As cities across the U.S. celebrated the death of Osama bin Laden, students reactions on campus to his death vary from celebration to suspicion. 

“It is a historic day, 9/11 was an attack that was serious and it’s nice to see the consequences of his actions finally caught up to him, I didn’t even know they were close to capturing him,” Derrick Sugimura,22, physical education major said. 

Most students were happy to hear that bin Laden was killed adding that not only does it boost the spirits of Americans but also helps add support for President Barack Obama. 

“I think it is a good thing considering things aren’t going well in the economy, it is a definite morale boost and it makes the president look good,” Kenji Tomido, 18, business administration major said.

Other students said that bin Laden deserved more of a punishment than what he received, believing he should have been tortured. 

“He was a monster he deserved to die, he was lucky he only got two (gun shots) in the face, I would have smashed his joints with a hammer,” Russell Turmin, 23, Automotive major said. 

Matthew Knight, 19, philosophy major added that he would have liked bin Laden to have been captured earlier. 

“I wish we had caught him when we found Sadam Hussein,” he said.

Even though it has been confirmed that bin Laden is dead some students are skeptical of the news, and disagree with it. 

“I doubt the whole situation, I doubt he’s dead, I just don’t believe, when I first heard about his death I was like ‘yea sure it happened,'” Lea Salgado, 19, nursing major said. 

Salgado is not the only student with doubt. Darren Mitchell, 19, undecided major said that he wants to see evidence of bin Laden’s death. 

“It’s too good to be true, all of sudden they find him,” Mitchell said. 

 Andre Wright, Radiology major is concerned about the backlash from the death of bin Laden, fearing that there could be retaliation. 

“If he’s dead they are going to come here and do something or do something to the troops,” Wright said. 

Although bin Laden is dead, Sugimera acknowledges that this doesn’t mean the threat of terrorism is over. 

“Like Obama said, this doesn’t mark the end, this is a turning point but it yet to be seen what happens next,” Sugimera said.