70 20 1884 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 Elise Ma Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource By Elise Ma Tuesday, April 24, 2007 Since last week&#39;s shootings at Virginia Tech, officials at UCLA&#39;s Student Psychological Services have received many more calls than usual from people reporting concerns about other students. While SPS has set up specific services to address the incident, it is also working to expand its general services in response to research suggesting college students require more mental health assistance than is currently offered. And though SPS offers various services both in person and online, funding remains problematic, and some students said they are unsatisfied with both the quality of the staff and the availability of appointments. "Short-staffed, we try to do what we can and are usually pretty successful in addressing the needs of most students who come in, but it would be easier for the staff here to manage if there were more of us," said Elizabeth Gong-Guy, SPS clinical director. Christina, a first-year English student who asked to be identified by her middle name, said she was dissatisfied with her visit to SPS, specifically noting concerns about the conduct of the psychologist she met with. She said at her appointment she was surprised to be met by a graduate student trainee, who immediately asked, "Do you mind if I record this? I want to study this later." "It really turned me off because it seemed very unprofessional to me," Christina said. "I didn&#39;t want someone who is just 5 years older than me to use my therapy session for practice." The environment made her feel uncomfortable, so she did not return to SPS. Instead, she decided to return to the therapist she went to at home, she said. Gong-Guy said some students prefer one-on-one counseling with graduate student trainees, who are supervised by the professional clinicians on the SPS staff, and that students have the option of requesting a different counselor. "A lot of psychotherapy is about the match between the clinician and client, and sometimes it takes one or two tries to get a good fit," she said. Another concern some students had with SPS is the amount of time they had to wait to get an appointment. Tiger Curran, a second-year communications studies student, said she tried to make an appointment during her freshmen year when she was feeling depressed and homesick, but could not get an appointment for three weeks. "Those things should be taken care of within a reasonable amount of time," she said. "What if I was really suicidal or something? &#39;Come back in two weeks.&#39; Are you kidding me?" Curran said by the time the appointment came around, she was asked to reschedule since SPS could not offer her the original time, though by then she was no longer in her "winter slump." In an effort to make mental health assistance more available to students, SPS has in recent years introduced new services, including walk-in counseling, Gong-Guy said. Since SPS began offering walk-in appointments, the number of students seeking counseling has jumped 30 percent, she added. SPS also offers group counseling, couples counseling, stress clinics, Web resources, online brochures and urgent counseling services including walk-ins and crisis counselors available 24 hours a day via telephone. And after the shootings at Virginia Tech, additional resources have been made available on the SPS Web site, including an online screening to check for symptoms of distress, suggestions for dealing with distress, and a discussion group to be held next week. "An event like this, because it is so tragic and has national, local and personal implications, raises people&#39;s levels of vulnerability. It is important to reach out, and we&#39;re hoping people would come for that," Gong-Guy said. Last quarter, the Undergraduate Students Association Council organized its first Mental Health Awareness Week. One purpose of the week was to remove the stigma from psychological issues, said USAC General Representative Joline Price. "The more students who feel comfortable getting help and knowing they are not alone, the better our campus is as a whole," Price said. She added that she believes extending SPS&#39;s hours could help encourage students to use the services. The University of California has begun diverting more resources toward its campuses&#39; counseling services. In a 2006 student mental health report, the UC Board of Regents said counseling services on its campuses are understaffed and underfunded, even as campuses are seeing an increasing number of students with severe mental health issues. In March 2007, the Board of Regents voted to set aside 43 percent of its revenue from a 7-percent increase of registration fees, accumulating $4.6 million to fund UC mental health services for the 2007-2008 fiscal year. UCLA SPS plans to use the additional funding to increase its staff. "With more clinicians, we could do more of what we need to do. We could reduce the amount of time in between appointments, offer more groups, more services," Gong-Guy said. -- Original Source: <a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/apr/24/health_service_lacking_funds_staff/>The Daily Bruin - April 24, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Daily Bruin Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Health service lacking funds, staff funding issues health services mental health ucla 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 Eli Rosenberg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource <b>Media&#39;s responses to Virginia Tech shootings spur discussion about ethnicity, mental health, violence</b> By Eli Rosenberg Tuesday, May 1, 2007 The issues of ethnicity, mental health, and violence in American society were some of the key topics addressed yesterday at a forum organized in response to the shootings at Virginia Tech. The talk, titled "Media, Ethnicity and Public Response," was sponsored by both Student Psychological Services and the Dashew International Center, and was moderated by Elizabeth Gong-Guy and Bob Erickson, the directors of each organization, respectively. "International students and scholars have great concern about issues of violence in American society, and this event gives them opportunity to participate in the discussion of this issue at UCLA," Erickson said. He said Seung-Hui Cho, who killed 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus on April 16 before taking his own life, was originally reported erroneously to be an international student. A few people expressed surprise that the issue of Cho&#39;s Korean ethnicity was such a focal point of debates that took place after the issue. Gong-Guy described how she was brought to tears after listening to the apology of Cho&#39;s sister on the radio. "(It was) the idea that she was apologizing not for herself or her brother, but for all Koreans and Asians on the whole," Gong-Guy said. The discussion, which covered questions of violence, mental health and racial relations in American culture, highlighted some of the issues brought up in the media after the shootings. Most of the seven participants seemed critical of the media&#39;s handling of the shootings, particularly in the early stages of the crisis. "Media seeks to take the most sensationalized portrayal of issues in this era of 24-hour