FILE - Pedestrians walk on the campus at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., April 9, 2019. Stanford University said it found a noose hanging from a tree outside of a residence hall and is investigating the incident as a hate crime. In an email to students and staff, university officials said campus safety authorities immediately "removed the noose and retained it as evidence," after receiving a report late Sunday, May 8, 2022, that a noose was seen outside an undergraduate dormitory. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)