The Ubyssey
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issued: 2001-09-25
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note: - ftieliSveaS011*1* om reat in Angu by Ai Lin Choo Annoyance: that was students' and professors' general reaction to yesterday morning's bomb threat in UBC's Henry Angus building. While some people took advantage of the free time to sit in the sun, many stood around, frustrated by the day's disruption. The Angus building, which houses UBC's Faculty of Commerce, was evacuated at about 9am on Monday after an anonymous 911 call warned that a bomb was set to detonate in the building at 9:45am. No bomb was found in the three and a half hour search that followed. Campus RCMP Staff Sergeant Barry Hickman said that after receiving the call, university administrators and Campus Security jvere contacted to ensure that the Angus building was evacuated and secured. A dog squad that specialises in detecting bombs on premises was also called in, and the fire alarm continued to ring from about 9am until noon. Hickman said that the Vancouver police traced the phone call to the Broadway Skytrain station, but were not able to establish who made the call. "We listen to the tape and try and determine...anything from there that we can work with that may give away [the caller's] identity, or purpose, or agenda,' he said. "We'll be, investigating that phone call." Hickman said that he believed the call was made by a young male. Michael Ward, a professor in the math department said that while his class was disrupted, he under- stood the necessity of a thorough investigation. "My class was sort of sabotaged, but there's nothing really I can do about it," he said. "It's got to be some hoax of some sort or other, but you just don't treat it lightly." But Commerce professor Tom Ross, who was lecturing when the fire alarm went off, called the evacuation "a nuisance." "Obviously they have to be careful," he said. "I am annoyed I guess, and these are obviously days in which we are just a little more nervous and sensitive about things like this, and someone's just probably playing on our fears, ei…
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spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
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language: English
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