UPDATE: ALL CLEAR! Thanks again for everyone's kind thoughts and prayers. I'm heading home!
Hi. I'm here at Western KY U in Bowling Green, KY. Right now, we are all fine.
UPDATE: 2:11 pm Central time: We are still on lockdown. Rumors of guns and a hostage situation remain UNCONFIRMED! We are remaining in our buildings, though people may step down the hall for bathroom breaks. Hopefully, this is just an overabundance of caution. Thanks again for your kind thoughts.
X2: Thanks for the rec list, but it seems that all is well here. Police report they have searched and cleared south campus and find NO evidence of guns or shots. There was a fight near PFT and one broken arm reported, but no shots were fired. We are still on lockdown, but expect the all clear shortly. Classes have been cancelled for the rest of the day. Thanks for all your kind thoughts, and thanks to WKU for the alert system which seems to have worked but not been necessary. Yea!
We were first told that some armed gunmen had entered a South Campus building, and to stay away from that campus. Now we are told as well that there was an altercation near a dorm (Pearce Ford Tower) at the main campus, so we are now in lockdown. Rumors of shots being fired are UNCONFIRMED!
WKU has an extensive campus wide emergency notification system, and calls went out by email, text messages, and cell phone alerts to students, faculty, and staff. In addition, warning sirens and announcements alerted the campus to stay indoors in a locked area for the time being.
Again, we have many rumors, but we are safely locked down. I'm in my office with a student--I just cancelled my 1:50 class, figuring that students can't come anyway.
Note: we were told yesterday that Bill Clinton might be comng to town on Friday--plans may be changing now.
Thanks for your kind prayers and thoughts. Will let you know more as it develops.