news," Erickson said. The talk also touched on the changes and debates that UCLA has experienced in the aftermath of the attack. "One of my first reactions is that it could have happened here," Erickson said. The issue of mental health particularly was presented as a problem that affects college campuses nationwide. "When something of this nature happens, it creates a ripple effect across the whole nation," Gong-Guy said. Gong-Guy also spoke about the importance of simple mental health techniques for the prevention of such events. "A lot of our efforts are focused on prevention - training students to use stress training techniques so resilience is higher, getting people to sleep better," Gong-Guy said. Erickson spoke about how the university has tried to come up with a mass communication system to alert students, workers and faculty in the event of such a disaster. Erickson also said universities have a responsibility to shift focus from students&#39; individual accomplishments to social and community involvement. "Maybe we need to look more at community involvement (in admissions)," he said, adding that UCLA&#39;s new holistic admissions process was a step in that direction. The talk, attended by a handful of people, lasted for about an hour. No undergraduate students were in attendance. While the numbers fell short of the organizer&#39;s expectations, a few people saw this lack of attendees as a positive sign. "I&#39;m really happy that there&#39;s not that many people here" because high attendance would have been a sign of grief and anxiety in the student body, said local resident Hsuan-Shiang Wu. -- Original Source: <a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/may/01/forum_current_issues/>The Daily Bruin - May 1, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Forum looks at current issues ethnic identity mental health ucla violence in american society 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 Wafiqah Basrai Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource By Wafiqah Basrai Thursday, May 3, 2007 In response to the recent shootings at Virginia Tech, UC President Robert Dynes addressed the California State Senate Education Committee on Wednesday about giving campuses more flexibility in sharing information on students who officials believe may be threats. Dynes spoke about reforming certain federal privacy laws to allow university officials to share a student&#39;s private information with other school officials and with the student&#39;s parents under certain circumstances. But some students and others are concerned about the implications of opening privacy laws and worry that it can be difficult to determine whether a student is a threat. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act prevents health care facilities from reporting student information to an educational institution, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act limits the ability of university officials to share private information with a student&#39;s family or other organizations. "We would support federal legislative remedies that would more clearly define circumstances for releasing information to parents or that would &#39;hold harmless&#39; universities that, acting in the best interest of the student, release information to parents or guardians," Dynes said. If a university does share information about a student&#39;s behavioral or psychological problems with other organizations, it can currently face potential lawsuits. The U.S. Senate discussed possible reforms to these laws on Monday. Several of the experts at the Senate meeting suggested changing one or both laws to allow for "liability prevention," which would protect colleges and universities. Such protection, Dynes argued, would allow information about a potentially threatening student to be more easily shared within a college&#39;s administration or with local mental health or law-enforcement agencies. But some students said they were concerned about loosening the federal privacy laws. "There would be a lot of room for corruption within that suggestion - people could use the information the wrong way," said Avani Desai, a fourth-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student. "I think it would make it more difficult for students who are not a threat to society," Desai added. Russ Federman, director of Counseling and Psychological Services at the University of Virginia, said in testimony he gave to the Senate on Monday that he recognized the need for patient confidentiality, but also stressed that university officials need to communicate to each other when a student could be a threat. He added that officials cannot share information with other university staff unless the student or others are in "imminent danger." It can be hard for officials to distinguish what is considered "imminent danger," because they can potentially get sued if they share the wrong information, he said. Dynes also spoke about the zero-tolerance weapon policy at all University of California campuses and said campus police have been trained to act in response to an emergency. He also discussed campus-wide emergency-notification systems, which include e-mail messages and hotline numbers. In his testimony, he said he is appointing a Campus Security Task Force composed of university security, student affairs, and legal and emergency-preparedness experts to extensively look into how the campuses can improve security measures. The group will report back to him in 60 days. Dynes said budget constraints have restrained UC campuses from providing quick and frequent mental health services, but said the UC Board of Regents voted last month to increase funding for student mental health services by $4.6 million. Tiffany Rodriguez, a third-year psychology student, said she believes this increase in funding will be good for the UC because many people do not know much about mental health services the campuses offer. "It will give people more access to it," she said. -- Original Source: <a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/may/03/dynes_addresses_privacy_laws/>The Daily Bruin - May 3, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Daily Bruin Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Dynes addresses privacy laws information sharing privacy issues uc president robert dynes ucla 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 Lara Loewenstein Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource <b>Although meditation can help ease stress, it won&#39;t cure what really ails students, society</b> By Lara Loewenstein Thursday, May 3, 2007 Film director David Lynch has the answer to the itching question of how to stop school shootings forever - he&#39;s going to teach 1 million students transcendental meditation. I&#39;m almost waiting for Tom Cruise to announce his plan to convert a second million to Scientology. Transcendental meditation is a practice in which participants sit comfortably with their eyes closed and recite a mantra for 20 minutes, twice a day. Unlike other forms of meditation, TM is not meant to involve any form of concentration or effort other than finding the time to practice it. Courses to learn TM cost about $2,500. It almost sounds like nap time. Expensive nap time. But the David Lynch Foundation wants to teach us. For free. Or rather, they want to fund UCLA to teach us - he&#39;s