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Bomb threat deemed no hazard
By: Zak Kazzaz
Posted: 4/23/07
Early Friday morning, Duke University Police Department received an anonymous bomb threat for Bell Tower Dormitory and another building, which does not exist.
The threat-received through a telecommunications device…
Posted: 4/23/07
Early Friday morning, Duke University Police Department received an anonymous bomb threat for Bell Tower Dormitory and another building, which does not exist.
The threat-received through a telecommunications device…
Tags: bomb threat, campus security, duke
Council hears Duke safety plans
By: Eugene Wang
Posted: 4/20/07
Executive Vice President Tallman Trask spoke about Duke's emergency response system and Jo Rae Wright, dean of the Graduate School, reported on the future of the school at the Academic Council's meeting…
Posted: 4/20/07
Executive Vice President Tallman Trask spoke about Duke's emergency response system and Jo Rae Wright, dean of the Graduate School, reported on the future of the school at the Academic Council's meeting…
Tags: campus security, community response, duke
Security, Duke response raise some concerns
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…
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…
Tags: campus security, community response, duke
Looking Forward
By David J. Skorton
May 2 2007
I had intended this final column of the academic year to be one mainly of gratitude to my colleagues at The Cornell Daily Sun and to readers of the newspaper for permitting me this space and for the tremendously…
May 2 2007
I had intended this final column of the academic year to be one mainly of gratitude to my colleagues at The Cornell Daily Sun and to readers of the newspaper for permitting me this space and for the tremendously…
Tags: campus security, cornell, mental health
Our Opinion: Gun Control
Emory's Campus No Place For Guns
Issue date: 5/1/07
Section: Editorials
The recent controversy concerning funding for a College Republicans' trip to a shooting range has brought the issues of gun control and campus safety to the…
Issue date: 5/1/07
Section: Editorials
The recent controversy concerning funding for a College Republicans' trip to a shooting range has brought the issues of gun control and campus safety to the…
Tags: campus security, emory, gun control
Administration: Emory to Open Crisis Office
By: Susan McMillan
Issue date: 4/24/07
Section: News
Emory will establish an Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response to coordinate responses to catastrophic events, University officials announced Thursday. The office, CEPAR, will…
Issue date: 4/24/07
Section: News
Emory will establish an Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response to coordinate responses to catastrophic events, University officials announced Thursday. The office, CEPAR, will…
Tags: campus security, emory, university response
Chancellor discusses campus concerns
University will focus on solving issues involving wages, safety through transition to Gene Block
By Jackie Barber
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams addressed myriad staff concerns such as Chancellor-elect Gene Block,…
By Jackie Barber
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams addressed myriad staff concerns such as Chancellor-elect Gene Block,…
Tags: campus security, chancellor responds, ucla
Shootings spur UC to assess security policies
By Blair Socci
Thursday, April 19, 2007
In the aftermath of the shootings that occurred at Virginia Tech earlier this week, the University of California is now re-evaluating its own security policies.
Authorities have been quick to assure the…
Thursday, April 19, 2007
In the aftermath of the shootings that occurred at Virginia Tech earlier this week, the University of California is now re-evaluating its own security policies.
