Administrators at California’s Stanford University said they are investigating “two cords with loops that may represent nooses” found hanging on campus, and encouraged those disturbed by the discovery to seek mental health counseling. The items in question were found in a tree along a walking trail on early Monday morning, reported student newspaper The Standford Review, citing an email sent to students, faculty, and staff from Dean of Students Mona Hicks and Vice Provost for Institutional Equity, Access, and Community Patrick Dunkley. The campus safety department “promptly investigated the incident with a campus arborist,” who determined in their investigation that the cords appeared to have been hanging there for 18 to 24 months, the email reads. “We cannot be certain whether the ropes were deliberately fashioned in the shape of nooses, or were part of an abandoned swing or rope ladder,” Hicks and Dunkley wrote. That being said, the administrators …