By 1 a.m. EST, #PrayforMizzou was trending on Twitter, as the university tried to decipher fact from fiction while students continued to voice their fear.
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Following Wolfe’s resignation, the school on Tuesday named Chuck Henson, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Trial Practice at the University of Missouri School of Law, as its first-ever head of diversity, inclusion and equity. “Don’t go to campus tomorrow”.
The Daily Beast quotes a statement released by campus police.
Amid the tensions at the University of Missouri, one professor found himself under fire for an email he sent out to students about attending class so the bullies don’t win.
A Reddit member with a username almost identical to Park’s social media accounts bragged about posting on Mizzou’s Columbia campus Yik Yak using “fake GPS” Android apps from the Play Store. He said Park told him he was quoting part of an online threat that appeared ahead of last month’s OR college shooting involving a gunman who killed nine people and himself.
The arrests came two days after the university’s president and chancellor stepped down amid protests over their handling of reports of racial abuse. “We’re waiting for you at the parking lots“, said a third post.
Park is a sophomore at Missouri School of Science and Technology in Rolla.
Despite a heavier-than-normal police presence on campus, a few students chose to return home because they felt unsafe, students told Reuters.
Hunter Park and Connor Stottlemyre, both 19-year-old students at other universities in Missouri, were arrested on suspicion of making terrorist threats.
It has been a tumultuous week for the flagship campus of the University of Missouri system. He was taken to the Boone County Jail and held in lieu of $4,500 bond, cops said.
It’s our hope that the range of discussion on MU’s campus can help to bring about positive resolution and a better understanding within the community.
Another allegedly said, “Well tomorrow Mizzou will really make national news”. While these rumors are unsubstantiated by Missouri University Police, they did contribute to a general sense of lack of security on campus.
However, Brigham might not be going anywhere, reports KOMU 8, an NBC station affiliate, Professor Dale’s request to quit was not accepted by the University of Missouri.
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Before the suspect was apprehended, protest leaders said the university administrators were not doing enough to address the threats against minority students.