Authorities have been quick to assure the…
Tags: campus security, security policies, ucla
Universities must learn from handling of shooting
UCLA, other schools should take time now to improve their emergency alert systems
By Lara Loewenstein
Thursday, April 19, 2007
There are a few questions that have been circulating with regard to the Virginia Tech shootings. How many lives…
By Lara Loewenstein
Thursday, April 19, 2007
There are a few questions that have been circulating with regard to the Virginia Tech shootings. How many lives…
Letters to the Editor: Self-defense could stop violence
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
The tragic event that took place at Virginia Tech on Monday raises many questions in students' minds: How safe are we? What measures are in place to keep us safe from harm while we're in class, in our dorms, or…
The tragic event that took place at Virginia Tech on Monday raises many questions in students' minds: How safe are we? What measures are in place to keep us safe from harm while we're in class, in our dorms, or…
Tags: campus security, selfdefense, ucla
Letters to the Editor - Shootings shed light on Taser incident
Monday's tragic shooting at Virginia Tech is the kind of event that provokes a nationwide outpouring of support, sympathy and questions - questions about the killer, his motives and what could have been done to prevent 33 students from needlessly…
Tags: campus security, ucla, weapons on campus
Emergency management comes to UNC
By: Elyse McCoy, Staff Writer
Posted: 7/5/07
The University is in the initial stages of development for the Public Information Emergency Response Communication Management System, or PIER, an Internet-based communication tool used to help relay…
Posted: 7/5/07
The University is in the initial stages of development for the Public Information Emergency Response Communication Management System, or PIER, an Internet-based communication tool used to help relay…
Tags: campus security, emergency response, unc
State looks to review
Will examine campus security
By: David Reynolds, Staff Writer
Posted: 4/20/07
In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech tragedy, school systems across the country are discussing new security measures to ensure that such a harrowing event never…
By: David Reynolds, Staff Writer
Posted: 4/20/07
In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech tragedy, school systems across the country are discussing new security measures to ensure that such a harrowing event never…
Tags: campus security, state safety review, unc
UNC to get phone alerts
Text messages can notify police
By: Katy Doll, Staff Writer
Posted: 4/20/07
UNC officials are implementing a phone system that alerts campus police when students are in danger.
Beginning this fall, the University will offer the Rave…
By: Katy Doll, Staff Writer
Posted: 4/20/07
UNC officials are implementing a phone system that alerts campus police when students are in danger.
Beginning this fall, the University will offer the Rave…
Campus security in the wake of Va Tech
By: WSN Staff
Posted: 4/17/07
The shooting yesterday at Virginia Tech was shocking, particularly because of its enormous death toll - 33 students were killed in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history. Our condolences go out to Virginia…
Posted: 4/17/07
The shooting yesterday at Virginia Tech was shocking, particularly because of its enormous death toll - 33 students were killed in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history. Our condolences go out to Virginia…
Campus responds to Va. Tech shootings
By: Sara Dover
Posted: 4/17/07
NYU officials heightened security on campus in wake of yesterday's mass shooting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute that left 33 people dead.
The lone gunman also wounded 29 others before shooting and killing…
Posted: 4/17/07
NYU officials heightened security on campus in wake of yesterday's mass shooting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute that left 33 people dead.
The lone gunman also wounded 29 others before shooting and killing…
Grieving nation copes with tragedy
University reps. meet with BPD to discuss prevention
By: Andrew FitzGerald
Posted: 4/18/07
The day after a Virginia Tech senior shot and killed 32 people on campus and himself, representatives from 19 Boston-area colleges who met at Boston…
By: Andrew FitzGerald
Posted: 4/18/07
The day after a Virginia Tech senior shot and killed 32 people on campus and himself, representatives from 19 Boston-area colleges who met at Boston…
LETTER: Massacre is 'senseless loss'
By: Clarissa Nemeth
Posted: 4/18/07
To me, a college campus is one of the best places to be on earth. A university represents a lot of great things: youth and promise, for starters. A sense of community. A devotion to a life of the mind. Personal…
Posted: 4/18/07
To me, a college campus is one of the best places to be on earth. A university represents a lot of great things: youth and promise, for starters. A sense of community. A devotion to a life of the mind. Personal…
School security proposal shoves aside prevention
By:Anonymous
Posted: 4/27/07
Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones urged April 19 that the Ohio state legislature and Governor Ted Strickland consider drafting a new law that would require armed guards in all of Ohio's schools, colleges and…
MUPD, OPD evaluate emergency response plans
By: Caroline Briggs
Posted: 4/20/07
In the wake of the shooting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute Monday, Miami University's police and administration, along with Oxford Police, are checking Oxford's own ability to respond to such an…
Posted: 4/20/07
In the wake of the shooting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute Monday, Miami University's police and administration, along with Oxford Police, are checking Oxford's own ability to respond to such an…