1 20 8 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Brook Haley Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-19 Description An account of the resource I am writing with some reactions I had to three pieces in the New University of April 30, namely Anam Siddiq&#39;s front-page article on UC Irvine&#39;s vigil for the Virginia Tech community members who died on April 16, their families, and the survivors; Emilie Doolittle&#39;s article on under-funded counseling services at UCI; and Philip Grant&#39;s open letter to Chancellor Michael V. Drake on his message to the UCI community in response to the Virginia Tech events. Grant asks why the chancellor would send a message about 32 dead in Virginia, instead of any number of dead on a given day in Iraq. There is probably no answer, or too many, to that question. I have a different question: Why have the murders of 31 and the suicide of another on a campus in Virginia warranted a campus-wide message and vigil, while the March 30 suicide death by gunshot in a social sciences stairwell of a member of UCI&#39;s own student body goes unmentioned, save a lede in the OC Register and a similar one at the beginning of Doolittle&#39;s article? Did this student&#39;s life mean less than any one of the victims at Virginia Tech? Does the proximity of his death, and his membership in our UCI community, before we get to questions of "our nation," as Grant mentions, not make the event of his suicide perhaps more important, in terms of a public announcement and vigil? We were called upon to cope openly with the Virginia tragedy; is there no need to cope with the death of a fourth-year undergraduate who must have had human connections here—roommates, classmates, professors and friends? Or did the distance and sensationalism that marked the Virginia events call more for a public response than a largely unnoticed nighttime end to a UCI student&#39;s life in a quiet stairwell? I believe that a community response to this young man&#39;s death would do more to remind us of the pressures of university living, and to produce awareness of treatment options, than a response to a series of deaths thousands of miles away. Perhaps his family would benefit, as well. I do not know his name, and perhaps we should not. I mourn for him in some way, nevertheless, and in another way, I mourn for the loss of a memorial from his, our, community—a memorial that would have afforded us a moment to consider some of the values that Chancellor Drake sets out: respect, empathy, appreciation, or at the very least what Vice Chancellor Gómez described at the vigil for others as "stunned sorrow and common grief." Perhaps these can be shown in silence, but can they be shown in ignorance? Brook Haley Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Comparative Literature Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Zachary Gale <newueic@gmail.com> Title A name given to the resource Letter to the Editor: UCI Student&#39;s Suicide Ignored community response suicides university of california - irvine university response Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nick Brennan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-08 Description An account of the resource By: Nick Brennan Posted: 4/18/07 As the country begins the process of healing in the aftermath of Monday morning&#39;s shootings at Virginia Tech, NYU students are showing support for the massacre&#39;s victims. Several student government groups on campus have come together to launch a "White Ribbon Campaign" to show support for the Virginia Tech community and raise awareness about campus violence. The campaign&#39;s organizers said they hope anyone and everyone gets involved. "Our residence halls and our classrooms are our safe havens to think, to speak and just to be," Student Senators Council chair Mansi Patel and 2007 Senior Class Council President Bailey Woolfstead said in a statement. "It is unimaginable that any student face the terror which ensued in those safe spaces this morning." Booths will be set up around campus throughout the week for students to pick up the ribbons. The Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life sent a three-person delegation to Virginia Tech to attend yesterday&#39;s on-campus memorial service and offer support to the school on behalf of the NYU community. Rabbi Yehuda Sarna and Gallatin seniors Nicole Vengrove and Lindsay Katona comprised the group from Bronfman. Around the country, other schools are also showing their support through candlelight vigils and prayer services. Students at Columbia University gathered this morning for a multifaith service. Students at Virginia University, Virginia Tech&#39;s biggest rival, gathered last night for a candlelight vigil. The shooting at Virginia Tech was the deadliest in American history. Thirty-three people were killed, including the gunman who committed suicide. The shooter was identified today as 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui, a senior and English major at Virginia Tech. -- Original Source:<a href=http://www.nyunews.com/media/storage/paper869/news/2007/04/18/News/Nyu-Shows.Virginia.Tech.Victims.Support-2848640.shtml>Washington Square News - April 18, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Washington Square News Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource "Alvin Chang, WSN" <editor@nyunews.com> Title A name given to the resource NYU shows Virginia Tech victims support community response nyu student response support for vt vigil Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jeremy Stern Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-08 Description An account of the resource <b>Outside the Box with the Managing Editor</b> By: Jeremy Stern Posted: 5/7/07 I have been looking forward all year to writing this, my final column. A last hurrah before I graduate. An opportunity to thank all those who have helped me get to where I am today: my professors, parents, wife, God, yadda yadda