Source:
Chicago TribuneClosing has Va. Tech, NIU slayings in mindNews of threatening graffiti found at St. Xavier University didn't alarm graduate student Jamie Brewczynski.
But
when school officials made the extraordinary decision Friday to shut the university down indefinitely and ordered students to leave by noon Saturday, she was frightened.
...
Menacing graffiti was first found on April 5. But a second message found Thursday in the same bathroom stall was of more concern to school officials because of its specific threat: "
Be prepared to die on 4/14."
"We stepped in immediately, given the post-Virginia Tech climate. We can't take even the most seemingly harmless threats anything less than seriously," said Joe Moore, the university's spokesman.
Chicago TribuneRead more:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-st-xavier_bd13apr13,0,13949.story