JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 27 (UPI) -- Authorities said four suspicious boxes filled with wires that sparked an evacuation at the University of North Florida turned out to be a student's art project.
Campus police called in the bomb squad to X-ray the four black boxes, which contained wires and a telephone, and the items were found to be "perfectly harmless," WJXT-TV, Jacksonville, Fla., reported Thursday.
"A black box with a phone on top with a lock and wires and inside was electronics. Clearly, that would be very suspicious," University of North Florida spokeswoman Sharon Ashton said.
However, the items were later discovered to be a multimedia art project created by a student.
Ashton said that the campus had been reopened as of 1 p.m. Thursday.