providing the funds for schools that want to include TM in their curriculum in order to end school violence. All the schools have to do is contact him. Unfortunately, I don&#39;t think UCLA is going to take up the offer. Unfortunate because TM does have some proven benefits - namely, reducing blood pressure and stress. But TM is not proven to stop violence. And honestly, I don&#39;t know what problems Lynch thinks people have that can all be eased with TM. Maybe all his frustrations with film directing can be fixed. But TM isn&#39;t going to put an end to concrete problems college students face such as paying school loans. And it certainly isn&#39;t going to solve mental instability, seemingly the cause of the recent Virginia Tech shooting. But even with all the things TM won&#39;t do, during the Web cast on Tuesday, Lynch, so-called quantum physicist John Hagelin and singer-song writer Donovan gave me an idea of what TM would do. After telling their personal stories about discovering TM, Hagelin described specifically how TM works. According to him, meditation allows the mind to settle inward, causing the brain to be more coherent before finally coming to a sense of unity where you realize we are all part of the same entity. He even provided useful charts - to aid those who aren&#39;t scientifically minded - that detailed how the state of unity in TM is the same as the "unified field of natural laws of nature." My, that&#39;s an eloquent phrase. But besides not knowing exactly what a quantum physicist is, I also don&#39;t know what this unified field has anything to do with any sense of unity I might achieve through meditation. But I&#39;ll give Hagelin points for creativity. After all, he has a Ph.D. from Harvard. According to Hagelin, Lynch and Donovan, it&#39;s this sense of unity that people achieve via TM that will bring about world peace and consequently end school violence. They even stressed how by using their technique we won&#39;t need to debate gun control anymore. Because once everyone knows TM, nobody will want to use a gun even if they have access to one. They&#39;re going to be too busy enjoying their higher consciousness. I love it; it&#39;s so simple and free of politics. And totally fantastical. Not only is TM not going to cure all ills that cause violence, I don&#39;t understand where Lynch, Hagelin and Donovan expect people who are, say, in the process of applying to Harvard to find time to meditate for 40 minutes a day. Still, methods to reduce stress and blood pressure and increase happiness should be studied. But considering how much trouble I have sitting still, I&#39;d like to see some non-pseudo, and unbiasedly authored, studies comparing happiness and stress release related to smoking pot on a daily basis, swing dancing or getting laid. But even with my attention issues, I still want to learn TM. I&#39;m just not paying $2,500. I quickly sent an e-mail to the David Lynch Foundation on Tuesday requesting to be taught. He hasn&#39;t responded yet. I doubt people requesting to learn TM are the ones at risk for becoming gunmen. So I started by teaching myself. But the "how to" for TM is pretty secretive. I suppose they really want that $2,500. I had to settle for plain meditation with a non-unique mantra - "hamsa." So I sat down in a comfortable position and tried it, saying "ham" when I breathed in and "sa" when I breathed out. Hammmm ... saa. I fell asleep after five minutes. And now I don&#39;t have time to do my problem set. Thanks, David. I&#39;m sure meditation works for some people, but I&#39;m going to go back to my nap. -- Original Source:<a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/may/03/mantras_miracles/>The Daily Bruin - May 3, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Mantras can&#39;t make miracles meditation stress management ucla 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 Jackie Barber Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-13 Description An account of the resource <b>University will focus on solving issues involving wages, safety through transition to Gene Block</b> By Jackie Barber Wednesday, May 9, 2007 Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams addressed myriad staff concerns such as Chancellor-elect Gene Block, employee compensation, and campus security on Tuesday afternoon during a staff meeting. About 100 staff members attended the meeting, hosted by Staff Assembly President Shelley Brown. Abrams began his speech by praising the staff&#39;s contributions to UCLA, calling the unique sense of community fostered on campus "a treasure" for such a large university and said he is impressed with Block. "You will find him open, a quick study, and one whose values are all in the right place," Abrams said. "I&#39;m confident he will make a great chancellor." Abrams said the biggest challenge for Block will be "recruitment and retention of both staff and faculty." He cited the high cost of housing in Los Angeles as an obstacle in attracting employees from elsewhere, as potential employees have expressed concern about their ability to afford quality local housing. Each year the university attempts to increase the salaries of its faculty and staff, but these salaries have fallen below market, Abrams said, adding that a long-term goal for the university is to bring salaries back to market value. Raises for the university&#39;s lowest-paid workers is also a current focus, Abrams added. He said the university has been working with the unions toward this goal. Abrams called the salary concern "a work in progress," but said he believes Block is up to the task and is familiar with similar issues because of his experience serving as president of the University of Virginia. UCLA employee compensation is a major concern not only for the UCLA community, but also for the Los Angeles area, said Nicole Moore, lead organizer for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union Local 3299. "Custodians (at UCLA) are paid 25 percent below what community college custodians are paid, and many people here are without a living wage," she said. "We have many concerns about the budgeting process. We want to make sure UCLA is not creating poverty in the Los Angeles community." She said the university must address its role in providing quality jobs and affordable health care. Abrams enlisted Karl Ross, chief of university police, to address campus security in light of the recent Virginia Tech shootings. Ross said there are 61 campus officers, and after the Columbine shootings in 1999, these officers have been trained for active-shooter situations. The department is also "tied into a terrorism early-action task force," Ross said. Ross said a group from the department meets with Student Psychological Services weekly to monitor possible threats. The most likely disaster on campus, though, is an earthquake, Ross said. Abrams pointed to the new Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, which is not yet open, as a positive development this year. "It&#39;s going to be the most technologically advanced hospital in the United States, and possibly the world," he said. Brown read anonymous questions submitted for Abrams by the staff, including a question on the "lingering challenge" of course and space availability. The session also gave Abrams the opportunity to speak about the renovation of Pauley Pavilion, and he said