While the scene was deemed clear and safety assured swiftly on campus, the active threat hoax at Hodges Library on Monday, Aug. 25, has left students and faculty with questions and concerns about how communication was handled.
The UTPD maintains it understood the threat to be a hoax the entire time. Some students and faculty did not share the same level of clarity or confidence during the event.
Carolina Hightower, a freshman and public relations major, was attending her 1:10 p.m. class in the Lindsay Young Auditorium on the first floor of Hodges on Monday afternoon. As news of what was going on in the building around them began to flood in through texts and social media, Hightower describes a confusing and uneasy atmosphere among the students…