http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35677130/ns/us_news-race_and_ethnicity/

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"SAN DIEGO - University of California San Diego police were investigating a KKK-style hood that was placed on a statue outside the main campus library. The incident was the third targeting black students at UC San Diego in as many weeks. The other incidents were a "Compton Cookout" party that mocked Black History Month and a noose in a library. A university statement said the hood was found about 11 p.m. Monday. The object appeared to be a white pillowcase that had been crudely fashioned into a hood with a hand-drawn symbol. A rose had also been inserted into the statue's fingers. The university said an aggressive investigation was under way, including fingerprint and DNA analysis, and vowed to punish the culprits to the fullest extent of the law. University officials also said a student admitted she and two other people were responsible for hanging the noose. A statement did not identify the students or their race or include a motive. In a news conference Friday, Chancellor Marye Anne Fox said the student has been suspended but declined to discuss her motive or other students involved. "This person admitted her involvement in what we consider to be an abhorrent act," Fox said. UC and campus authorities did not indicate whether the students would be charged with a hate crime. Under state law, hanging a noose to terrorize is punishable by up to a year in jail. "

3/2/2010 8:35:40 PM

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3/2/2010 8:36:37 PM

olllllld

3/2/2010 8:36:41 PM

WORD

3/2/2010 8:36:57 PM

3/2/2010 8:38:03 PM

Boo and hiss.

3/2/2010 8:38:14 PM

hanging a noose

an NC STATE ECU TRADITION

http://www.wral.com/golo/blogpost/2304215/

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"For the second time in four months, East Carolina University officials are investigating a report of a noose found on campus. And for the second time in four months, the university will follow up with diversity discussions in a forum setting, beginning today. ECU spokesman John Durham confirmed Monday that ECU police and the campus equity office are probing the possible appearance of a noose. At 3:12 p.m. Friday, someone reported finding a small nylon noose hanging from a mirror inside a car, according to an ECU police report. The report does not say who reported the incident, nor does it identify who owned the car. The car was parked outside ECU Building 172, 514 E. 14th St. Police seized the length of rope. Because the investigation is ongoing, Durham declined to offer further details. "We hope to have that investigation wrapped up within a few days," Durham said. ECU Chancellor Steve Ballard will host a series of open forums to "examine and discuss our unconditional commitment to diversity as a core value," Durham said. The first forum will be at 6 p.m. today in the Great Rooms at Mendenhall Student Center. The local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will make a statement at the event, chapter President Calvin Henderson said. In October, a two-week investigation by campus police failed to determine whether rope left in a dormitory basement was a noose, as had been reported by a student who found it there. Occurring as students and others prepared to protest the arrests of six black teenagers in Jena, La., the incident raised concerns about race relations on campus."

3/2/2010 8:39:54 PM

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=589331

If only we had a search function on this site

3/2/2010 11:13:02 PM