After receiving a call about and finding a rope tied in a looped knot outside Kamphoefner Hall Sunday night, Campus Police officers concluded that the rope was not intended to resemble a noose.

Lt. Martin Moody said it was only a “piece of twine,” but the officer that found it still removed it.

“The officer that removed it…threw it in a nearby trash can,” Moody said. “I think we will remove it [from the trash can] just so we can have it.”

The officer threw it away so it would not cause other students to think it was a noose, he said.

“If it got the attention of somebody…it didn’t need to be there,” Moody said.

According to Moody, the rope looked like it could have been used to hang a banner, but there was nothing attached to it.

The rope was hanging over the side of a building, but not attached to anything at either end.

A 10-inch toilet paper noose was found in Sullivan Shops in Nov. 2007, leading members of Student Government to propose legislation entitled “The Racism and Hatred Incident Condemnation Act,” which Student Chief Justice Lock Whiteside said has not had any effect.

“I do not think the University has made progress since the first noose incident,” Whiteside said.

Whiteside said the University needs to make a definitive policy on hate crimes.

And Campus Police should never dispose of potential evidence, Whiteside said, but Moody said he was certain it was not a noose.

“It didn’t remotely resemble a noose or anything – it just looked like a piece of twine with a knot on it,” Moody said.