Bomb Threats: The New Black

Fake bomb threat at the School for the Deaf last night.

"...File this under unwelcome trends: more local bomb threats in the wake of the Virginia Tech shooting...."

April 19, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

UT Bomb Threat Update

University of Texas' main campus was evacuated this morning

"...of Texas was evacuated this morning after a campus-wide bomb threat was called in. Here's what we know so..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Post by Monica Riese

Bomb Threat Cancels Class at St. Edward's (UPDATED)

Classes called off until 5pm.

"...after the tragedy at Virginia Tech, an admittedly vague bomb threat has canceled classes at St. Edward's University. With..."

April 17, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Complex World

"...pure Hollywood high concept -- terrorists plant a time bomb in the bar owned by the son of an..."

Oct. 18, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Opinion: It’s Time to Hold Social Media Platforms Accountable

We do not need another TikTok video inviting or suggesting school violence

"...dance moves, and, apparently, where people can post non-credible threats of school violence. Last month, dozens of school districts..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Column by Annika Olson

Headlines

"...Non-materializing bomb threats were made Tuesday morning toward the North Austin..."

Feb. 20, 2015 News Feature

The Gospel According to Hollywood

Easter is a time for resurrectiing Hollywood's biblical epics.

"...The night Last Temptation opened, there were bomb threats at the theatres. We went because of the..."

April 13, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Head of the Class

With Senioritis, the conclusion to his quartet of plays set at a Catholic high school in Houston, solo performer Rob Nash is all set to graduate -- to Off-Broadway, says Robi Polgar.

"...gay or just plain growing up. There are various threats, real and imagined, in this high school world. Perhaps..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Emergency

College drama breaks down the threats of casual and institutional racism

"...in the car is a grenade, a ticking time bomb that could go off and escalate the situation, putting..."

May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The AggreGAYtor: November 22

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...bigoted laws reinforce cultural bigotry, and make room for bomb threats. The Fugly..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Is AISD Ready for Disaster?

"...another problem. What happens if a school receives a bomb threat? What if a tornado were coming? Can campus..."

April 28, 1995 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Austin Regional Intelligence Center's Secret Informants Show How Profiling Works

“Middle Eastern”? Your info might be on file at Austin’s fusion center.

"...Eastern" persons. Among the more serious reports, some involved bomb threats from callers that TLOs described as having Middle..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

Psychedelic Acid Trope

Exhibits at the Bullock, Briscoe, and LBJ explore our recall of the Sixties

"...we could, as it was easier to digest the bomb threats at school and horrors on TV to the..."

July 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Straight Pride Goes to Malibu

When bigotry disguised as morality trumps ethics, the Net is there.

"...activists' experience of being “harassed, scared, stalked, [and having] bomb threats.” We’ve seen what’s going on in Russia, and..."

Aug. 14, 2013 Qmmunity Post

The Deep Dig: Longhorns Offensive Line

Digging deep on NFL and Longhorn football subjects

"...TYSON: We got bomb threats when we did the show in New York...."

May 22, 2013 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Dancing About Architecture

Dee Dee's dead, everything else is crumbling.

"...Bomb threats? Altamont-style stabbings? Those were a couple of the..."

June 14, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Food Not Bombs..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Nukes Are Back!

The Bush administration plans for the next (little) nuclear wars

"...Nagasaki, the Soviet Union successfully tested its own atomic bomb. So began the long-lived era under the Cold War..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by William M. Adler

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...City (the one destroyed in the April 19, 1995, bombings) as the "Edward R. Murra building, obviously confusing the..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...article in the Houston Chronicle the week of the bombings stating that American foreign policy inspired this act of..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

The Hightower Report

How right-wing extremists forced a 14-year-old boy into exile

"...a box must be a terrorist with a time bomb. Police came, seized Ahmed's clever creation, and led him..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Bombing Afghanistan makes no sense at all. What makes bin..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

Mixed Messaging on Day of UT Attack

Students, APD parse rumors, mixed messaging on tragic day

"...well as unsubstantiated claims of an active shooter and bomb threat at various points around campus), APD did not..."

May 5, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Chief Acevedo Responds to Dallas Sniper Attack

APD will be at 100% staffing patrol through August

"...veteran Micah Johnson – who perished via police robotic bomb detention – has been identified as the sole shooter...."

July 8, 2016 News Post by Kahron Spearman

Headlines

"...arrested and charged 26-year-old John Bateman with making terror­istic threats in connection with a string of emailed bomb and..."

March 9, 2012 News Feature

Letters at 3AM

Every dollar we print is a prayer that China won't turn us away

"..."The [military] services are already talking up remote future threats (most involving a hostile China armed to the teeth..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Page Two

Understanding the Iraq invasion the Socratic way

"...representatives met with Iraqi intelligence agents. Iraq sent a bomb-making expert to teach at al Qaeda camps in the..."

June 25, 2004 Column by Louis Black

War Drums: Rumblings on the Home Front

As an Iraq war becomes inevitable, local responses range from the stupid to the sublime.

"...storefront for five years. Dreyfus hasn't experienced any other threats to his business or safety and for now considers..."

March 21, 2003 News Feature

The Desegregation of Austin's Movie Theatres

A history of the stand-in movement

"...window, then someone who had gone outside said a bomb had gone off outside the building."..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Screens Feature by Jordan Buckley

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Bomber Director/Writer: Paul Cotter A bittersweet comedy about love, family..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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