Baylor University is investigating incidents the day Barack Obama was elected the nation's first black president -- including an apparent noose on a tree.
A statement from interim president David Garland says the events are "deeply disturbing" and the Baptist school in Waco denounces them -- saying racist acts won't be tolerated.
Garland says some students on Election Day notified officials that a rope resembling a noose was in a campus tree.
Campus police took the rope and are investigating.
Baylor police later broke up a shouting match between groups of white and black students arguing about the election -- but no one got physical or was injured.
Garland says campus authorities also responded to a barbecue pit fire where several Obama campaign signs were allegedly burned.
