A noose left Wednesday in the office of Abilene Christian University?s Student Congress President Daniel Paul Watkins - a black student - has prompted a campus investigation.
ACU President Dr. Royce Money publicly condemned the act during campuswide chapel today, and students echoed his comments afterward.
While Watkins, a political science major and senior from Fredricksberg, Va., couldn?t be reached for immediate comment, Money said the university cannot and will not condone such behavior.
?This is not who we are,? Money said today, after addressing students in Moody Coliseum. ?We?re standing as one community against things like this. The single thing that bothers me the most is ... their bad behavior cast the reputation of the university in jeopardy.?
Money said Jean-Noel Thompson, vice president and dean of student life, will ?handle any disciplinary action that will come out of this incident. We obviously consider this a serious matter.?