Normally, I wouldn't put something like this here, but since the whole story has unfolded and the threats were a hoax, now it belongs here.
So on Monday, shortly after 9 am, I received a text from Harvard that there were suspected bombs in four buildings on campus (I'm signed up for their emergency notifications, so I get texts/e-mails from school for this sort of thing). Now, it's finals week at Harvard, so everyone is taking their final exams, or turning in their final projects. These are scheduled out meticulously, so if one gets cancelled, it can mess things up pretty bad. Well, turns out a psychology undergrad didn't want to take one of his finals. So his solution was to e-mail in hoax bomb threats to the school. They shut down four buildings, including the large Science Center, and had Harvard and Cambridge police on the scene, and eventually Federal agencies. I think it was 1 or 2 in the afternoon before all four buildings finally got the all clear. But yeah, all of that to get out of a final.
Way to throw away a Harvard education and your chances at a future. As well as completely screw up a good number of your fellow students who actually, y'know, PREPARED for their final exams like they're students or something.