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Traffic stands still near LSU's campus Sept. 17, 2012.
Students, professors and staff at Louisiana State University were allowed to return to the school’s main campus in Baton Rouge Monday night, hours after a bomb threat forced a full-scale evacuation, school officials said.
“All classes and events scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 18 will be held as planned, and university employees and students should plan to return to their normal schedules on Tuesday,” LSU’s website said Monday night.
LSU Police and other law enforcement agencies are still investigating the origin of the threatening call.
Law enforcement officials had been on high alert since a call came in at 11:32 ET saying there was a bomb on the university’s grounds, university spokeswoman Christine Calongne said.
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Students and staff were sent text messages and an alert was posted on the campus website warning, "A bomb threat has been reported on the LSU campus. Please evacuate as calmly and quickly as possible."
Classes and a news conference with LSU football coach Les Miles were canceled Monday due to the threat, officials said. Students and staff were asked to stay off campus as the university investigated the bomb threat.
"It is important for all members of the LSU community -- faculty, staff and students -- to remain off campus unless specifically instructed to return," the university said on its website.
Capt. Doug Cain of the Louisiana State Police told The Associated Press that state police bomb technicians were on the scene. Cain said police were talking to their counterparts in both Texas and North Dakota where university bomb threats were reported last week.
Traffic was at a standstill as the main campus’s 30,000 students, professors and staff evacuated school grounds. Buses loaded with students barely moved from the central part of LSU’s campus, according to The Advocate in Baton Rouge.
Andrew Arceneaux, an LSU student studying business administration, joined other students and waited for buses to arrive so they could leave campus.
“I was in the middle of taking a test and they walked in and told us we had to leave campus,” Arceneaux told the Advocate.
Both the University of Texas in Austin and North Dakota State in Fargo received threats on Friday. The threats prompted the evacuation of both campuses. No explosives were found at either university.
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Probably another crazy Alabama fan. They poisoned Auburn's trees and now their going to blowup the bayou. Roll Tide Roll!
Probably Gene Chizik .... desperately looking for a chance to avoid total embarassment on the Plains.
LSU will administer a beatdown and the war chickens may not score.
PS dipstick, "They" did nothing but collect about $50k to help restore, save or replace the trees. "They" are not resposible for someone who never attended a single class at the University.
I'm thinking it was a "BUM" threat, rather than a bomb threat.
Actually it was Tyrann Mathieu but he said he left a bong on campus and they misunderstood.
They only PISS and grope folks in leeziana .....it was a disgruntled USC fan im sure of it!!! Datgummit
This is the third one across the Nation in less then a Month. It's a piss-poor way to get more time to do your reading, homework or study time........
Travis, I am going to assume by your improper use of the word 'their' instead of 'they're' and turning 'blowup' into a compound word, that you received a stellar education at Auburn.
Obviously not a terrorist. They don't call in their bomb threats. Just BOOM.
NO BO IN 13
Not kwl, God bless and God speed !
trace the call, find the person/feed him to Mike the Tiger.
It's the Government doing this, they are trying to Scare people, they want to take our freedoms away, they want a New World Order.
9/11 was an Inside job, Building 7 wasn't hit by a plane, it was on fire, then, it just came down LIKE a controlled demolition, even the buildings that were hit by planes shouldn't have even came down. Experts are now speaking out and saying it was a controlled demolition, here's a video on PBS about experts investigating it: video(DOT)cpt12(DOT)org/video/2270078138
Think about it, they took so many freedoms away, the Patriot act makes growing Gardens ILLEGAL and lots of other things like that illegal, and then a lot of things that are Legal makes you a terrorist/terrorists suspect (like having more than 7 days of food in your house).
They got more wealth, more power and more control after 9/11 Happened. And all of the countries we've went to war with were ALL Enemies of Israel, and Israel Bribes congress ireport(DOT)cnn(DOT)com/docs/DOC-681705
I hope it aint the Honey Badger lookin fa some truble...
It sounds more like someone was too drunk to study for a test over the weekend....
If it was a college prank they will hopefully catch the culprits and send them away to meet their Louisiana Bubbas!
investigate LSU's sports teams first. Most of them are already criminals.
Surely you are confusing LSU for University of Iowa.
Back in High School, we used to pull the fire alarm when we wanted to get out of classes. Now folks use disposable cellphones to call in bogus bomb threats.
I've never understood why someone would call in a bomb threat if they really had planted a bomb.
