Tuesday, April 01, 2008

More Excitement

Today we received word on campus that the campus police had received an anonymous email from someone claiming to have overheard someone else planning to bring a gun to campus and "do something" to a teacher in one of our buildings. The university sent an alert to the campus community saying that no one has seen anyone with a gun, nor has anything else suspicious been reported to the police. Therefore, we should remain alert and go about our regular schedule. However, one department in the affected building has decided to cancel its classes for the rest of the day because of the threat, well that and the fact that the heaters are working overtime and making the temperature unbearable over there.

It is entirely possible that this is some person's idea of an April Fool's joke--I think that's probably the case--but it's a rather sick joke.

4 comments:

jettybetty said...

Your students really know how to get out of class! Really, not funny--hope this is the last time!

JMG said...

I was talking with some other faculty, and we aren't too happy with the way that the university handled the situation. If there had really been a shooter, lots of people would have been in serious danger because of what was done.

Tony Arnold said...

Based on what has happened on campuses over the last 2 years, this is not a joke and someone should be prosecuted.

JMG said...

I agree, Tony. Even if it was just a student wanting to get out of class, he needs to be prosecuted if only to show others that this sort of behavior won't be tolerated.