Noose found on Columbia professor's door

Yesterday, at Teachers College in Columbia University, a black professor found a noose on the door of her office. Once the university found out, they reported the police immediately. The university conducted a community forum on the incident today. The 44-year-old female professor was not identified. She is a scholar in race relations.

Many students were hurt about the incident. The university is very diverse. Some were impressed on how quickly the school reacted on the incident. Most couldn't believe what had happened yesterday. A lot were in shell shock as to what happened.

Debbie Sonu, 31, a fourth-year doctoral student in urban education was very disappointed about the incident, but encouraged by the swift response made by the school. She called it a wake-up call. Sonu recalled the six black teenagers in Jena, Louisiana. Civil rights activists said they were treated unfairly by the local justice system. They were also prosecuted overzealously when fights along racial lines broke out at their school last year.