There needs to be really harsh penalties for calling in such threats. I'm hoping it's just a prank.
Gene Chizik must be looking for a way to keep LSU from practicing against Auburn this weekend. It really won't matter though ... look for the Bayou Bengals to administer a beatdown on "The Plains" to the war eagles !
Prosecute them as terrorists and see how many "pranks" like this happen afterwards.
Here's a list of groups the crazies will point the finger at in this post:
-Liberals & the "lamestream media"
-Muslims
-Gays
-Immigrants
-Obama
-college kids? nahhhhhhh. that would just be too rational for Msnbc commentors!!
So I guess you forgot the others....curious...is it because you think the left "nametags" on their perceived crazies is correct or did you just forget that the liberals do their fair share of hating as well?
as in
Redneck Repugs
Tea Party Taliban
Religious whack job
Right wingnut...etc....
Hate is on sides...when you blind yourself to the hatred on your side....well...you are just blind
brian you hypocrite, You talk about "Hate" while you create nasty names for the Republicans, throw out an inflammatory reference to terrorists, spew a little hate toward religion, and try to refer to others as "Right wingnut".
Are you the "Tidy Bowl" man or is that merely where your mind resides ... in the toilet ?
Nope - I think there are crazies on both ends. One clearly does more informed hating but given the comments in the last two bomb scare articles, I stand by what I said. There were a few liberal wackjobs who blamed Romney for the bomb scare but there were far more people blaming Muslims than crazy liberals.
America is going to be seeing more of these kinds of threats because the world now sees that weinie in the White House is weak. We have had more loss of lives and terrorist attacks under Obama starting with the Fort Hood massacre, now Lybia, Eygpt and it's heading here. These events are the birth pangs and it's heading to our soil. Give it time. We need a leader in the White House not some Muslim sympathizer who is seen as weak around the world.
Brian - also where did you see hate in my comment? You sound like a kindergartener. I point out that most people are going to unjustly blame whatever group they don't like the most and you respond with "WELL UR INTOLERANT" and it doesn't make any sense.
Unlikely the college kids but all the rest are highly plausible.
Would you please pull your head out of there. It garbles your speech.
what about bush
My fellow sane Conservatives..I urge you not to waste valuable information opportunities on here.
The Obama Dems will pick scabs to get into a pissing contest with their fellow citizen. It is a leftest tactic that goes back years.
I'd like to use our twitter time to post facts the MSM refuses to ~ The MSM is no friend to the American public. Matt Drudge = News b4 it is edited and manipulated by the dishonest dangerous media.
mindyabusiness; Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones and that is all you leftist marxist do.
bud - lol completely forgot about Bush!!! He messed up the economy 8 years ago so he must be the one messing up people's exam schedules too!
Ben - what is it about Marxism that you dislike so much? Is it the theory of power distribution or the distribution of labor? What is it about his observations on class-relations that ticked you off so bad? I will only respond to your wack attack if you can defend or even define what it is you dislike about Marxism so much. Until then, I'll file your criticism where I file the rest of the MSNBC anger comments that don't engage the material that was posted.
Marx's observations were actually quite accurate and salient, however his solutions leave a lot to be desired.
Georgie,
Way to prove the point!
Mindy --- --- --- Muslims have a longer, stronger record of bombing than does Romney !!!
Matila - Thank you also for proving the point. Where in the article does anything point to Muslims? They can't be the scapegoat for everything.
I'm guessing it was that dang Obama again. Anything else going wrong in the country or the world seems to be his fault.
Oh but it is....
Romney/Ryan 2012
America needs a real leader in the White House, not the weak weinie occupying it now. Dang even Michelle could take him down. After all she is the one with all the muscles.
Get the pronunciation correct; drools. Emphasise "dr", extend the "oo", and watch out for the puddles.
THIS IS NOSTRADAMUS SPEAKING.... lol did i call it or what? Obama is to blame for some rural country college getting bomb threats before midterms.
If ya wanna scare someone in Loosiana, dont yell bomb, yell water!!!
Or Cat 4 hurricane!!
we are talking about three campuses in very different parts of the country ~ Something tells me this is being under reported while the government has some leads that are pointing to a very big event somewhere.
I think you're right to question the government.
There was also a bomb threat called into Hiram College on Friday in Ohio. No mention of that. Apparently not big enough
Sure it was, it was just hidden in the stories about Texas U and North Dakota.
