http://chicagoist.com/2007/12/10/northern_illino.php All comments for Northern Illinois University Shuts Down After Police Find Threats en-us 2009 Marcus Gilmer Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:30:00 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss marcusisabadass@gmail.com marcusisabadass@gmail.com 60 http://chicagoist.com/2007/12/10/northern_illino.php#comment-1248801 http://chicagoist.com/2007/12/10/northern_illino.php#comment-1248801 Comments Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:33:26 -0600 <p>Whatever the racial slur was, please remember that several similar incidents in college campuses this year have occurred that turned out to be hoaxes. The list of these false-racial-slur hoaxes keeps growing. In other words it turned out that a member of the "victimized" race or religious group was actually the person who wrote the slur. Those persons, when caught, have confessed that they had either sought attention and sympathy or had a twisted idea that they were "raising awareness" about racism. For now, let's just keep an open mind about who might have written these slurs at NIU. </p>