Posted on 10/04/2005 2:50:36 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana
NORMAN, Okla. -- The University of Oklahoma will tighten security at Memorial Stadium after a student with explosives died in a blast within 100 yards of thousands of fans watching a football game there, the school's president said Tuesday.
Security personnel will more thoroughly search bags fans bring to the stadium, OU President David Boren said. The school will suspend for the rest of the season a policy that allows spectators to return after leaving at halftime. Officers will more closely screen vehicles that park in a garage next to the stadium.
Joel Henry Hinrichs III, 21, died Saturday when a device exploded about 8 p.m. as he sat on a bench outside George Lynn Cross Hall. The blast could be heard inside the stadium where more than 80,000 people attended OU's game against Kansas State.
Boren said authorities continue to believe that Hinrichs did not try to get into the stadium.
Hinrichs' father, Joel Hinrichs, Jr., of Colorado Springs, Colo., has said he's confident his son didn't intend to harm others and wasn't motivated by a political agenda. He said no suicide note was found, but that the evidence points clearly to suicide.
Boren also confirmed that law enforcement officers found dangerous materials in Hinrichs' apartment on campus and detonated this material at the police bomb range.
The Oklahoma Sooners return to the stadium on Oct. 22 when they play Baylor. They play Texas in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on Saturday.
Just CYA.
bttt
What has your school paper said about the incident?
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