a committee has formed to raise money and make decisions on the project. The building&#39;s name will not change, nor will the basic structure, but the committee has hired a firm to do preliminary designs, which Abrams has seen and called "very exciting," he said. Design ideas include reconstructing the bleachers to create better viewing angles and building a concourse to encase the building. Digging underneath Pauley to build a practice court is also a possibility, though an expensive one, he said. The renovation may be constructed by John Wooden&#39;s 100th birthday in about three years, Abrams said, prompting enthusiastic chatter from the audience. Dinora Duarte, Staff Assembly historian and secretary and an organizer of the event, said though there were no surprises, she was pleased with Abrams&#39; presentation. "Considering he won&#39;t be here after July 31, I thought he had a good grasp on where the university is going," she said. She added she believes the assembly gave the staff a valuable opportunity to hear ideas firsthand from the chancellor. "We actually really look forward to the event," she said of the annual assembly. -- Original Source:<a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/may/09/chancellor_discusses_campus_concerns/> The Daily Bruin - May 9, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Chancellor discusses campus concerns campus security chancellor responds ucla 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 Edward Truong Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-13 Description An account of the resource <i>Community members criticize level of communication during Wednesday&#39;s incident</i> By Edward Truong Friday, May 18, 2007 Some students and staff expressed concern that the university did not communicate quickly enough with the community following Wednesday&#39;s weapon scare in Westwood. But officials said the community was not in danger and so they focused on controlling rumors. L.A. police shut down several blocks in the North Village in response to reports of an armed individual in the area Wednesday afternoon. In the investigation, police found a crossbow rather than a gun, and university officials did not take any formal action on campus. Nancy Greenstein, director of police community services for UCPD, said it was a "self-contained potential incident. ... The police (had) it under control." "There appeared to be no risk to campus or population," she said. But some believe the university should have informed students and staff about the incident sooner. Ruth Tesfamichael, a second-year English student, said she had no real information about what was going on, except she heard rumors from another student that there was a gunman in the area. "Word of mouth spread really quickly," she said. "Everyone was misinformed." She said she hoped the university would have found a way to reach students. "I expected an e-mail (from the university), but didn&#39;t get anything," she said. Nancy Chakravarty, director of admissions for Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School, said she was especially concerned about the lack of communication because parents were calling in to the school with questions and she was able to offer no response. "We had no idea that anything was going on," Chakravarty said. "One of our teachers came up and asked what ... the helicopters (flying around the area) were for." She said her staff was entirely unaware of the situation until concerned parents started contacting the office. "Parents had called and said there had been a shooting on campus." Lawrence Lokman, assistant vice chancellor of University Communications, called the incident a "rumor-control" issue for the university. He said media relations officials spent Wednesday contacting City News Service and other media outlets to correct reports, such as KCBS&#39;s report of a "UCLA Gunman" which was later removed. "We all realize we&#39;re in a fast media environment," he said. "These kinds of things always drive home (a) level of angst. ... (It&#39;s) important not to add to the angst." Greenstein said e-mails were later sent out to various mailing lists or list-servs that went to building coordinators and residence halls. "The e-mail that people are talking about was addressing the rumor control," she said, referring to the list-serv notice at around 4 p.m., after the incident was over. E-mails were not sent out to the entire UCLA community. "One thing (we) want to avoid is over-noticing people. Focus groups (formed after the Virginia Tech shooting) have said if they get too much information or bulletins, they stop looking at them," Greenstein said. "When it&#39;s really important, we&#39;re going to tell you." Chakravarty contacted UCPD and was told there was no shooting and the students were not in danger. There are 435 students who attend the on-campus elementary school, which is the laboratory school of the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, according to the school&#39;s Web site. The school day ends at 2:40 p.m. and students wait to be picked up in the carpool area at 2:45 p.m. The incident was first reported at around 1:30 p.m., according to witnesses, and police re-opened the streets by 3:20 p.m. She said it was good that officials tried to lower people&#39;s anxiety, but believes she should have been notified immediately, even if her school was not at risk. "(It&#39;s) important that we be informed so that we can take action if we need to, and we can allay the fears of the parents," she said. "Parents hear things, they get worried, they call us and they expect us to know." Since the Virginia Tech shooting on April 16, university campuses nationwide have been sensitive to campus safety issues. Greenstein said Wednesday&#39;s incident was not an issue of public safety and was not similar to the events at Virginia Tech. But she added that emergency protocols would have been enacted had the situation been similar to the Virginia Tech shooting. "(They are) totally not comparable situations," she said. Lokman said there are trained officials and processes in place if there had been a more serious incident. He said that depending on the situation, university administrators could choose to use one or more different means of mass communication for safety purposes, such as loudspeakers on police cars, and the campus television station on channel 3 and the emergency radio station, 1630 AM. He said there is also technology in place, created before the Virginia Tech shooting, that would allow the university to instant message the community and override Web sites such as the UCLA home page and MyUCLA. "That is technology we&#39;re evaluating to add to our mix of options," he said. Gabe Rose, Undergraduate Students Association Council president-elect, said university administrators should consider alternative methods of communication. He said since students do not constantly check their e-mails, "(it&#39;s) important to look for other ways to distribute the message. ... E-mail is not effective." Instead, Rose said student leaders and university officials should rethink the current policies to come up with different ways to reach students in case of emergencies, such as a text-message system. "It&#39;s important to not get caught up in the status quo, but to be creative and think harder," he said, adding that students should