Although of course if that figure mentioned on their wiki page of 1200 or so is a correct reflection on the size of Hiram, then just so you understand the difference, that represents about the same size as the High School that's on the LSU campus (U High) which was also evacuated...
I heard about Texas, but I didn't hear about North Dakota. I also did not hear about the school in Ohio, but I only knew about LSU is because I live in Louisiana. Strange huh?
Maybe try a better source for news than NBC formerly known as BSNBC, e.g.:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501363_162-57513505/northeast-ohio-campus-evacuated-after-bomb-threat/?tag=mncol;lst;1
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/national/ohios-hiram-college-evacuated-after-bomb-threats
well, well, well! Here is the start of it, maybe not here in Louisiana, but it will come. Our fine wanna be Leader has seen to that, with his lack of Border Security, & amnesty programs. Re-Elect him, and when it does come , & I believe it will at some point. It'll be more devistating than 9/11.
Anybody can pick up a phone, idiot!
It will be just as devastating when it come if Romney gets elected. Why do we blame either side? Both sides are pretty much the same. If we, the people, want a better government than we. the people should get involved in this government of ours that is BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE! If you do not vote or take an active role then you are satisfied with the government you have at the time. I don't always agree with Obama, but I support him. I will and have told him when I disagree with him. It is my job as a citizen of the United States of America to do so.
If we all stick together we would be very powerful; but we are divided and very weak
Then you get what you deserve. Obviously low self esteem.
Actually I have high self esteem. That is because I do my civic duty. I stay involved in the government and see what is happening. I believe enough in myself that I know what I have to say is important.
You are involved in government and see what is happening yet you STILL support Obama? Just exactly who are you? Michelle? If you aren't part of the solution then YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!! It's high time you wake up and smell the disaster this jacka$$ is bringing down on our country. IDIOT!!!!
Actually, you are not correct. I am not part of the problem; I am part of the solution. I make sure that my voice is heard. I communicate with those that represent me, including the President. When I disagree, I make sure my representatives know it. I am in the minority. I have met my representatives in Congress personally. I have talked with my Representatives in the unicameral of Nebraska (Senators only). Do you communicate? Do you stand in Protest over issues? Do you vote? If you don't then you are part of the problem.
This is no joking matter. If this is found to be a prank, the offender needs to go to jail for a long enough time to show the public this will not be tolerated. This kind of action needs serious attention and serious consequences. Put this person in jail when caught.
Or require the culprit to use a rotary phone for the rest of his life.
People, this is just the beginning, and you can blame Obama. Yes, we didn't have this problem when Bush was in, he protected us from all this. Obama is doing nothing, and is all for it, he hates America, he want us to be destroyed. Wake up and smell the coffee, he is letting Illegals cross the border with Terrorist everyday. They are waiting for the right moment to attack. They are waiting for Obama to bring this country to its knees first knowing how weak we will be. You all that support this man who is running our country had better wake up. You won't have a country before long. Obama is giving it to our enemies, it is so plain, how can you miss it. PLEASE VOTE OBAMA OUT OF OFFICE, Romney may not be perfect, but he is our to save our country and protect if.
Help!, The Sky is falling! We have a Black president! Bring back good ole boy Bush! Raddar... any idiot can pick up a phone and make a threat any time. Just like any idiot can get on the internet and blame evrything on Obama... you are living proof of that!
Actually, by your logic, Obama had bomb threats. GW Bush had planes flying into skyscrappers. I'm not willing to blame either for these actions. They don't control everything that goes on this country despite what people say.
" Yes, we didn't have this problem when Bush was in, he protected us from all this."
Yeah he protected us, oh, except that one time, you know, on 9/11!!
According to who? This is why you should never get emotionally involved with your leaders.
Historical and Recent School Bomb Threat Incidents
A number of high-profile incidents involving bombs and bomb threats took place prior to Columbine including:
A January, 1999, explosion in a high school locker in Kansas City sent 11 students to the hospital.
An irate parent took the deputy superintendent and an associate superintendent of a California education office hostage in late November of 1998. The standoff resulted in police killing the parent, who had a gun and seven bomb devices as a part of his siege.
Ten bombs, fireworks strapped to aerosol cans, forced the closure of a California elementary school.
One Maryland school district experienced more than 150 bomb threats and 55 associated arrests in one school year.
Up to a pound of ammonium nitrate was brought to school by a Nevada middle-school student.
Eight boys confessed to making three homemade bombs, two of which were placed at a Minnesota elementary school.
