"...Probably just an idiot student with a pipe bomb for a rival dorm..."
Typical college kids don't attempt to murder other students across campus with bombs. My college used to have a traditional inter-dormitory snowball fight with the first snowfall of the season, but that was about it. This is way beyond being a prank.
~ Blue Jays ~
Amen! I attended OU 1946 - 1950. Most of our engineering students were WW2 vets, and didn't spend much time thinking up dirty tricks.
The worst thing I remember in that era is some idiot with too much time on his hands started panty raids on women's dorms. Got a lot of publicity at the time.
I have worried that there would be attacks on college football games, but didn't dream of it happening at OU.