[E. Pluribus Unum]

They must know it's another Tawana Brawley moment and are covering their asses.

[Mr. Mojo]

A Tawana Brawley with an advanced degree is my guess.

[crazyshrink]

Columbia University Teacher's College professor Madonna Constantine said tears sprang to her eyes when she saw a noose hanging on her office door. New York police are treating the incident as a hate crime. They are also investigating whether the noose, first discovered by one of Constantine's colleagues, may have been placed by an angry student or another faculty member as part of an ongoing dispute with Constantine. Constantine is involved in a lawsuit with another professor at the college, according to court records. http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3716757&page=1

[Elpasser]

I guaran—damn—tee ya that this will turn out to be a self-serving fraud by the prof herself.

Paging Tawana Brawley...

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Hoax.

[seemoAR]

The racist Blacks are setting themselves up for the whole “boy who cried wolf” deal and don’t realize it.

[fishergirl]

Oh, it’s Ahmanutjob! No, he’d already left, darn!

[DallasDeb]

Why do I have a sneaky suspicion that she (the prof) did it herself? She has been teaching African-American studies of some kind. Maybe attendance is going down and she wants to keep racism at the front in news to justify her position and purpose at the school.

Why else would the school refuse to give the tape to the police?

God forgive me if I’m wrong.

[dforest]

Columbia has lost any credibility. Turn the tape over if you are sincere. Hiding it means you have something to hide.

[Old Professer]

Boy, I sure hope somebody doesn’t find a noose that isn’t empty before all this drives us nuts.

[Izzy Dunne]

Update

Columbia reverses decision, will turn over tapes.

Amazing what persuasive power a little bitty subpoena has...