Based on the affidavit, which states that Kim was scheduled to take an exam in Emerson Hall at 9 a.m. on Dec. 16, and on an email sent by Kim over the Quincy House email list on Dec. 14, Kim is thought to have been enrolled in Government 1368: “The Politics of American Education.” Government professor Paul E. Peterson, who teaches the course, declined to comment on the case.

The threat alleged that there were explosives placed in two of four campus buildings: the Science Center, as well as Emerson, Sever, and Thayer halls. All four buildings were evacuated and access to Harvard Yard restricted as local, state, and federal law enforcement swept campus. The evacuations meant that numerous final exams scheduled to take place in the buildings were rescheduled or cancelled.

After a roughly five-hour search, law enforcement officials declared the buildings safe, having found no explosives.

—Staff writer John P. Finnegan can be reached at finnegan@thecrimson.com. Follow him on Twitter @finneganspake.

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction.

CORRECTION: Jan. 14, 2014

An earlier version of this story and the caption of the photo accompanying it incorrectly identified the employment status of the attorney currently representing Eldo Kim ’16. In fact, Allison D. Burroughs is an attorney in private practice not a public defender.