Harvard student arrested for bomb threat

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<p>[Harvard</a> student, 20, is arrested in connection with campus bomb scare - Metro - The Boston Globe](<a href=“http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/12/17/harvard-student-arrested-connection-with-campus-bomb-scare/23lvYbPI8UdDFePu2xTXKK/story.html?s_campaign=sm_tw]Harvard”>http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/12/17/harvard-student-arrested-connection-with-campus-bomb-scare/23lvYbPI8UdDFePu2xTXKK/story.html?s_campaign=sm_tw)</p>

<p>It is, of course, an allegation at this point, but good grief…smart people do dumb things.</p>

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<p>He confessed. He wanted to avoid a final exam. </p>

<p>[Harvard</a> student arrested for campus bomb hoax Monday  - NY Daily News](<a href=“Crime News - New York Daily News”>Harvard student arrested for campus bomb hoax Monday )</p>

<p>Looks like federal charges are in order. </p>

<p>I think Harvard should still make him take that final, LOL!</p>

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<p>At this point, seems his academic career will be suspended indefinitely, until further notice.</p>

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<p>This just confirms my belief that kids at “elite” schools really aren’t any smarter than kids at other schools when it comes to common sense. This kid wasn’t even a teenager!</p>

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<p>When I heard about the bomb threat the first thing I thought was “some kid doesn’t want to take a final” </p>

<p>For a smart person, he’s pretty stupid.</p>

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<p>As soon as I heard about the bomb threat, I knew it had to have been made by a student not ready to take a final. Really frustrating for those affected, but sad as well for this kid who has really screwed up. The internet will make this something he’ll never be able to erase.</p>

<p>EDIT: cross posted with above. :)</p>

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<p>^^ great minds!</p>

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<p>This is something I never heard of when I was college age, but seems to have become not so unusual now. I’ve heard of similar occurrences on several campuses over the years. It’s always about an exam. Very sad that these kids are so desperate to avoid a bad grade, they come to feel that doing something like this is a better alternative. I guess it’s the result of raising kids to feel that they are defined by their grades and a bad grade would be the end of their life.</p>

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<p>He wasn’t smart enough not to get caught.</p>

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<p>Very sad story. With one bad decision and a couple of e-mails he has de-railed his life. As a parent, that must be a very hard phone call to receive. </p>

<p>Extreme pressure is a funny thing……………….</p>

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<p>Sorry, no sympathy from where I sit. What a dope. There must be half a dozen ways enumerated in any given university’s handbook about how to legitimately get out of a final exam.</p>

<p>Suspend this fool. Consider reinstating him only after 12 months (at least) at a community college (if any other school would have him!).</p>

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<p>He was too dumb to make the bomb scare in a city that was terrorized by the recent bombing.</p>

<p>Yes, make him take the final then send him to prison.</p>

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<p>^And to use the university’s wireless network to send the threat…from his laptop…</p>

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<p>No sympathy but you want suspension? I say expel with no possibility of reinstatement.</p>

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<p>…I’m pretty sure what he did is a federal offence and he get prison time. </p>

<p>That said, seriously, I hope he gets the help he really needs.</p>

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<p>Suspension is the least of his worries. He needs to hope he can avoid jail time.</p>

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<p>What is “a temporary Internet Protocol”?</p>

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<p>He used TOR. Unfortunately, he was the only person who used TOR in the hours leading up to the emails.</p>

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<p>Why is it unfortunate? For him, yes. For others, so that hopefully he can get the treatment he needs and so that the people at Harvard won’t have to fear another false alarm, it seems like a fortunate circumstance.</p>

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<p>He (if guilty) hardly needs any treatment, just some reasonable punishment for doing something that anyone would know is wrong, and to deter other stressed out students from risking a similar act.</p>