Surprise! Fired Columbia 'Noose' Professor Sues

Don't they all sue? Apparently she's having trouble finding other employment since plagiarism raps are hard to shake in academia, so she'll just go for the quick payday instead.

A former Columbia University psychology professor who found a noose dangling from her door and was later fired for plagiarism Friday sued the school, charging that she was unjustly ousted.

Madonna Constantine, who had been one of two black tenured professors at Teachers College, is seeking to undo her June firing on charges of academic plagiarism. Her dismissal came months after she found the racist symbol last fall at her office.

The suit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, contends Constantine was targeted by rivals within Teachers College who manufactured allegations that she cribbed from others without attribution. It says she was a victim of "extreme bias" from the lawyers brought in to investigate the charges.

It's been a year now and still no results from the "investigation" into who left the noose on the door. I believe the Warren Commission wrapped up quicker than that.

Of course, all signs point to Constantine having done it herself, but we can't say that because it would be racist or something like that.