article_snippet.sent: a noose was discovered hanging from a tree at Duke University outside a building that houses several offices focused on diversity on the campus.
article_snippet.sent: The disgusting symbol of racial hatred is now under investigation by Duke University and the police who are attempting to work out who hung the rope on a tree at Duke University.
article_snippet.sent: Police said the rope was tied into a noose at about 2 a.m. Wednesday Wednesday on  the Bryan Center plaza in Durham, North Carolina.
article_snippet.sent: Disgusting: Officials said the rope was tied into a noose at about 2 a.m. Wednesday .
article_snippet.sent: The area in which a noose was found is home to several offices focused on diversity including the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity and the Center for Multicultural Affairs.
article_snippet.sent: On twitter, @DPickett12 wrote: 'Duke University students're still hanging nooses from trees.....
article_snippet.sent: The noose was removed from the tree at around 2:45 a.m. Wednesday according to a report in The Duke Chronicle.
article_snippet.sent: On twitter, @DPickett12 wrote: 'They're still hanging nooses from trees.....
article_snippet.sent: It also spawned the creation of a group called The Duke People of Color Caucus which released a statement on Tumblr along with a photo of the noose.
highlights_snippet.sent: Duke officials are attempting to work out who hung the noose on the tree .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Officials said the rope was tied into a noose at about 2 a.m. Wednesday .
  