| By Sevil Omer, NBC News A bomb threat forced the evacuation of the Louisiana State University campus in Baton Rouge on Monday, according to the university. "Please evacuate as calmly and quickly as possible. Check lsu.edu for updates. LSUEOC," read an alert on the university's website. Classes and a news conference with LSU football coach Les Miles were canceled Monday due to the threat, officials said. View the latest developments on breakingnews.com Capt. Doug Cain of the Louisiana State Police told The Associated Press that state police bomb technicians were on the scene. Cain said police were talking to their counterparts in states where university bomb threats were reported last week. Both the University of Texas in Austin and North Dakota State in Fargo received threats on Friday. The threats prompted the evacuation of both campuses. No explosives were found at either university. The campus has about 30,000 students, professors and employees. Check back for more details on this developing story. More content from NBCNews.com:
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9/17/2012
LSU campus evacuated after bomb threat, university says
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