Feb. 23 was the last update given by the FBI. By Allison Joyner This month, as college students are moving onto campus for the fall 2022 semester, A specter is still looming. And as students moved in for the first time or returned for another school year around metro Atlanta, the suspects involved in making […]
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No new developments as HBCU campuses end semester
A series of bomb threats and suspicious packages shook the schools within the AUC earlier this year. By Allison Joyner As the spring semester is coming to a close on most college campuses, investigating who has been executing a series of threats has not. From January to March of this year, Historically Black Colleges and […]
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‘Anonymous threat’ signals shelter-in-place order for Clark Atlanta, more bomb threats to HBCUs
Campus police received the threat shortly before noon and lifted the order just before 1 p.m. By Allison Joyner The Clark Atlanta University (CAU) Public Safety Department administered a shelter-in-place order after a threat was received Wednesday morning. “A temporary shelter-in-place order” for the entire campus occurred after “an anonymous threat received by campus police” […]
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More HBCUs, ‘Despicable:’ How the Black History Month bomb threats could have been prevented
In addition to Howard University receiving its fourth bomb threat, three new schools receive their first. By Allison Joyner UPDATE: The outbreak of bomb threats to Historically Black Colleges and Universities continues to be sustained. Monday, Howard University received its fourth bomb threat this year and three Carolina schools had their first on Tuesday. Columbia, […]
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Spelman receives third bomb threat, second during Black History Month
Other threats occurred on Jan. 5 and Feb. 1 By Allison Joyner Spelman College’s Department of Public Safety has closed campus to all visitors and vendors as they respond to yet another bomb threat to the school. “I know that it is difficult to receive this news and not to be unnerved by it,” said […]