yadda... But then 27 college students and five of their professors were gunned down in Virginia, and Yeshiva students barely stirred. It took a day and a half before any sort of response took place on either of our undergraduate campuses; two days before a respectable, public commemoration. On Monday morning the blood of 32 victims smeared the walls of dormitories and classrooms at V-Tech. Not until Tuesday night did fewer than two dozen Yeshiva students find it important enough to take twenty minutes out of Night Seder for a prayer rally. I know that people are murdered every day. 104 American soldiers died in Iraq during the month of April alone, and who knows how many tens of thousands are suffering today in Darfur. But the Middle East and Northern Africa are distant, with unfamiliar victims with whom we have difficulty relating. That leaves us with no excuse when the deadliest shooting in U.S. history is perpetrated on an American college campus. How can we explain our silence, when thousands of our peers at NYU, Columbia, Brandeis, and Penn responded within 24 hours with arrangements for candlelight vigils, memorial services, solidarity rallies, and condolence books? If there is one thing that we do well, it&#39;s Tehillim (Psalms) rallies. Why was one not organized for the Main Beit Midrash at 12 p.m. on Tuesday? I was appalled at the lackadaisical response from some student leaders to requests for immediate action. Lest you think urgent coordination was impossible, by 6 p.m. on Monday afternoon - only a few hours after the last bullet was fired - the Yeshiva Security Department sent out a blast email notifying the campus community that, in conjunction with the New York Police Department, precautions were being taken to heighten overall campus security. On the other hand, President Joel&#39;s sincere and eloquent email to the president of Virginia Tech took more than two days before arriving in our Inboxes. (For comparison, 29 ystuds were sent out in the interim.) We are talking about college students and professors. These were not foreign people with aspirations wholly different from our own. At the very least, this tragedy should arouse our concern for our own campus safety. Massacres like this are notorious for copycats who yearn to have their names on the front page of newspapers nationwide, and Yeshiva, as a yeshiva, could be a primary target. But, I expect more from us than self-centered concern. We must empathize because these victims were part of the greater collegiate community. As sensitive human beings, and as sensitized religious Jews, we must feel their pain because of our shared experience. Just as we expect more from Israel than any other country to serve as a safe-haven for Sudan&#39;s refugees who have fled for their lives, we must expect more from ourselves because this tragedy occurred to people who are much like us. If we are not empathetic, then how does that speak of the enhanced morality which our Torah learning is meant to instill within us? Sure, some of us eventually prayed, and a meaningful moment of silence was held at the Town Hall Meeting, but what was our initial instinct? Were we shocked and gripped by pain? Did we stop what we were doing and, perhaps, cry? What explains our anesthetized state? The problem is with our identification, or lack thereof. Because some of us do not view ourselves as members of a "real" university or a "real" college, we fail to identify with the broader community of college students. Yeshiva certainly provides a distinctive undergraduate experience compared with that of other universities, but that dissimilarity makes it no less real. Were we only to appreciate our differences as attributes, would we begin to realize that a world exists, of which we are an integral part, outside of the bubble at 185th and Amsterdam or 34th and Lex. We have a lot to be proud of. When I transferred here from Brandeis five semesters ago, I could not imagine the opportunities which Yeshiva would provide for me. The relationships which I have established with peers and professors, the academic excellence to which I have been exposed, and the enriching environment which has encouraged me to thrive have truly exceeded my expectations. Every Wednesday of the school year for the past four semesters I have led campus tours for prospective students and their parents. I conclude every tour as follows. Since arriving on campus almost four years ago, President Joel has inspired all aspects of the university to no longer subsist on mediocrity but rather to strive for greatness. I consider myself fortunate to attend Yeshiva now and not four years ago, because I have benefited tremendously from President Joel&#39;s initiatives and leadership. However, I am truly jealous of the students who will be here in another four years, because the school will certainly be that much better. I am confident that President Joel&#39;s vision of the big tent will soon materialize, with the student body&#39;s recognition that it cannot stand idly by while blood is spilled on other college campuses. -- Original Source: <a href=http://media.www.yucommentator.com/media/storage/paper652/news/2007/05/07/Editorials/Collegiate.Solidarity-2892422.shtml> The Commentator - May 7, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Zev Eleff <eleff@yu.edu> Title A name given to the resource Collegiate Solidarity community response editorial outreach relating yeshiva university Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sara Hood Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-27 Description An account of the resource The shootings at Virginia Tech on Monday hit too close to home for some students and faculty at both Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools high schools. Many said they worried that several recent graduates of East Chapel Hill and Chapel Hill high schools who now attend Virginia Tech could have been victims, but no alumni are among those reported dead. "There&#39;s great