Biology Building at University of Colorado Flooded

Posted 21 March 2009 by

According to a report in the Boulder Daily Camera, vandals tore an eye-wash station from the wall Thursday night and flooded the Ramaley biology building at the University of Colorado. The building was damaged, but initial reports suggest that the scientific work of the faculty was unharmed. There is apparently no indication that the biology building was specifically targeted, nor that the vandalism is related to recent threats directed against University of Colorado biologists.

6 Comments

Wheels · 21 March 2009

Was it an eyewash fountain of the deep?

anonymouse · 22 March 2009

Creationists? Or animal-rights crazies? (The former is a real possibility, but if I were a betting man, I'd put my money on the latter.)

H.H. · 23 March 2009

Actually, I'd put my money on drunk college kids. Vandals rarely need an ideological motive for wreaking a little havoc. The fun is in the smashing.

Matt Young · 23 March 2009

I have no idea who vandalized the biology building; I don't have enough evidence to put my money anywhere. Certain members of the department received threatening e-mails a couple of years ago, however, and that is the only reason I thought the incident was newsworthy enough to be posted on PT. I haven't investigated further, but so far there have been no additional reports in the Camera.

JimmyJ · 24 March 2009

H.H. said: Actually, I'd put my money on drunk college kids. Vandals rarely need an ideological motive for wreaking a little havoc. The fun is in the smashing.
Confirming that smashing stuff while drunk is a blast.

Henry J · 24 March 2009

Actually, I’d put my money on drunk college kids.

Don't do that; they'd just spend it on more beer.