express their concerns and share ideas with student government leaders on how to make the campus safer. "If you don&#39;t feel safe on campus, that&#39;s a huge problem," he said. Greenstein said it is important to distinguish between rumors and official university notices but said the incident on Wednesday was relatively minor. "(There were) very few people who had issues. ... Many people saw it for what it was worth," Greenstein said. -- Original Source:<a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/may/18/scare_response_scrutinized/>The Daily Bruin - May 18, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Scare response scrutinized security ucla university response weapon scare 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 Editorial Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-13 Description An account of the resource Friday, May 18, 2007 UCLA and university police proved Wednesday that, far from their recent assurances of campus safety, their emergency response does not provide nearly enough immediate notification, leaving the campus unaware of possible danger. Around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, local authorities received reports of an individual in the possession of some sort of weapon - possibly a rifle - in Westwood&#39;s North Village. The reports sent a swarm of Los Angeles Police Department cruisers to the North Village. Cars blocked several streets in an attempt to control traffic and prevent individuals from walking into potentially dangerous areas. About three blocks away, UCLA continued to go about its business as if there were not a care in the world. In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, it is remarkable - and unacceptable - that any immediate danger to the UCLA community was not communicated promptly to the entire campus. Given the recent announcements and assurances made by UCLA officials regarding campus safety, it is natural to think the university would have a short-term plan in place to deal with emergencies until a more comprehensive plan were in effect. Thankfully, the individual was not in possession of a rifle, but rather a crossbow, and no one was injured. But the situation could have been very different - and more dangerous - based on the initial reports. In a recent public meeting, Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams addressed how UCPD has been prepared for active-shooter situations since the 1999 Columbine shootings, so we know the police do have a plan in place. Of course, it is not expected that at the slightest hint of danger UCLA would break out megaphones, sound alarms and call in the National Guard. But to leave the community completely in the dark until more than an hour after the incident is over is simply unacceptable, and the university should be working more vigorously with UCPD to develop a response plan for reports of danger in and around UCLA. As it was, many students, faculty and staff were left completely unaware of the situation unless they were at a computer to check either the UCPD or the Daily Bruin Web site for breaking news updates. By the end of the day, the only notification of the incident sent to any members of the UCLA community came in the form of an e-mail by K.C. Kainsinger, UCPD emergency medical services manager, sent to the Campus Safety listserv at 4:33 p.m., well after the incident had been resolved. One wonders why the one resource available to administrators - a campus-wide mass e-mail - was not utilized earlier to alert students, staff and faculty to the situation, a resource which could kill two birds with one stone by dispelling rumors about the incident simultaneously. In the end, regardless of the endless reasons UCLA officials can provide in order to explain the response - or lack thereof - there is really no excuse. The bottom line is that there was a potentially dangerous situation very near UCLA, in the heart of the off-campus student community, and both UCLA and UCPD did nothing to proactively alert campus community members. This needs to change immediately. It is understandable that a stronger plan for emergency response is in the works, but basic responses, such as campus-wide notification, need to be in place now. -- Original Source:<a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/may/18/editorial-ucla-needs-emergency-notification-system/> The Daily Bruin - May 18, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Daily Bruin Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Editorial: UCLA needs emergency notification system now notification system ucla university response warning system https://www.april16.vtlibraries.net/files/original/what_to_expect_37b9f6d421.pdf null 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/. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Patrick Donohoe Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Patrick Donohoe Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-09 Description An account of the resource My wife (Nina), Katie (son&#39;s fiancee), her friend Rachel and I attended the Candlelight Vigil @ the drillfield after the events of 4/16. We happened to meet w/ some of the Jewish Community (Sue Kurtz, her husband, Alicia Cohen and others) @ Virginia Tech. Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource Candlelight Vigil w/ Jewish Community april 17 candlelight vigil Drillfield jewish https://www.april16.vtlibraries.net/files/original/we will prevail_1edf277733.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-07-12 16:23:29 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. 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 Chad Newswander Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Roger Gupta Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-12 Description An account of the resource Several officers tie the Hokie ribbon on their motorcycles. 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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 Uncredited Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-11 Description An account of the resource The American flag at half mast in honor of the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings. (Uncredited photo) Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Joan Brasher <joan.brasher@vanderbilt.edu> Title A name given to the resource Half Mast Flag on Vanderbilt Lawn flag vanderbilt 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 Gordon Gee Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-11 Description An account of the resource <i>Message to the Vanderbilt community from Chancellor Gordon Gee regarding the April 16 tragedy at Virginia Tech</i> Dear Members of the Vanderbilt Community, Today our support goes out to our colleagues, our peers, our brothers and sisters at Virginia Tech. Words fail to encompass a calamity of such magnitude. At this raw stage, we can offer our attention, our consideration, and our sympathy. We respond with the best part of ourselves. At a moment like this, we want you to know that the Vanderbilt community stands ready to offer help and guidance to all who seek it through the Psychological and Counseling Center (2-2571), the Office of Religious Life and Affiliated Ministries (2-2457), and, for students, your resident adviser, head resident, or assistant director. In addition, All Faiths Chapel on the first floor of the