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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16 to THURSDAY, NOV. 17, 2011 VOLUME 106 ISSUE 48
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Suspicious envelope found in Hamilton area
NEWS
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THE WALKING STONES Can an imitation Easter Island head be transported upright?
BLOGS
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TRAVEL AND CARS Two new blogs premiered this week on Ka Leo website
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Emergency responders arrived on campus at approximately 9:30 a.m. Monday morning to investigate a suspicious package. K ELSEY A MOS News Editor
Campus Security announced building closures Monday morning due to a suspicious envelope at Paradise Palms, near the corner of East-West Road and Maile Way. All buildings in the area, including Paradise Palms, Hamilton Library, Moore Hall, St. John’s and the agricultural engineering building, were closed for several hours. A Ka Leo staffer on the scene reported that the buildings were closed off with red tape, and students trying to get to their classes stood around waiting to fi nd out what was happening. Two HPD offi cers were present, but had
no information about when the buildings would reopen, though they advised that classes in those buildings were probably canceled. The bomb squad arrived on campus around 9:30 a.m. to investigate the alleged bomb, a University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa security offi cer stated while directing students to the opposite side of the road. Regarding traffi c, an email announcement stated, “If you are entering campus via the Dole Street and East-West Road intersection, traffi c is not being allowed to turn left onto Maile Way from EastWest Road. If you are entering campus via the University Avenue and Maile Way entrance, traffi c is not being allowed past Farrington
Road (which runs between Webster Hall and QLC).” By 10:55 a.m., Campus Security announced through email, “We expect that afternoon classes/ activities in those affected buildings (Hamilton Library, Paradise Palms, Ag Engineering, Moore Hall and St. Johns) will be held as scheduled. All other classes in other buildings are being held as scheduled. We will provide an update by midday.” This is not the fi rst time during APEC that a suspicious package has closed down sections of campus. Last Monday, a suspicious package was found near the biomedical science building, closing down the intersection of
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East-West Road and Maile Way for about an hour. There were also reports last week of suspicious envelopes at the Law School Library. So far none of these scares have turned out to be serious threats. Captain Donald Dawson of CS said that all of the envelopes were addressed, “[but] nothing indicated that it was in the mail or going to be put in the mail.” The issue was resolved around noon, although many students didn’t mind having class canceled. As freshman Elizabeth Petterson said, “Who complains about time off?”
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SPORTS
APPETITE FOR VICTORY Wahine basketball preps for three tough opponents
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