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College Application Causes Bomb Scare
by Associated Press
Posted: 2007-07-21 15:09:09
Emergency crews evacuated an Eastern Illinois University building Friday, after a campus postal carrier discovered a disheveled-looking package heading for the college's admissions office.
"There was no return address, it was poorly written, poorly addressed to the university, there were misspellings," school spokeswoman Vicki Woodard.
The stuffed-and-stained envelope was strange enough that police alerted the bomb squad. Explosives investigators X-rayed the package and blocked off a nearby street before they discovered the envelope contained only an application to the 12,500-student school.
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Why does this not surprise me?
Call me naive, and tell me I'm stupid because terrorism is a real threat blah-blah-blah, but I wouldn't have believed for a second that this was a bomb.
A- It's EIU, a 12,500-student school in the middle of a cornfield. I'd pick someplace a little larger and more visible to the public eye if I wanted to make some sort of statement using a bomb. Of course, I wouldn't do that int e first place... because I'm not insane.
B- Even stupid people sometimes at least give applying to colleges a chance, and seeing that Eastern is not Yale, I bet a few of them think they can get in. And they're probably right, even if it is for the first time in their lives- there are a few living examples on campus today.
Who would want to bomb EIU?
According to the story, someone from Northern Illinois. But not really, since there was no bomb, and this is all a little ridiculous. I guess if it really HAD been a bomb though, I will say I would cry myself to sleep tonight. (I heart EIU.)
Ahhh, to see Old Main, lookin' all castle-y. (Sigh...)
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