One of my classes was canceled today due to a bomb treat made on the building in which it is held. The actions taken by the University of Oregon are reassuring but the whole idea of a bomb threat is still unnerving. The email that I received about the threat told me
“Upon receiving the threat, the UO Department of Public Safety immediately contacted the Eugene Police Department and locked down the complex. Law enforcement experts then conducted a sweep of the facilities. No explosive device was found. While UO and law enforcement officials do not believe the threat is credible, the decision has been made to close the buildings on Monday, May 7, 2007 as a precaution.”
The local campus paper adds that the “Federal Protective Service”(Daily Emerald) searched the building as well. What is the Federal Protective service? After a quick Google search it appears to be a agency under Department of Homeland security.
Anyways. It looks like it was just some stupid kid writing a threat on a bathroom wall but why do people find it nesscary to do such things.
Later,
Paul
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1 Ruthie // May 7, 2007 at 6:02 pm
That’s definitely awesome. President Sexton sent us a massive email about public safety at NYU after the VT shootings. It’s good to know we go to safe schools. It’s difficult to judge though in NY since our campus is in the middle of the city. I’m still confident that our school is serious about public safety no matter what the circumstance. After all-I’m paying a billion dollars for this education.
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