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malaise

(296,118 posts) Mon Dec 16, 2013, 01:08 PM Dec 2013

Harvard U evacuated after rumors of explosives in four

of the buildings on campus. WTF??????

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/harvard-buildings-evacuated-explosives-report-21232058

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Harvard U evacuated after rumors of explosives in four (Original Post) malaise Dec 2013 OP

Finals week sharp_stick Dec 2013 #1

Yep malaise Dec 2013 #2

Nothing new. It's been done for decades LiberalEsto Dec 2013 #4

Boston globe article: alp227 Dec 2013 #3

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)

1. Finals week

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2013, 01:12 PM

Dec 2013

Probably a good chance someone isn't ready for an exam.

We had two bomb threats one year when I was there due to that. They expelled both of the tools.

malaise

(296,118 posts)

2. Yep

Reply to sharp_stick (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 16, 2013, 01:42 PM

Dec 2013

looks like the latest fad on campus - these youngsters are bat shit crazy

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)

4. Nothing new. It's been done for decades

Reply to malaise (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 16, 2013, 02:53 PM

Dec 2013

When I was attending Rutgers in the early 1970s, there was an epidemic of bomb scares at finals time every semester.

alp227

(33,283 posts)

3. Boston globe article:

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2013, 01:51 PM

Dec 2013

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/12/16/harvard-orders-evacuation-four-buildings-response-unconfirmed-reports-explosives/UFsNAr6nbsgtKy6COp1IYI/story.html

What, it didn't cross the writer's mind to pull a fire alarm somewhere and run away?

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