This is mindblowing! A hate crime, a noose left in a residence hall on at the University of Illinois... Noose found hanging in elevator at U of I Allen Hall ...and it turns out to NOT be a hoax! Illinois college student charged with hate crime for placing noose on campus: Police It even has a genuine white man (sorta) as the culprit! Generally, college campus plus noose=hoax, but this time it seems to be the real thing.