LBCC: Students Respond to Potential Threat

On Friday, May 23, students were asked about their knowledge regarding the potential threat made on the LBCC campus.

The Commuter asked the students if they had heard about the threat on campus. All four students had the same response.


No they did not.

The students were then asked if they noticed the police car that was parked on the lawn in front of Takena Hall. Their reply was again the same.

Yes they did.

The students interviewed were freshmen Zheng Luo, Jacob Walbert, Jimmy Li, and sophmore Luke Yokoyama.

Combined efforts of the Albany Police Department and LBCC Security Department seemed to pay off. No incident occurred on campus as was reported by a tipster on Wednesday, May 21.

A concerned student, after learning of the threat, came into The Commuter office on Friday afternoon and questioned staff present as to why the student body was not notified of the happenings on campus.

Another student reported to The Commuter that they heard of the incident on the radio station KLOO around 6 a.m. on Friday.

The Barometer, the student newspaper at OSU, reported the tip of the threat on their online site Thursday afternoon before The Commuter or LBCC students were informed.

On Tuesday, May 27, The Commuter asked four students if they felt they should have been informed by the administration via the “text alert” system that there was a potential threat. All were aware of the treat from various media coverage over the weekend. 

"Yes, it would have been nice to let people know even though it was a false threat," said freshman Mitchell Widharma.


"Yes, it should have been," said freshman Kevin Freeman.

"Yes, that would've be nice," said sophomore Leni Morris.

"Yes, it's probably a good thing to let students know so they can be aware," said freshman Michael Johnson.