Ohio State University (OSU) has had recent trouble with two sets of threatening letters. Letters have been sent to athletic departments at several schools in addition to OSU, but the most recent letters to OSU included some potentially harmful insecticide. Similar letters have been received from as long ago as 2004. The FBI has been called in.
Columbus Dispatch article about the cheerleader letters
The weirdest part is the 'complaint' of the letter writer(s):
For the last 6 years Ohio State cheerleaders have received more TV time than any other Division 1A cheer squad on ESPN, because they wear long sleeved red/white outfits. If they wore sleeveless outfits, they would not get ANY TV time. So, we are fed up with this constant exploitation.
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The weirdest part is the 'complaint' of the letter writer(s):
For the last 6 years Ohio State cheerleaders have received more TV time than any other Division 1A cheer squad on ESPN, because they wear long sleeved red/white outfits. If they wore sleeveless outfits, they would not get ANY TV time. So, we are fed up with this constant exploitation.
WTF? I am actually worried because this person is clearly delusional. Complaining that the more conservatively dressed cheerleaders are getting too much air time? Doesn't appear to occur to the letter-writer(s) that when the teams do well, the cheerleaders get more time as well.
I assume that the FBI is looking closely at the more scantily clad cheerleader squads. They're probably enjoying this case--or at least the view.
In addition to the cheerleader letters, about 350 racist letters were sent to OSU students in seven dorms, obviously by a proud wingnut because he reiterated the argument that abortion should be legal so that all the black babies could be aborted. Sheesh!
These incidents are in addition several others--bomb threats, a college student vowing to "top the shootings at Virginia Tech" after receiving a bad grade, and some woman that was thought to be coming to a community college with a gun after dropping classes. What I would like to know is, is it just Ohio? Or has every nutjob in the country come out of the woodwork?