sympathy among our students and concern for graduates from our schools who may have been attending Virginia Tech and to get in contact with the person and make sure they&#39;re safe," said Stephanie Knott, assistant to the superintendent for community relations for the district. Linda Klemmer, counseling department chairwoman at Chapel Hill High, said students and faculty expressed anxiety about alumni. "There was some concern for students that had siblings and friends at Virginia Tech," she said. "I got a sense of sadness and shock," she added, as she described the students&#39; moods in wake of the incident. Her department is open to students who want to talk to someone about the shootings, she said. Owen McDonnell, a freshman at Virginia Tech and graduate of Chapel Hill High, was one of the people those at home worried about. "A lot of people were saying they tried to call me and couldn&#39;t," he said. McDonnell traveled back to Chapel Hill late Tuesday to be with family after Monday&#39;s tragedy struck his campus, but he said he&#39;s eager to get back to the daily grind of classes. "I think it&#39;s important to get back to normal after having a week to grieve," he said. But students at one of the district&#39;s high schools already have experienced gun violence on campus. Last April, William Barrett Foster, then a student at East Chapel Hill High, took social studies teacher Lisa Kukla and student Chelsea Slegal hostage after school. Kukla and Slegal eventually were able to talk to Foster, and they convinced him to shoot out a window instead of killing them. Knott said last year&#39;s incident helped calm students&#39; and faculty&#39;s fears about the possibility that something such as the Virginia Tech incident could happen locally. The hostage incident forced district officials to prepare campuses for anything. "For the most part we made some revisions to security following the hostage situation at East Chapel Hill High School last year," Knott said. "You&#39;ll find in the superintendent&#39;s recommended budget about a $206 ,000 request to fund some new safety projects." Knott said she plans to ask principals to encourage students to wear maroon and orange - Virginia Tech colors - Friday for Orange & Maroon Effect Day to commemorate victims of the tragedy. -- Original Source: <a href=http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2007/04/19/City/High-Schoolers.Still.In.Shock-2851416.shtml>Daily Tar Heel - April 19, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Daily Tar Heel Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kevin Schwartz <kschwartz@unc.edu> Title A name given to the resource High schoolers still in shock community response high school response unc Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anna Lieth Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-06-24 Description An account of the resource <i>200 miles away, Duke students hold vigil, admins offer support</i> By: Anna Lieth Posted: 4/17/07 After violent shootings shook students and administrators on Virginia Tech&#39;s campus Monday, members of the Duke community gathered last night to mourn and come to terms with the tragic events of the day. Just 200 miles southeast of Virginia Tech&#39;s home in Blacksburg, Va., Duke students said the news sent a shock wave through the campus. For some, the shock was followed by fear for friends and loved ones in Virginia, but for others fear was displaced by disbelief and worry that a similar event could take place at the campus they call home. And for one group of students, the natural response to the news was to pray. About 30 students gathered on the steps of the Duke Chapel for an emotional vigil and prayer session for the victims of the shooting, their respective families and the gunman Monday night. "[The vigil is] not just to console people, but also to know that there is a community that is here to support people and that as a community we need to act together," said sophomore Ashley Dunfee, who attended the event. "We have a root that we act from and that ultimately should be the source of what we do and where we&#39;re going." President Richard Brodhead, in a statement released to The Chronicle, recognized the magnitude of the events at Virginia Tech and emphasized efforts the University is making to reach out to members of both the Virginia Tech and Duke communities who were affected by the tragedy. "This is the deadliest campus shooting in United States history and a profoundly sad day for everyone directly affected-and the nation as a whole," Brodhead said. "On behalf of the entire Duke community, I express my condolences to those who are grieving at Virginia Tech. They are enduring a time of unspeakable loss this evening." John Burness, senior vice president for government affairs and public relations, said Brodhead also reached out following news of the event to Charles Steger, Virginia Tech&#39;s president, to offer his sympathies. Brodhead said the University is working to provide support for students on Duke&#39;s campus who have been personally affected. "Student Affairs is in the process of trying to identify every Duke student with Virginia Tech connections and to make personal contact and to offer counseling," he said. "Our Religious Life staff is also available for counseling and the Duke Chapel will be open as always for those who wish to seek a quiet place to reflect." The Duke Chapel and the Duke Religious Life staff have organized an interfaith prayer vigil to be held on the Chapel steps at 2 p.m. today. "This vigil is a small gesture at being in solidarity with those in Blacksburg," Craig Kocher, assistant dean of the Chapel and director of religious life, wrote in an e-mail to the student body last night. Kocher said the vigil will include a time of silence followed by prayer and a bell toll for each person who died yesterday and will conclude with an open session for students to speak about the experience. Virginia Tech will be hosting a