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Students react to threat
As students learned about the threat of a shooting targeted at the Western Illinois University campus this morning, reactions of the incident ranged from fear to confusion.
"I'm scared to walk outside. Basically I feel safer inside, but I'm scared to walk through campus," said Ashley Rita, freshmen LEJA major.…
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Shooting threat directed at Western campus
At approximately 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, employees at the Campus Manor apartment complex at Charles and Elting streets discovered a note threatening a Western Illinois University shooting according to several sources.
"We received a call from the Macomb City Police Department … two of our officers went to the apartment (and) retrieved the letter from the complex," said Bob Fitzgerald, director of the Office of Public Safety during a press conference.…
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Shooting threat directed at Western campus
At approximately 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, employees at the Campus Manor apartment complex at Charles and Elting streets discovered a note threatening a shooting at Western Illinois University, according to several sources.
"We received a call from the Macomb City Police Department … two of our officers went to the apartment (and) retrieved the letter from the complex," said Bob Fitzgerald, director of the Office of Public Safety, during a 10:30 a.m. press conference.…
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Update on shooting threat
MACOMB, IL -- At the present time, Western Illinois University Office of Public Safety, in conjunction with personnel from the Illinois State Police District 14, McDonough County Sheriff's Department and Macomb Police Department, continue to monitor and patrol the Macomb campus.…
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Emergency Alert System gets word out, Web site has difficulties
The new Emergency Alert System worked properly this morning, notifying students that an anonymous threat had been received at an off-campus apartment complex. The message was sent out at 9:35 Wednesday morning.
According to Western Illinois University President Al Goldfarb, the system had been tested prior to today when Macomb was hit by bad weather.…
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Western receives threat
MACOMB, IL -- The Office of Public Safety (OPS) at Western Illinois University and Macomb Police are investigating a threat regarding a shooting on campus that was received at an off-campus apartment complex sometime overnight.
According to the Office of Public Safety Director Bob Fitzgerald, an employee of an apartment complex near campus reported receiving a handwritten note in the complex's payment drop-box that indicated there would be a shooting on the WIU campus today.…
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Social security and Medicare sure to cause debate
Musharraf swears in Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani as U.S. envoys meet new leaders…
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OPS Beat
Police beat…
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Grading scale still hot topic
The +/- grading system was the hot topic again at the Student Government Association meeting Tuesday, where the senate passed a resolution rejecting the controversial scale.…
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A prank gone wrong
Editor's Note: This article is a follow-up to "Police arrest two fraternity members for break-in," which ran in the March 21 issue of the WC. Please consider the change of any factual information as a correction.…
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"Best of Macomb" scheduled for April 8 release
Who is "The Best of Macomb" will be unveiled April 8 in a special edition of the Western Courier.
The WC received a substantial response in its second-ever "Best of Macomb." The Courier received more than 300 responses - twice as many as last year - generated from westerncourier.…
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Trading bullets for books
From Iraq to Macomb: A Marine's Story
Marine squad leader Adam Brown and his men had just come across an abandoned truck in a wide-open field of Iraq. As he instructed his men to inspect the vehicle, Brown suddenly noticed the ground exploding all around him.…
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