As many of you know, the University of Pittsburgh has experienced a series of bomb threats over the past 2 months. At this point exceeding 80 threats, but still with no explosives discovered. Today broke a record with 13 threats in one day, I believe. The most recent trend has been the attacker targeting dormitories late in the evening or early in the morning, causing students to evacuate their residence halls during times they would normally be sleeping. Needless to say, this is causing tens of thousands of students to become fearful of what could happen and obviously frustrated with the frequent evacuations. I can't imagine how I'd be handling it all if I were living in Pittsburgh right now.
As terrible and terroristic as this situation is, it's been amazing seeing the Pitt community rise up despite the stress and anxiety these threats have caused. Students in the community have created a Google document offering up their homes for those students left on campus who are forced to evacuate their homes. Some of the comments on the document offer to pick up students at all hours of the night, and even promise cookies and home-cooked meals! You typically wouldn't think of college students as generous creatures, but their generosity and hospitality are so inspiring to me! On this day, I'm proud to be a Pittsburgh Panther!
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