similar event on its campus simultaneously, Kocher said. -- Original Source: <a href=http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/04/17/News/32.Killed.In.Virginia.Tech.Massacre-2846222.shtml> Duke Chronicle - April 17, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Duke Chronicle Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource David Graham <david.graham@duke.edu> Title A name given to the resource 32 killed in Virginia Tech massacre community response duke university response vigil Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kristen Davis Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-06-24 Description An account of the resource <i>2 days later, campus still rattled by tragedy</i> By: Kristen Davis Posted: 4/18/07 More than a hundred students, faculty and administrators bowed their heads in silence at 2 p.m. Tuesday, as the Duke Chapel bell tolled 33 times-once for each casualty of the Virginia Tech shootings. The interfaith vigil-which was organized by Craig Kocher, assistant dean of the Chapel and director of religious life-was held at the same time as a memorial service in Blacksburg, Va., to display solidarity between Virginia Tech and Duke. In his reflection, Dean of the Chapel Samuel Wells spoke about the "fragile beauty" of human life and prayed for all those affected by the tragedy. A Buddhist chant of compassion was offered, and Carlisle Harvard, director of the International House, urged students to be sympathetic to Korean students&#39; possible anxiety over the ethnicity of the shooter, who was identified Tuesday. Many Duke students-including some of the more than 500 undergraduates and graduates who call Virginia home-said that in the past two days they have felt the effects of the tragedy in a variety of ways. "Being at Duke, we usually don&#39;t have time to deal with personal issues, so it was good to have time to release and vent and have a moment of silence," said Tiffany Scott, a senior from Virginia who added that she was relieved to learn that none of her friends at Virginia Tech had been hurt. Alan Combs, a third-year Divinity School student who is also from Virginia, said his brother-in-law, a freshman at Virginia Tech, used his cell phone to take one of the pictures that appeared on CNN.com. Combs&#39; brother-in-law was not injured in the shootings, but at least one of his friends was killed. Combs, along with several other students, said the events encouraged deeper self-reflection. "[The massacre] reminds everyone of the contingency of our lives, which is not necessarily something to be fearful of, but more of a reminder that I don&#39;t control my own life," Combs said. Many students also said that although they have made an effort to keep updated with news of the incident, they do not approve of the media&#39;s coverage of it. "I tried to avoid watching the television because instead of acknowledging the tragedy, they spend time specifying motives and who&#39;s to blame," Combs said. Students have used Internet technology, however, to broadcast their support for their fellow college students at Virginia Tech. The Facebook group "We Love You, Virginia Tech (Dukies in Support of Techies on a terrible day)" had 144 members as of Tuesday night, and many students have changed their Facebook profile pictures to a black ribbon with the maroon Virginia Tech insignia. "A lot of schools are creating their own logos [with their mascots] for support," junior Nick Pardo said. "&#39;Today we are all Hokies.&#39;" -- Original Source: <a href=http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/04/18/News/Distraught.Duke.Asks.Questions-2849464.shtml> Duke Chronicle - April 18, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource David Graham <david.graham@duke.edu> Title A name given to the resource Distraught, Duke asks questions community response duke grief Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sara Hood Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-06-24 Description An account of the resource By: Zak Kazzaz Posted: 4/18/07 Two days after the Monday massacre at Virginia Tech, students nationwide remained on edge Tuesday as more details of the tragedy emerged and additional security threats occurred on several other college campuses. A bomb threat at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Monday, just hours after the Virginia Tech shootings, caused university officials to evacuate two buildings there. Another threat received Tuesday at St. Edward&#39;s University in Austin, Texas, prompted the university to evacuate buildings and dormitories and cancel the entire day&#39;s classes. Although many Duke students said they are not worried about a similar catastrophe in Durham, several said that there are safety concerns for which the University cannot account. "What terrifies me, and what I&#39;m sure terrifies most people, is that it was random," freshman Kate Van Buskirk said. "He just went in and started killing people." Some parents of Duke students also said they have been gripped by fear and anxiety regarding the issue. "I don&#39;t know what can happen or what can be done," said Ruth Azimi, parent of a Duke freshman and a Virginia resident. "On campus, everybody can get in, nobody asks for IDs, and now that&#39;s kind of scary." John Burness, senior vice president for government affairs and public relations, said Duke is currently evaluating all of its security and response practices. He added that the University is considering a system that can send out a mass text message to all students in case of an emergency. "Let&#39;s remind people what&#39;s going on, and dust [the emergency systems] off, and make sure they still work," Burness said. Junior Paul Slattery, the incoming president of Duke Student Government, said that text messages, however, might not fully address the issue. "What if a student doesn&#39;t have service or doesn&#39;t have their cell phone?" Slattery said. The shooter&#39;s student status at Virginia