Brookhaven College Locked Down
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 8:59 am
This happened Oct. 4, 2010, but I hadn't heard about it until now
http://www.brookhavencollege.edu/news/2010/2185.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Excerpts below
Farmers Branch, Texas -- A Brookhaven College student allegedly hid in a bathroom on campus today with a firearm in his possession causing a lockdown of the college for 52 minutes while college police searched the campus. The Dallas Police Department reported that a white, male student was threatening suicide. The lockdown was implemented at 12:03 p.m. and terminated at 12:55 p.m. after all buildings were searched and police were unable to locate the individual.
Dallas Police Detective Sergeant Felini received a call in their 9-1-1 Center from the girlfriend of the Brookhaven College student who was allegedly in a Brookhaven College bathroom with a hand gun. Sergeant Felini said the girlfriend said the student was threatening suicide.
I actually learned it from an Abilene Christian University article (pretty interesting)
http://www.acuoptimist.com/2010/10/univ ... -students/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
We look at instances of school shootings and shudder, but we also need to look backward in history and be thankful for how far we have come.
Most colleges and American universities have open campuses. Visitors can come in and explore, interact with students, use the libraries and even eat in the cafeterias.
But colleges have not always gotten along so amicably with the cities in which they are located.
Colleges in Europe are surrounded by huge stone walls, and as much as tourists enjoy looking at the gargoyle-ridden walls, this was not their original purpose. They were meant to separate the townspeople and protect the scholars.
One of the most famous clashes between students and villagers occurred on Feb. 10, 1355 in Oxford, England. An argument went wrong at a tavern over the quality of the beer, and armed riots ensued. Two days later more than 90 people had died. This is now known as St. Scholastica Day.
More than 600 years later in America, U.S. marshals, military police and National Guardsmen were brought into Ole Miss to protect students during race riots over integration on Oct. 1, 1962.
Attacks on students can come from anywhere inside and out, and we’re thankful they are few and far between. Our prayers go out to the Tooley family and the UT community. And the ACU and Abilene police have our thanks for all they do to protect us every day.
http://www.brookhavencollege.edu/news/2010/2185.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Excerpts below
Farmers Branch, Texas -- A Brookhaven College student allegedly hid in a bathroom on campus today with a firearm in his possession causing a lockdown of the college for 52 minutes while college police searched the campus. The Dallas Police Department reported that a white, male student was threatening suicide. The lockdown was implemented at 12:03 p.m. and terminated at 12:55 p.m. after all buildings were searched and police were unable to locate the individual.
Dallas Police Detective Sergeant Felini received a call in their 9-1-1 Center from the girlfriend of the Brookhaven College student who was allegedly in a Brookhaven College bathroom with a hand gun. Sergeant Felini said the girlfriend said the student was threatening suicide.
I actually learned it from an Abilene Christian University article (pretty interesting)
http://www.acuoptimist.com/2010/10/univ ... -students/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
We look at instances of school shootings and shudder, but we also need to look backward in history and be thankful for how far we have come.
Most colleges and American universities have open campuses. Visitors can come in and explore, interact with students, use the libraries and even eat in the cafeterias.
But colleges have not always gotten along so amicably with the cities in which they are located.
Colleges in Europe are surrounded by huge stone walls, and as much as tourists enjoy looking at the gargoyle-ridden walls, this was not their original purpose. They were meant to separate the townspeople and protect the scholars.
One of the most famous clashes between students and villagers occurred on Feb. 10, 1355 in Oxford, England. An argument went wrong at a tavern over the quality of the beer, and armed riots ensued. Two days later more than 90 people had died. This is now known as St. Scholastica Day.
More than 600 years later in America, U.S. marshals, military police and National Guardsmen were brought into Ole Miss to protect students during race riots over integration on Oct. 1, 1962.
Attacks on students can come from anywhere inside and out, and we’re thankful they are few and far between. Our prayers go out to the Tooley family and the UT community. And the ACU and Abilene police have our thanks for all they do to protect us every day.