bomb threat at USF

Updated 2007 Jun 21 11am: corrected the call-in time

A bomb threat has been called in this morning last night to Cooper Hall, forcing the postponement of classes today in all classes taking place in that building.

Police are being stingy with information, but I’ve ascertained through personal research (I myself hold classes in the building, and have one scheduled in only a few minutes) that the threat was specific, to a fourth-floor men’s bathroom.

There is only one men’s bathroom on the fourth floor, and there really is little to be found on that floor at all, which makes the claim particularly interesting, and perhaps worthy of the enormous perimeter of yellow CRIME SCENE tape that surrounds Cooper Hall.

Today is the final day of Summer A term, the day when most professors (including myself) give final exams. Tests are rescheduled to different times and places; sheets of paper are taped to the crime scene line to inform students of where and when they should be.

Sticksoffire.com is on the scene and will continue to monitor this story as the day continues.