bomb threats - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Thu, 02 Mar 2023 18:19:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg bomb threats - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 Howard University Receives Bomb Threat on Last Day of Black History Month https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2023/02/28/howard-university-receives-bomb-threat-on-last-day-of-black-history-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=howard-university-receives-bomb-threat-on-last-day-of-black-history-month Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:19:53 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=17103 The Howard University community was notified of a bomb threat at 9:42 this morning from AlertHU, which indicated the threat was made to WHUR, the university’s radio station building which sits on Bryant and 4th St. At 10:23 a.m., an “all clear” was issued and all individuals were permitted to return to the building.  Sean […]

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]]> 17103 Letter from the Editor: We Cannot Be Desensitized  https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2022/09/06/letter-from-the-editor-we-cannot-be-desensitized/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-from-the-editor-we-cannot-be-desensitized Tue, 06 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=15838 We must call these bomb threats what they are— terrorism, racism and psychological warfare. Even in our own communities, schools and, now, our places of rest, we are subjected to a society that enables violence towards Black people. It overwhelmingly feels like the trauma we endure is being ignored and desensitized.  One week into the […]

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]]> 15838 Community Ordered to Evacuate Medical Building After Report Made of an Unidentified Blinking Device https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2022/08/22/community-ordered-to-evacuate-medical-building-after-report-made-of-an-unidentified-blinking-device/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=community-ordered-to-evacuate-medical-building-after-report-made-of-an-unidentified-blinking-device Mon, 22 Aug 2022 13:55:58 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=15669 The Howard University community was alerted of an evacuation order of the Seeley Mudd Building via email on Friday Aug. 12 at 12:52 p.m. The evacuation order was issued after a report of an “unidentified electronic device” was made to police, according to a statement shared by a University spokesperson.  According to Director of Operations, […]

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]]> 15669 From the Editor: Black History Month Bomb Threats https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2022/02/15/from-the-editor-black-history-month-bomb-threats/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-the-editor-black-history-month-bomb-threats Tue, 15 Feb 2022 14:47:01 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=14944 There is no shortage of words to describe living on a campus that has received multiple bomb threats.

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]]> 14944 HBCUs Nationwide Under Attack After Bomb Threats https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2022/02/07/hbcus-nationwide-under-attack-after-bomb-threats/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hbcus-nationwide-under-attack-after-bomb-threats Mon, 07 Feb 2022 14:10:48 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=14878 14 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the nation began their Black History Month by waking up to violent bomb threats against their campuses.

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