Okay, Raddar, now tell me how Obama is responsible, or even George Bush. People like you who have no factual basis for your claims against the President demonstrate the worst this country has to offer.
Especially the middle class.. Heard that somewhere. Something with Jack Nicholson and some hospital or maybe Obama and some hospital.
For a country that is slowly coming out of a recession, we are doing very well. Yes there is a large percent of the population that is unemployed, but that is because the GOP believes that the Bush tax cuts to the rich are creating jobs. So for 12 years now, we are asking for "Jobs; not tax cuts. But the GOP refuses to raise taxes on the rich. No taxes on rich = no new jobs.
Only new jobs created came from small business owners and the 18 tax cuts they received from Obama. Yes, America is doing well under Obama for the most part.
We can evacuate three college campus' on a phoned in threat, but we cannot evacuate our embassey when the head of Libya's government warns our government 48 hours ahead of an attack on 9/11???????
Good thing the college administrations are taking care of their business.
I was going to say get your head out of your behind but then I realized it's probably up Limbaugh's behind.
Nick, was it really what you wanted to post like a bigot?
Of course if you think waiting an hour to advise students and faculty about the bomb threat an hour after it is called in and reported to be going off in 90 minutes, then sure they're doing a good job.
FWIW most are STILL sitting in traffic on campus
Our government, I mean the terrorists are winning......
Disguntled students make threats every year and think it is a big joke one day there could be a real threat and some students may not evacuate because of the clowns who reported false threats in the past.
When you find the 'perpatrator', PLEASE terminate him while he/she is "resisting" arrest ... PLEASE!
OK so we are getting bomb threats at different Universities and we evacuate. So say that they do this 8 to 9 times and we find no bombs so that we drop our guard. And on the 10 threat we don't evacuate and that is the one with the bombs. I think if you find these people you send them overseas to where we are having problems and let them work out how to get back on their own. Or just kill them on the spot. I'm sick of this crap.
Travis, I am going to assume by your improper use of the word 'their' instead of 'they're' and turning 'blowup' into a compound word, that you received a stellar education at Auburn.
Hysterical!! Roll Tide
RADDAR
1.) Take off your aluminum foil hat.
2.) There have been ZERO terrorist attacks on the states under President Obama's watch.
3.) Bush did not protect us from anything. Go to New York and look for the twin towers. Remember what happened to the pentagon? The field in PA?
4.) Check any chart or graph on Bloomberg news and you will see our country is better off than it was 4 years ago despite the party of no attempting to block all legislation in congress.
5.) You're an idiot
Stop The Madness you should know what your talking about also. How can you say there have been no terrorist attacks on the United States. What do you think is happening in every Muslim country right now. They are attacking our embassy's. Yes embassy ground is American Soil.
STM - Bush had only been in office 9 months when 9/11 happened. I'm pretty sure this had been in their plans way before that.
And ask my best friend in Georgia that has been out of work for almost two years, how much better off she is during Obama's term.
ROMNEY/RYAN 2012-2016
Sheryl you only know one person out of work? I'd say that's pretty good!!
Mindy -*-*-*-*- Are you telling us that in all of the US and its territories there is only ONE person out of work ??? Yes !!! I agree with you. That is pretty good. <><><> Live long and prosper !!!
no girl i'm making fun of her. I just thought it was funny that she was like MY FRIEND IN GEORGIA when i know a whole dorm full of people who can't find work.
if you're voting for Romney because you have ONE friend in another state who is out of work, you're doing it wrong. There are thousands of students who can't clear their debt or find jobs. THAT is a good reason to vote for something but one friend in Georgia?... LOL OK. Her example was contrived and shallow was all I was saying.
Hmm. It's a little surprising to see all the threats coming around election time? I mean the threats at LSU, Texas, North Dakota, the release of the video against Islam, etc. Anything to prove how this administration is weak on terrorism and overall foreign policy? Just saying.
Nothing to fear it's just a group exercising their freedom of speech.
Wow, they evacuated what, two students and the football team?
Sounds like Obamas August employment numbers.
RAMS - you are so right. I hope they find whoever is doing this.
Perhaps it may be those Angry Muslims trying to get back at us.... just a thought...
If they wanted to get back at us they would be planning something bigger, bloodier or more costly than bomb threats. Muslims know they are under far more scrutiny and lenses than the rest of the population- if they were actually planning something, they wouldn't announce it.
There is a small chance it is, but if they are muslim, they are much more likely to be caught.