Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, April 30, 1996, Page 8, Image 8

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Bomb threat immobilizes
University of South Florida
■ SECURITY A $en»f tent
to the student newspaper
Has been turned over to
the FBI for investigation
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with * friend (nf *n accounting
mmua «i I he University of South
Florid*
WHb the university virtually
*hut down because of a bomb
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to get on campus. and then lei
poll** *»*rr.h Im book b*g to get
Into the library
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w*» like Let's (test f|o Mtnmt'hem
•la*."* Songhandith said "But it'*
OIC now If* quiet
Security wu increased after
th* student newspaper. theOru
ch. received *n anonymous let
tar March 25 threatening to bomb
• university building, killa whit*,
female prt>fc*M»w and sat off a lake
detonator in a crowd on April 29
The statement wa* signed The
One. I he lawder of the War Purg
No on* had hoard of the group,
which c laimed tie* both to neo
Na«i« and two Paieatinian ter
rorist group* On* professor
described the threats a* "gob
bledygook."
But just to be safe, final exams
were moved up a week to most
ol th# 11,000 student* were of)
ompiM No mail or p*< kag*«
worn adapted. No visitor* wwte
allowed - only student* and
«Mft with photo Ilk
Only about 1,000 people *m»
on ih» t 7tio et ns (ampui, com
pawd with about 30.000 student*
and «»*ft on a normal day
I don't Ida (hr fading that to
could b» intimidated aa a uni'
vanity," »aid university Prest
dent Betty Castor "But ifw# had
ignored it. we would have bean
severely criticized We had to
address It."
The data of the threatened
attack was 10 day* after th* fin!
anniversary of the Oklahoma City
bombing
In October. a former part time
professor at the university.
Ramadan Abdullah Shallah. sur
faced in Syria as the new loader
of the Palestinian terrorist group
Islamic Jihad, just months sfter
leaving <m sabbatical
In an interview published in
Beirut this month, Shaliah
promised new suicide bombings
against Israel.
Affidavits unsealed this
month in an unrelated investiga
tion indicate federal agents
believe an Islamic think lank
once connected with the school
and run by another professor
was a front to bring terrorists
into the country.
Workshop: Designs invite
student cultural interaction
■ Continued from Page 1
liM cultural perspective erf white. able-bodied main*. Mid workshop
pertu tpant Dan Hunter
Huniw, who U in • wheelchair. Mid building* ara not designed lor
whmdt hair kom. In addition, their angular shape r»n«.n Western
culture People from other athum whom different shapes and color
w heme* are emphasised might feel a* though they are not wantod in
the building* here. he Mid.
Mo*t building* have visual and spatial cue* that indicate to
minor!tie* that they don't belong there. Hunter Mid
Some «tudent» u*ed the pioneer mother and father to *how bow
they think dominant culture emphasises the male perspective, Jone*
•aid Be* euse the pioneer father t* in a prominent place and the pio
neer mother is in a more secluded location )one* Mid the pioneer
fathw t* mote «patially dominant To bring more attention to tl» nice
near mother. itudenU hung wind chime* on her The pioneer father,
on the other hand was ahnmded with plastic wrap in an attempt to
ravers* their role*, he Mid
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