"All Clear" issued after UNI campus placed on alert

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

By EMILY CHRISTENSEN and JON ERICSON, Courier Staff Writers
CEDAR FALLS --- A cheering group of Dancer and Bender hall students have been let back in their dorm at 7:53 p.m. after authorities gave the all-clear sign.

It ended a tense nearly two hours of lockdown on the campus after a male reportedly made threatening text messages to a coed on the University of Northern Iowa campus.

The person who made the threats has reportedly been taken into custody in the Des Moines area.

Earlier story:

University of Northern Iowa officials have locked down Dancer Hall on campus because a male made several threatening text messages to a female Dancer resident, indicating he was coming to the campus with a weapon, officials said.

Read more: http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2008/03/11/news/top_story/doc47d714abd1f01791298262.txt

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UNI = University of Northern Iowa. Posted because I had a roommate who went there and I correspond with someone who teaches there. I have walked around the campus, but I can't give directions. Des Moines is a long haul from Cedar Falls.

[YDogg]

1. I spent a few fun-filled days and nights in Dancer Hall ...

... some 25 years ago. Jesus, I feel old.

[SharonAnn]

2. Wow, Waterloo is my home town. My first programming job was in Cedar Falls.