divinity school (below Benton Chapel) will be open Tuesday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. for personal reflection, meditation, and prayer. In light of this incident, we are also evaluating Vanderbilt&#39;s safety and emergency preparedness procedures. Please feel free to share this information with your parents and colleagues as well. Universities empower humans to understand the world by gathering us together in an atmosphere of implicit trust, mature safety, and mutual discussion and exchange. May that power not be shattered or compromised by the horrible and aberrant events of this day. May we, as a community and as individuals, continue to create and support conditions in which acts of violence like these are less likely to arise. Universities are strong of themselves, but we are stronger together. Individuals are strong of themselves, but we are stronger together. Please keep the people of Virginia Tech, and their families, and their friends and all who depend on them and know them, at the front of your minds and your hearts. Cordially, Gordon Gee -- Original Source: <a href=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?search_string=virginia+tech&x=29&y=9&id=34058> Vanderbilt Daily Register - April 17, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Vanderbilt University Daily Register Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Joan Brasher <joan.brasher@vanderbilt.edu> Title A name given to the resource Chancellor responds to Virginia Tech tragedy chancellor message of sympathy vanderbilt 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 Richard Crocker Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-11 Description An account of the resource By Richard Crocker, College Chaplain Friday, April 20, 2007 To the Editor: We mourn the deaths of students and faculty at Virginia Tech ("Virginia Tech gunman kills 32 in bloodbath," April 17). It is appropriate and natural that we should do so. We identify with the victims and their friends and families, because they are like us. They are students and staff at a university in a very pastoral location. Our own sense of security is threatened by this violence. Already, in e-mails and blogs, I am hearing calls for greater college security, ranging from arming campus police to allowing students to arm themselves. Our sense of invulnerability at Dartmouth has, despite some very tragic events, remained rather strong. Last year I attended my son&#39;s graduation from a college in New York City; all guests went through metal detectors and had their belongings examined. This is, of course, a great contrast to the Dartmouth graduation. While I understand that conversations about campus security will inevitably, and perhaps productively, occur, I hope that one important fact does not get ignored: senseless violence is horrible wherever it occurs, whether in Darfur or Israel or Palestine or Iraq. The deaths at Virginia Tech are devastating, but their number is a fraction of those being killed daily in Iraq or Darfur. This does not mean that we should grieve these students&#39; deaths less; rather, it means that we should grieve all violent deaths more. And, unless our grief produces opposition to violence, it is futile. Every life lost at Virginia Tech was precious; the loss is incalculable. But every life lost to violence anywhere is equally precious. Let us remember, and speak. -- Original Source: <a href= http://thedartmouth.com/2007/04/20/opinion/blacksburg/> The Dartmouth - April 20, 2007</a> Reprinted with the permission of The Dartmouth Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource "Edward D. Kalletta III" <publisher@thedartmouth.com> Title A name given to the resource Lessons from Blacksburg antiviolence dartmouth opinion piece https://www.april16.vtlibraries.net/files/original/article-3296-1026_f403000fcd.jpg null 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/. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maggie Goldstein Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-11 Description An account of the resource A participant in Monday night&#39;s vigil ceremony, sporting a Virginia Tech hat, signs a giant card in Collis Cafe. It will be sent to the university Wednesday. Photo: Maggie Goldstein/The Dartmouth Staff Reprinted with the permission of The Dartmouth Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource "Edward D. Kalletta III" <publisher@thedartmouth.com> Title A name given to the resource Dartmouth Responds dartmouth messages 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 Allie Lowe Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-11 Description An account of the resource By Allie Lowe, The Dartmouth Staff April 17, 2007 Braving the rain and wind, approximately 100 members of the Dartmouth community gathered on Collis porch Monday night to recognize the individuals killed in that morning&#39;s shootings at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. The two shootings, the first of which occurred in a dormitory and the second in a classroom building, took place two hours apart and left 32, plus the gunman, dead. The event marks the most deadly shooting in U.S. history. Monday night&#39;s vigil was organized by Haley Morris &#39;08 and Heather Strack &#39;07. Morris first had the idea to plan the event after receiving word of the events in an e-mail sent to her sorority, Sigma Delta. "These are our peers in another institution and I thought that they shouldn&#39;t be alone right now," Morris said. Other campus organizations, including the Tucker Foundation, the Panhellenic Council and several Greek houses, provided funding and support. "This event was really pulled together by an interesting network of Blitzing," Strack said. "In an hour, it was done." At the ceremony, Strack and Morris read excerpts from an e-mail received from Julie Walters Steele of Virginia Tech&#39;s Unions and Student Activities office, thanking Dartmouth for its support. Following a brief moment of silence, the Ladies of Logos, an a cappella group comprised of members of the Gospel Choir, sang to the crowd. "I&#39;m really proud of Dartmouth," RuDee Lipscomb &#39;08, a member of the Ladies of Logos, said. "[This event] restores your faith in the College." After the event, students were invited to sign several large cards which will remain in Collis during the day tomorrow, and then be sent to Virginia Tech on Wednesday. Dean of the College Dan Nelson characterized the administration&#39;s reaction to the event as "one of profound sorrow and shock." "It&#39;s hard to imagine how any community deals with such a shocking, senseless, awful tragedy," Nelson said. Though he emphasized Dartmouth&#39;s safety, Nelson said that no campus can consider itself resistant to all violence. "We&#39;ve all learned in reading newspapers and watching the news over the years that disturbed people can do senseless tragic things everywhere," Nelson said. "This is a relatively safe community, but in our lives none of us are ultimately absolutely protected or immune from something like that." Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone agreed that the event shows that there exists the potential for violence in any community. Giaccone said that the Hanover Police Department&#39;s officers are prepared to respond to events like those that occurred at Virginia Tech on Monday. "Our officers are trained and are equipped to handle a dynamic event when it first starts," Giaccone said. "Although we have access to a SWAT team, putting a SWAT team in operation would be at least an hour&#39;s wait, so the officers that are on duty have to handle the situation, and go where the shots are being heard and try to neutralize it." Giaccone did note one potential obstacle in the Police Department&#39;s response to an emergency. "The College for whatever reason refuses to give police access to the dorms, so if the situation should arise on campus the police may be a little hamstrung in getting in and out of dorms should a situation like that occur." New Hampshire, Giaccone said, has relatively lax gun laws as a result of a strong gun lobby. It is legal in New Hampshire, for example, to carry an exposed firearm, as long as the carrier does not have a felony record. Students wishing to have a gun at Dartmouth are required to store it with Safety and Security. College Proctor and Director of Safety and Security Harry Kinne was unavailable for comment by press time. Throughout the day on Monday, students, faculty, and staff sought to share updates and information about the tragedy. E-mail with news updates circulated around many Greek houses, as well as among other campus organizations. Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority president Abby Reed &#39;08 said that members of her sorority sent out e-mails with updates throughout the day. Members were also encouraged to attend Monday&#39;s vigil. "It obviously came as a big shock," Reed said. "It makes us aware of the dangers that go on at all college campuses, even though we all feel really safe here." Many students were impacted by the parallels between Dartmouth and Virginia Tech. "I&#39;ve never cried watching the news before," Kelly McLaughlin &#39;07 said. "It sounded so much like it could happen here in a way." -- Original Source: <a href=http://thedartmouth.com/2007/04/17/news/virginia/> The Dartmouth - April 17, 2007</a> Reprinted with the permission of The Dartmouth Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource "Edward D. Kalletta III" <publisher@thedartmouth.com> Title A name given to the resource Well-wishers react to Va. shooting dartmouth vigil well wishers 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 Editorial Staff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-11 Description An account of the resource By THE DARTMOUTH EDITORIAL BOARD, Published on Friday, April 20, 2007 There is no easy answer to the question, What could have prevented the Virginia Tech massacre? Perhaps nothing could have been done. However, gun violence occurs every day across America and the ready availability of guns exacerbates the problem. After Ali Abu Kamal shot and killed seven atop the Empire State Building 10 years ago, then-New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani called for Congress to "do more" in monitoring the ownership of guns in this country. It is unfortunate that it takes tragedies of these magnitudes to jumpstart conversation about gun control, but gun control has been an issue long before the events in Blacksburg or Columbine or New York City. It is our hope that the heinous acts of one man on one college campus will awaken college students at Dartmouth and across the country to force this issue to the forefront of the national political arena - and that it stays there. It&#39;s easy to present statistics seemingly demonstrating that the presence of handguns either increases or decreases senseless deaths. One thing is for sure: The debate here hinges on safety and the prevention of violence - not the peripheral goals of hunters and the gun industry. Guns are an unfortunate part of the American tradition. No one can seriously suggest that arming students or classrooms would be valid measures to combat violence. The non-sporting arguments against gun control contend that citizens should have the right to have firearms in their home to protect against intruders. No reasonable individual thinks people should carry weapons around. A rational measure that could help prevent another Virginia Tech massacre would be the institution of more in-depth checks and restrictions on those who want to purchase guns. As for the Dartmouth community, we are in a unique position. Every presidential candidate who is serious about winning the White House will be visiting Dartmouth in the coming months. When they come, we must force them to address gun control. Research candidates&#39; positions. Ask pointed questions. In the wake of the Virginia Tech attack, Giuliani, like many of the candidates, is now hiding behind the Second Amendment, declining to talk about ways to make this country safer. Regardless of where each of us stands, we should make it our duty to put the spotlight on gun control and force the candidates to do so as well. -- Original Source: <a href= http://thedartmouth.com/2007/04/20/opinion/vatech/>The Dartmouth - April 20, 2007</a> Reprinted with the permission of The Dartmouth Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Dartmouth Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource "Edward D. Kalletta III" <publisher@thedartmouth.com> Title A name given to the resource Va. Tech and the N.H. primary dartmouth new hampshire primary politics presidential election 2008 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 Martha Kim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-11 Description An account of the resource By: Martha Kim Issue date: 4/24/07 Section: Letters to the Editor To the editor: As a Korean-American, I am appalled at the media&#39;s focus on the fact that the Virginia Tech killer was a "resident alien" from South Korea, even though he has lived in the U.S. for 15 of his 23 years of life. Had Cho Seung-Hui been born in a Western European country, his nationality would not have been a focal point of the news coverage. I feel that Koreans in America, or even those in Korea, should not feel the need or obligation to apologize for the actions of one man. Cho did not speak or act on behalf of Koreans everywhere, and he most certainly does not represent the attitudes Koreans have. My parents emigrated from Korea and many of my friends are also the children of Korean immigrants, yet none of us feel any desire to repeat what this man has done. So why should the Korean community in America fear a backlash? Should this group feel the need to make amends for a stranger&#39;s actions? As a Virginian, I grieve with the families and peers of the victims. I have many friends who attend Virginia Tech, and I was terrified for their well-being, both physically and psychologically, upon hearing the news. But I did not feel the necessity to apologize for his deeds. Had he been from Kansas, should all residents of Kansas have felt compelled to apologize? Yes, he was a resident alien from Korea who was socially inept and shunned by his classmates, but there are other aspects of his character that should be addressed instead of his ethnicity, such as the fact that he was mentally ill or that he was suicidal. We should be focused on recognizing signals of a troubled person and preparing to handle it appropriately instead of hounding on his race. I felt no shame to be Korean after this incident. Why does the world insist that I must? Martha Kim Class of 2010 -- Original