor at Columbia University was the work of disgruntled students or even a fellow professor.

A police official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because details of the investigation have not been made public, stressed that investigators were looking into a variety of possibilities. One is that the noose was placed on Madonna Constantine's door by another professor with whom she was having a dispute at the university's Teacher's College, the police official said.

If one examines recent trends, it is reasonable to assume that after catching the person who hung the noose, Columbia will invite them to give a speech at the university.