Olivet Nazarene University officials are investigating death threats to Turning Point USA chapter leaders at the Illinois campus.
Chapter president Jacob York had to leave campus for his safety due to the threats. York told Fox News Digital that he was given "academic accommodations" allowing him to finish the rest of his semester online.
"The first death threat that I received was anonymous through Instagram," York said. "It said that someone was going to come in the middle of the night and slit my throat."
Jacob York told Fox News Digital that he was given "academic accommodations" allowing him to finish the rest of his semester online. (Fox News Digital)
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York said he received the death threats last Thursday but wasn't the only student to leave campus. Mara Hudson, who is the chapter's vice president and runs the group's Instagram account that received a threat, was also sent home for safety concerns.
"As with any circumstance where a student feels threatened, accommodations including moving rooms, escorts, hybrid-study accommodations, additional security for doors and locks, increased patrols with the local police department and campus public safety team, as well as connection with campus counseling services have been offered and/or implemented," a spokesperson of ONU told Fox News Digital.
Fox News Digital obtained an email from the university's president responding to a concerned parent about the death threats. Olivet Nazarene President Gregg Chenoweth stated that the students received an "anonymous threat of physical harm via social media, to a specific person, not a group or to all students."
"I’m a parent, not just a president, so I’m sincerely invested on the seriousness of this, and understand the fear it can create. I hope this quick note is sufficient, as we are getting lots of requests for information. I’ve been working on this myself for 7 hours so far today," Chenoweth told the parent in an email last Friday. |
