Bomb Threat at Depaul University Library in Chicago

[RandomKoolzip]

Source: wgn NEWS




The library on DePaul University's Lincoln Park campus was evacuated this morning following a bomb threat, university officials said.

It's unclear how the university learned of the threat, but said it only affected the John T. Richardson Library, 2350 N. Kenmore Ave., and did not interfere with operations in other campus buildings, said Denise Mattson, a DePaul spokeswoman.



At 11:50 a.m., she said the university had learned about the threat "within the last hour."



Mattson said the university notified students about the threat via its public address systems at campus buildings. An e-mail about the threat was also sent to faculty, staff and student employees, she said.



Chicago police were on the scene.



"The police Bomb and Arson unit and Public Safety are searching the building, which is expected to be closed until at least mid-afternoon," according to a statement on DePaul's Web site.



"Members of the DePaul community are advised not to call the university operator or other DePaul offices for information," the site stated.



Updated information about the threat will be available on the university's Web site, www.depaul.edu.



Read more: http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/02/bomb-threat-at-depaul-library.html

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This is crazy. i'm working at Dominican university's library right now. What would prompt a person to bomb a university library? Weird.

[RoyGBiv]

1. Two things ...

What would motivated a person actually to bomb a library and what would motivate them to call in a threat are two different things.

Bomb threats are, unfortunately, all too common at universities.

[Zywiec]

2. Wow, three postings of the same thread in the same group

This must be really important to you...

[RandomKoolzip]

4. Ah, blow me.

You never had dupes posted by accident before, hotshot?

[drdtroit]

3. Dick Cheney spotted in the area n/t

[Nickster]

5. You would be able to tell by the storm clouds, flyings monkeys, and wilted vegetation.

[MountainLaurel]

6. I don't know

A friend of mine working the circ desk had a gun pointed at her because she had refused to release the guy's wife's transcripts because she owed a few hundred dollars in lost books. The batshit crazy don't need a lot of reasons to do something batshit.