(Editor's Note: Portions of the following story are courtesy of the Daily Jefersom County Union)
The UW-Whitewater baseball team found itself scrambling for uniforms to wear for Wednesday’s non-conference doubleheader at James B. Miller Stadium on campus.
The situation developed as the result of a Tuesday bomb threat at UW-Whitewater’s Williams Center.
Th complex was evacuated immediately following a message was found in one of the men's restrooms in Williams Center stating that a device would go off in the building on Wednesday, April 20.
Although no device was found after an extensive search, the building was to remain closed until 6 a.m. Thursday.
"We did receive some assistance from the UW-Madison Police Department. They sent over one of their explosives-detection K9," said UW-Whitewater Chief of Police Matthew Kiederlen. "The dog went through the building and didn't find anything, so we have no reason to believe there is a device in the building at this point. Our actions taking place are as precautions.
"Then its just a matter of maintaining the building on lockdown for a period of time, until we feel comfortable that the threat has passed," he added.
Kiederlen and UW-Whitewater Chancellor Richard Telfer made the decision to lock down Williams Center immediately after the message was discovered.
"We've locked the building down, so there is no entry allowed. I have an officer patrolling around the building on the exterior to make sure no one does go in," said Kiederlen.
Per information from UW-Whitewater officials, no classes or intramural sports were being held, and all offices were closed, in the Williams Center.
"We had no activities taking place in the building Tuesday and Wednesday," director of athletics Dr. Paul Plinske said this morning.
Due to the bomb scare closing Williams Center the WARHAWK baseball team didn't have access to any of their current uniforms so the team was forced to wear “throw back” uniforms from 2003.
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