Berman argued both the charges, which could merit 20 years each, were blown out of proportion and Gort would not be a threat to the community if she was released before her next hearing.

He claimed she wouldn't have been charged with terrorism for this exact crime 10 years ago and told the judge he had letters from family members and her boyfriend saying how much of an upstanding citizen she was. 

"The only thing she's a threat to is a bathroom stall," Berman said.

He also took issue with the size of the original bond and said her family would be unable to pay.

"I've represented armed robbers who had 10 percent of that... it's the largest I've ever seen," he said.

Church argued against many of the claims Berman brought up and pointed towards a series of previous threats. Church said not only were police investigating the terror threat made before Thanksgiving and another in April, he said there was a third incidence at the Douglas J Aveda Institute in East Lansing police believe she is connected to as well as an unspecified misdemeanor charge.

"This is a young woman who has a history of threatening people... in a very violent way," Church said.

He pointed towards the exact language of each of the threats, also noting she had exams scheduled both dates of the alleged crimes.

In one threat Gort allegedly wrote she would strike at random one third of all the women in the School of Packaging and in the other she wrote "I will blow this place up, tick tock," Church said.

Larkin was ultimately unswayed by the defense, only conceding to lower the price of the bond.

"These are two 20 year felonies which could have shut down the university," she said.

It is unclear if Gort is still a student at MSU and her next appearances in court are schedule for Dec. 18 and Dec. 23.