General bomb threats once again targeted campus buildings as 15 buildings were evacuated… General bomb threats once again targeted campus buildings as 15 buildings were evacuated Thursday.

The threats on campus, which started on Feb. 13 with Chevron Science Center, have since emptied buildings 126 times. Thursday’s threats came in four waves, first targeting dormitories before emptying academic buildings later in the afternoon and evening.

Threats at 8 a.m. emptied Litchfield Towers, Bruce Hall, Lothrop Hall, Sutherland Hall and Pennsylvania Hall, running up the number of bomb threat evacuations this semester to 118. The count surpassed the century mark on Wednesday, a day that saw 12 threats.

On April 5, a threat to Litchfield Towers alone took around three hours to clear, and on April 11, threats to five other campus residence halls were threatened simultaneously. It took two and a half hours to clear all five buildings.

Freshman Justin Clagg, a resident at Sutherland Hall, stayed up late studying for a physics test. But the alarms that sounded around 8 a.m. threw his sleep schedule off.

“I only got three hours of sleep because of it,” Clagg said. “I was planning on waking up around twelve.”

The dorms were reoccupied just after 9 a.m., about one hour after the Emergency Notification System alert went out.

Just before 2 p.m., another ENS alert went out informing campus of a threat to Alumni Hall, which was cleared about an hour later.

Because of the threat to Alumni Hall, Clagg’s physics test was canceled.

At 4:30 p.m., another set of bomb threats were received for five more academic buildings ­— the Cathedral of Learning, Chevron Science Center, the Barco Law Building, Posvar Hall and Benedum Hall.

The afternoon threats brought the evacuation count to 124.

Shortly after 6:30 p.m., two more threats to the William Pitt Union and the University Club emptied both buildings, increasing the number of threats to 126.

Kenyon Bonner, the associate dean and director of student life, stood outside of the William Pitt Union after a bomb threat evacuated him from his office. He said that in light of finals, students need to remain prepared for further threats.

“I think students have been resourceful,” Bonner said. “They need to continue to have plans in place. If they are concerned with finals, they need to talk to their professors.”

Student Government Board member Natalie Rothenberger joined Bonner outside. She too offered advice for students.

“At this point, I think it’s important for everyone to stay optimistic,” she said.

“If we keep working together, we’ll get through this.”

Majita Gajanan, Drew Shull, and Michael Ringling contributed to this report.