MTSU Campus Closed After Threat

[dunndw]

Three Small Fires Recently Set At School

POSTED: 12:25 pm CDT October 9, 2008

UPDATED: 12:40 pm CDT October 9, 2008

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Middle Tennessee State University officials canceled classes from now until Oct. 15, saying they had received a credible threat.University President Sidney McPhee sent an e-mail to all faculty, staff and students at the university in Murfreesboro, closing the campus at noon on Thursday.MTSU spokeswoman Lisa Rollins said an e-mail through Yahoo.com was sent Wednesday to an administrator on the business faculty, threatening the entire student community with bodily harm.Rollins said the e-mail did not say how people would be harmed. She said concern was heightened by the setting of three small fires on campus recently.After classes ended Wednesday, an e-mailed threat was more widely circulated. Rollins said also a remodeled residence hall had been temporarily evacuated Wednesday night.

[orientalexpress]

i was at the dorms last night. My girlfriend stays in those dorms. Apparently someone put some stuff in the ovens to try and start a fire. We left in the middle of the evac and went out to eat and came back and the kitchens were closed until further notice. I just chalked it up to some idiot freshman that didn't want to take their mid term.

[Guest gcrookston]

My guess is a student that wasn't ready for exams before fall break.

[Rightwinger]

They announced on the radio a few hours ago that they have a suspect under arrest. He is from Antioch, TN and is "cooperating" with officials.

Putz

[Guest tedbo]

Times like this wish for someone to have a "Come to Jesus".