Campus Security and Extremism

A volunteer DJ at UMass Lowell–funded radio station WUML has resigned after posting on the social‑media platform Bluesky, "It's simple, we kill JD Vance," in reference to the sitting vice president. The university says its police department immediately contacted the FBI, the U.S. Secret Service and Haverhill police the same day it learned of the post; authorities interviewed the alumnus and concluded there was no immediate threat, but the Secret Service confirmed it is aware of the comment. UMass Lowell emphasized that it views any threat of violence as serious and said the individual stepped down from his volunteer role at the noncommercial student‑run station and deleted the post along with other messages. The incident highlights how even one online post explicitly advocating violence against a top federal official can trigger a multi‑agency response and renewed scrutiny of campus‑affiliated speech on politically polarized social networks.