**Bomb threats continue at University Of Pittsburgh**

PENN STATE — Capping off a week of repeated bomb threats, the University of Pittsburgh dealt with one that evacuated four buildings Thursday morning.

So far, the university has received 15 bomb threats total this week and an additional seven prior to this week.

The threats have recently moved to email form, said Tom Birdsong, assistant managing editor for the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette. Most of the threats received since Monday were coming directly to the newspaper, he said.

He said most of the emails were being traced to Austria. The emails usually state a building name, and then the word, “kaboom,” he said. Each time a threat comes in, the newspaper staff calls the police, who then order an evacuation.

The threats have been seen as an inconvenience for the students and faculty, and many seniors are worried about finals and graduation.

—The Daily Collegian
By Lynn Ondrusek

**Former GOP presidential hopeful promotes youth’s political involvement**

OHIO UNIVERSITY — Three simple points were all former Republican Party presidential hopeful Herman Cain needed to invigorate a 130-person crowd Thursday at Ohio University.

Cain explained the inspiration for his “9-9-9” plan, which launched him to the forefront of the Republican race last fall.

“We came up with the 9-9-9 plan because we wanted the economy to grow, and in order to do that, you must lower taxes,” the former Burger King executive and Godfather’s Pizza CEO said. “The 9-9-9 is supposed to be fair to everybody, with no special loopholes and no special exceptions. We want to treat everybody the same.”

To solve the issues involving the economy, young people should be a part of the solution and not a part of the problem, he said.

“We can either follow history and collapse, or rewrite America’s future and take America to the next level,” Cain said. “I believe that is what the American spirit will do.”

—The Post
By Xander Zellner

**Congressman addresses students on Israeli bipartisanship, peace between Israelis and Palestinians**

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA — A strong diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and Israel is crucial for both nations’ stability, a U.S. congressman said during an on-campus speech Thursday.

Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla., delivered his speech, titled “Stronger Together,” in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Heritage Room.

“There is a perception of Israel as … the United States’ younger brother,” Lankford said. “That is certainly not the case.”

When he spoke with both Israelis and Palestinians, he was struck by the fact that both groups sought a long-term solution for peace in the region, he said.

“When you talk about peace in the Middle East, you meet two groups of people who want nothing more than for their children to grow up in peace,” he said. “How is that done? Security is a big issue.”

Israel’s status as the only functioning democracy in the Middle East and existing trade agreements between the two nations both can contribute to that security, he said.

—The Oklahoma Daily
By Chris Miller