Source:<a href=http://media.www.emorywheel.com/media/storage/paper919/news/2007/04/24/LettersToTheEditor/Korean.Students.Shouldnt.Have.To.Fear.Backlash-2875982.shtml>Emory Wheel - April 24, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Emory Wheel Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource "Christopher H. Megerian" <cmegeri@LearnLink.Emory.Edu> Title A name given to the resource Korean Students Shouldn&#39;t Have to Fear Backlash backlash emory ethnic identities korean 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 Susan McMillan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-11 Description An account of the resource By: Susan McMillan<br /> Issue date: 4/24/07<br /> 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 report directly to University President James W. Wagner. Although the announcement about CEPAR comes close on the heels of last week&#39;s shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, its director, Alexander Isakov, said the timing is coincidental. "What brought this to the foreground was the University&#39;s effort in the fall of 2005 to address the challenges of a pandemic strain of influenza," said Isakov, an associate professor of emergency medicine. The office was recommended by the Avian Influenza Task Force, which evaluated Emory&#39;s ability to respond to a flu pandemic, and it was first officially proposed in January 2006. CEPAR will also work on drawing up plans to deal with natural disasters, campus violence, disease outbreak and other situations. Isakov will assume his new position on May 1, and funding for the office begins Sept. 1, the start of the University&#39;s fiscal year. He said the staff of CEPAR will identify current emergency response plans in place across Emory&#39;s divisions and coordinate them to eliminate duplication. By making planning more efficient and cohesive, Isakov said, the University can ensure more effective responses to catastrophic events. In addition, by bringing together Emory&#39;s emergency planning and response functions, CEPAR will be able to serve as a "central command and control center" in the case of a crisis, Isakov said. Emory also plans to enhance its emergency notification systems with a handful of new technologies, Emory Police Department Chief Craig Watson said. He said the timing of the announcement of the enhancements is also coincidental, since they emerged as recommendations from a task force last fall. "We&#39;ve been working on this for quite a while now," Watson said. One suggestion was a siren and public address system that could be used for inclement weather warnings or voice messages. Another addition would be a computerized paging system that could target key groups, such as building managers, or be used more broadly, like a text-message warning sent to registered cell phones. Less direct notification systems proposed include banners for Emory&#39;s cable TV system and the creation of an AM radio station that could also provide traffic and campus directions when there is no emergency. Watson said funding has been secured for these improvements and that they are expected to be in place by the end of 2007, if not sooner. -- Original Source: <a href=http://media.www.emorywheel.com/media/storage/paper919/news/2007/04/24/News/Administration.Emory.To.Open.Crisis.Office-2876089.shtml> Emory Wheel - April 24, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource "Christopher H. Megerian" <cmegeri@LearnLink.Emory.Edu> Title A name given to the resource Administration: Emory to Open Crisis Office campus security emory 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 Editorial Staff Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-11 Description An account of the resource <strong>Emory&#39;s Campus No Place For Guns</strong><br /> Issue date: 5/1/07<br /> Section: Editorials The recent controversy concerning funding for a College Republicans&#39; trip to a shooting range has brought the issues of gun control and campus safety to the forefront of the Emory discourse. Last Wednesday, College Council denied the College Republicans funding to help pay for a trip to a local shooting range. The College Republicans said they hoped the trip would promote safe and responsible gun handling and ownership. College Council legislators say they withheld the funds due to safety concerns, even going so far as to propose an amendment to the organization&#39;s monetary code prohibiting the use of College Council funds to purchase or rent firearms and ammunition. Generally speaking, we believe College Council should be able to fund activities like a trip to the shooting range. Shooting is a sport recognized by the NCAA, and shooting range sessions monitored by professionals are exceedingly safe. Amending the monetary code to prevent such trips is unwarranted. It&#39;s unfortunate that the shootings at Virginia Tech took place just weeks before the scheduled date for the trip, but given that the College Republicans had been planning this event for quite some time, we don&#39;t believe the shootings are an adequate reason for the trip to be cancelled. Although some could perceive the trip as insensitive, there is still an immense difference between safely firing a gun at a target and using a gun to commit mass murder. If the College Republicans want to take a trip to the shooting range, then they should receive the same support given to any other group. What we cannot condone is the College Republicans&#39; plan to request permission from University President James W. Wagner to carry concealed weapons on campus. This idea was proposed by nationally syndicated radio host Lars Larson on whose show Tittsworth appeared to discuss the Council&#39;s decision to deny funding. Under current Georgia law, it is illegal for a civilian to carry any sort of weapon or explosive compound while on school property. There&#39;s a reason such a law was passed. We understand the need for protection and the value of feeling safe at school, but we do not believe that allowing more guns on campus will help foster the open learning environment we want at the University. Allowing guns on campus would propagate an atmosphere tinged with the spectre of possible violence. This would make us less safe, rather than moreso. The only people who should be allowed guns on campus are those who have gone through rigorous training to become certified in their use and have taken an oath to protect the citizenry - in this case, the Emory Police Department. The College Republicans should realize that by tying the issue of funding from College Council to the ludicrous question of concealed weapons on campus, they are only hurting their prospects of getting that money in the future. Who would want to give money for a shooting range trip to a group that has expressed its desire to carry concealed weapons on campus? As the Second Amendment states, there is a place for guns in our society. The shooting range is one of those places - Emory&#39;s campus is not. -- Original Source: <a href= http://media.www.emorywheel.com/media/storage/paper919/news/2007/05/01/Editorials/Our-Opinion.Gun.Control-2889391.shtml> Emory Wheel - May 1, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource "Christopher H. Megerian" <cmegeri@LearnLink.Emory.Edu> Title A name given to the resource Our Opinion: Gun Control campus security emory gun control