[LibertyRocks]

Quick list of known University Threats noted since OU Suicide Bombing:

1.) UCLA - 10/03/05 (2 blocks south of UCLA event mentioned above. FReeper 18wheeler's wife was a witness to these explosions that caused fire and smoke.)
2.) UCLA - 10/07/05 - Mentioned Above
3.) Georgia Tech - Mentioned Above
4.) ECU (Eastern Carolina University) - Mentioned Above
5.) Delta College 10/19/05 - Device that forced Delta College evacuation not real pipe bomb
6.) Prairie View A&M - Student arrested for counterfeiting may have had bomb making supplies in room.

[LibertyRocks]

Ping for new article regarding OU and stadium security - mentions threats to other universities.

[Cindy]

Thanks for the ping LibertyRocks.

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Ping backhoe

[defenderSD]

An interesting piece of information: In the area where I live, which is eight miles south of Arizona State University (where typically 60,000 fans fill the football stadium every Saturday), there was a tremendous amount of police activity on the Saturday night when this bombing occurred. (That was after the ASU football game if they were at home that week; don't recall if they were.) I have never seen so many local police cars in my locale stopping so many cars and talking to a lot of people outside of their cars. That happened when I took a break from the original massive thread and drove to a grocery store four miles away.

Just a coincidence of course; Saturday night hooligans out there starting fights; Yeah...that's what it was...that's the ticket.

[defenderSD]

For someone in Wisconsin, you're either up very late or up very early. I'll bet it's the latter. My sister-in-law has five kids and she gets up about 4:30 AM to get an early start on her work.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Steven Sloan, a former OU professor,...

... said people have to accept the reality that school violence, shootings and bombings will continue and possibly increase.

... said the causes for violence in incidents like these are complex and involve a variety of social, economic and other underlying and precipitating factors.

Man, is that guy delusional, or is he on drugs?

[auboy]

Last night on his weekly radio show, Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville was asked why the team buses did not unload at the usual place for Auburn's game with Arkansas in Fayetteville last Saturday night. Tommy said the buses were rerouted due to security concerns stemming from the bomb that blew up outside the OU game.

My note: Fayetteville is not very far from Norman.

[weegee]

Sloan said people have to accept the reality that school violence, shootings and bombings will continue and possibly increase.

Sounds like John Kerry's acceptable "nuisance level" of terrorism.

[weegee]

Gambino said because Georgia Tech is a university that deals with engineering, there is no way to deter students from an interest in explosives.

Nor anyway to deter the chemisty students from making LSD or meth... < /sarcasm >

[weegee]

I googled his name to see what I can find here and there. He has already chimed in on this case in a previous article:

Student's death brings out theories, fears (Norman bomber-spin alert)

Sloan said the public should note the fact that if Hinrichs did try to get into the stadium, he was stopped.

"If Hinrichs was turned away, that is a positive mark in terms of security awareness," he said.

While Hinrichs' individual actions are still being probed, the Islamic community of Norman is on edge, fearful that this troubling event is somehow linked to Muslims.

"Haven't we learned from the bombing of the Murrah Building (in 1995) in Oklahoma City, when the first reports tried to tie the bombing to a foreigner from the Middle East?" Sloan said. "But that proved to be false.

"It is much too early to render a full judgment," said Sloan, who regrets that some people already are convinced this is a conspiracy.

The jury of sketics is still out if there was middle eastern association in the OKC bombing. The FBI also denied using incidiary devices in Waco until it was shown that they had.

The secrets of the Clinton years aren't so quick to rise to the surface.

Was the OKC bombing the act of only 2 people (and no one doubts their involvement) or were there more participants?

[MizSterious]

This is really frustrating. It seems there are some very real dangers out there, because all of this added security is not going to come at a low price. I don't believe they'd be adding all of this stuff if it were just about some depressed student committing suicide. I don't believe they'd spend all this money simply because of "school violence," I don't care what Prof. Sloane says (and by the way, there's that name again!).

[El Gato]

Sloan said people have to accept the reality that school violence, shootings and bombings will continue and possibly increase.

How many other "lone suicide" bomb blasts have there been?

[LibertyRocks]

First, Sloan is a nut IMHO for saying we should just "accept reality" in regards to school violence (esp. bombings?) continuing and increasing? Plus, his mention that we are all just trying to prove our suppositions in this case re: terrorist connections? Well, I SUPPOSE HE assumes HE is correct rather than all of us in his SUPPOSITION that it had nothing to do with the war and/or terrorists, eh???

The second thing that I found interesting in the article is the mention of the UCLA incident...

“We suspect juveniles had something to do with this,” said Los Angeles Police Department Officer April Harding. “We found two grenades taped together, and the bomb squad was called. One of the grenades was detonated and the other one was bogus.”

The report in the Daily Bruin said - two m80s taped together - now they are GRENADES??? Sure... juveniles always play with GRENADES, right??