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US: Student arrested and suspended after alleged threat

BOULDER (KWGN) -- A CU student, arrested and suspended from the university Tuesday after allegedly making threatening comments during a class discussion of Monday's deadly shooting at Virginia Tech University, was released from Boulder County Jail Wednesday afternoon on bond.

Max Karson, who has been advised not to comment publicly, remains on summary suspension from CU, and won't be allowed back on campus until the school's Judiciary Committee has ruled on his case. Karson, who is the publisher of a provocative campus newsletter and known for 'pushing the envelope,' allegedly told classmates that he identified with the young man who killed 32 people in Blacksburg, Virginia Monday. According to Karson's police report, he told the class: "If anyone says they've never been angry enough to kill 32 people, they're lying." Several classmates and the instructor notified campus police that they felt threatened. Monday, Karson's father, Michael, told reporters his son's comments had been taken out of context. "In an intellectual, academic discussion about the tragic events in Virginia, issues like anger and what makes people angry, and issues about parenting, are all relevant," said Karson. According to the police report, Karson also told classmates that the basement classroom, with its fluorescent lights and unfinished walls, "made (him) angry enough to kill." "When a student hints at acts of violence, that goes beyond free speech--that's conduct," said CU Spokesperson Bronson Hilliard. "(Karson) was asked if he'd kill his own classmates. And his answers to them were very disturbing." Karson was reportedly asked: 'Would you kill all of us?' His response: 'No. Not all of you.' Karson has been known to say and write outrageous things before, as his friends are quick to attest. "He wants to bring topics out in the open that people are afraid to talk about," said Andrea Pauline, a CU student and fan of Karson's underground newsletter, 'The Yeti.' "The point he was getting at is institutions, and just life, makes people angry, and he was looking at how we can fix that." Karson's father concurs. "The Yeti is about trying to prompt discussion," said Michael Karson. "It's clear that he was arrested and suspended because of his publication and distribution of his underground magazine, which criticizes life at CU and criticizes the administration at CU." But, CU officials deny that. "Whatever his past reputation was, that really didn't figure into this at all," said Hilliard, who said that Carson's writings--which have been categorized as sexist, racist and homophobic--are offensive to those with "polite sensibilities. "Making verbal references in a class to violence, that takes it to a whole different level."

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Posted in: News on May 8, 2007 @ 12:00 AM

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