There is almost close to no reports about this anywhere, but I think more people need to hear about it.
We have just since February 14 we have received
54 bomb threats to university buildings, particularly the Cathedral of Learning which has 10 on its own. In the last two weeks, we haven't gone a day without a bomb threat. And most recently, he has been targeting dorms - GC users might be interested to know that the evacuations that came at 4am this morning included the dorms that house 10 of the 11 NPC Sororities on campus.
At first it was just the building with very large lecture halls and most people thought they were kids trying to get out of exams, but now they're getting ridiculous. They're evacuating dorms in the middle of the night. We're now being searched before we can go into many of the buildings. A lot of students who live locally are commuting from home, and there are some who have just left completely and are coming back for finals in two weeks. Most of the people I know have a bag packed in case they're evacuated in the middle of the night. There's a definite feeling that there isn't a place on campus that is safe.
There haven't been any threats other than the these, but no one knows why this is happening. People keep pointing out how close we are to the the Virginia Tech shootings' fifth anniversary and they had bomb threats before that. We've already passed the number at VT and people are beginning to get panicky. I know I am considering going home and commuting an hour to Pittsburgh and back everyday rather than be locked out of my dorm in the middle of the night.
I wish I had reports from actual news sources, but there are very few outside of the Pittsburgh area - my local newspaper, which relies mainly on Pittsburgh news, has had NOTHING about this. But I can give you this:
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2012/...sures-at-pitt/
I trust the Pitt Police and Admins. They are doing everything they can and I respect them for that. The threats just keep coming. Prayers and good thoughts are more than welcome from any source - and I speak for the entire campus when I say this. I just hope this ends soon - and safely.
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