Tech makes such an incident very hard to predict since universities place trust in their students, Burness said. "Universities tend to be open places," he said. "With the tragedy at Virginia Tech, it wasn&#39;t an individual from the outside, it was somebody from the inside. I think our folks have planned for the best they can, but you can never plan for everything." Students said the main concern raised by recent events is the communication between the administration and Duke community. Several students also said they had been unhappy with Duke&#39;s lack of an immediate response to the situation. President Richard Brodhead released a response to The Chronicle Monday night but chose not to send an e-mail to the entire community, Burness said. Nearby ACC colleges, such as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University, placed their administrators&#39; responses to the shooting on the homepages of their websites. Although Brodhead&#39;s response was posted on Duke&#39;s website, it was not displayed on the homepage. Burness said the statement was released late in the day Monday because the information about Tuesday&#39;s vigil service had not yet been finalized. He added that the administration thought The Chronicle was the best outlet through which to reach students about the day&#39;s tragedy. "I would have liked an e-mail to be sent out, given that we&#39;re in such close proximity and there&#39;s a lot of overlap of friends," Van Buskirk said. "People just had access to the news, and personally I had so much conflicting information." Some parents also said an e-mail should have been sent to both students and parents. "Right now, I think unity is very important," Azimi said. "We have to realize that being together in this moment means a lot to everyone. An expression extending that through to the parents would have been very nice." Brodhead&#39;s statement said the Office of Student Affairs would contact students with connections to Virginia Tech. Burness added that Resident Assistants would contribute to this process, ensuring that students are aware of the counseling services available to them. The majority of students interviewed by The Chronicle, however, said neither group had contacted them. -- Original Source: <a href=http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/04/18/News/Security.Duke.Response.Raise.Some.Concerns-2849465.shtml> Duke Chronicle - April 18, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Duke Chronicle Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource David Graham <david.graham@duke.edu> Title A name given to the resource Security, Duke response raise some concerns campus security community response duke Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Eugene Wang Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-06-24 Description An account of the resource By: Eugene Wang Posted: 4/20/07 Executive Vice President Tallman Trask spoke about Duke&#39;s emergency response system and Jo Rae Wright, dean of the Graduate School, reported on the future of the school at the Academic Council&#39;s meeting Thursday. Paul Haagen, chair of the council and professor of law, said he asked Trask to speak about Duke&#39;s preparation for "extraordinary safety-related events," in light of the massacre at Virginia Tech Monday. Duke has the plans, equipment and notification systems in place to respond to emergencies, Trask said. He added, however, that a response system alone may not have been able to prevent the tragedy. "In the current circumstances, I can assure you we have taken all prudent preparatory steps to deal with the circumstances," Trask said. He added it is impossible for the University to notify everyone instantly in the case of an emergency. "We don&#39;t know of any communication systems that can get a message to 27,000 people in three minutes," Trask said. He also noted that although the electronic door locks can be instantly disabled, there is no way of instantaneously restricting entry to Duke&#39;s campus. "We don&#39;t even control access to our campus... there are almost 20 different roads anyone could ride down to get into Duke," Trask said. Some members asked why no mass message was sent to the students and their parents after the massacre at Virginia Tech. "We deliberately decided not to send a message to all parents... because none of us really know what to say, none of us know the facts," Trask said. Council members also discussed if Counseling and Psychological Services has the capacity and strategies to deal with students&#39; mental health issues. "We need to be clearer in instructions about what faculty can and cannot do," Trask said. The council also listened to a presentation by Wright on the "strategic plan" for the Graduate School and the state of the school&#39;s finances. She said her goals for the future are like a "three-legged stool"-to recruit, retain and train the "best and most successful students." She said the school must improve its financial support packages, including health insurance, stipends and summer research awards, if it hopes to attract talented graduate students. "Having outstanding graduate students is critical to getting outstanding faculty," Wright said. "If we aren&#39;t willing to make that commitment as an institution, then we&#39;re in the wrong business." She said her priorities for the Graduate School next year include recruiting underrepresented minorities, planning the Graduate Student Center and evaluating teaching assistant training programs. Wright added, however, that the funds to implement these priorities are still uncertain. -- Original Source: <a href=http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/04/20/News/Council.Hears.Duke.Safety.Plans-2871367.shtml>Duke Chronicle - April 20, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource David Graham <david.graham@duke.edu> Title A name given to the resource Council hears Duke safety plans campus security community response duke