Student Stabbed at the University of Colorado

Boulder is a beautiful city, the perfect location for a college. Classes at the University of Colorado (CU) are to begin Tuesday, August 28, 2007. This year many students will have a different memory of their first day of class because at approximately 9:45 AM, Monday, August 27th, a student had been stabbed on campus.

While the Memorial Center has not been evacuated, students, faculty, and staff are being asked to stay away from the University Memorial Center (UMC) for several more hours while police investigate this stabbing.

It's been reported that a man who appeared to be in his 50's approached the UMC, grabbing the student from behind, and stabbing him in the throat. Campus police were nearby and responded. Witnesses report hearing the man yell that he had bomb making equipment in his backpack, as he ran away from the scene.

While being chased by police, the man began stabbing himself. He was apprehended and taken to a nearby hospital. Fortunately, no one else was injured in this seemingly random attack.

The victim was also taken to the hospital, and appears to be in stable condition. CU officials have been in contact with the family of the victim.

The University of Colorado has a new way to send emergency messages to students. They are asking that students sign up for text-messaging so that if there was an emergency, a text message could be sent to their cell phone. Students, staff, and faculty can sign up to receive these messages by visiting the following CU web site, http://www.colorado.edu/alerts/signuphelp.html.

The CU-Boulder Task Force continues to review their emergency procedures. After the Virginia Tech shootings, as well as incidents at several Colorado high schools, they decided that quick text messaging would be a valuable addition to their current emergency communication systems.