Did you hear?
Posted September 22, 2010 at 3:08 pm in Blogs, Soapbox
On Tuesday, a suspicious envelope was found inside the Hedco Neuroscience building on campus, setting off a flurry of concern that resulted in a swarm of DPS and LAPD presence around the perimeter of the building, including a bomb squad.
In the end, it was revealed that the envelope just contained a magazine and LED device.
However, for about two tense Jack Bauer-esque hours, there was the very real possibility that the situation at hand could have had a much less fortunate result.
As the events were unfolding, there seemed to be two distinct groups on campus: those who were aware of the impending crisis, through word of mouth or DPS’ TrojansAlert system, and those who had no idea that there was a potential scare on campus.
In light of yesterday’s events, we want to know:
How satisfied are you with the methods of emergency communication on campus?
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Very happy with the alerts. I got three, but better safe than sorry.
Satisfied enough: if students don’t sign up for Trojan Alert, what else can USC do? If students are in class and the professor gets an alert, then I think that professor should mention it to the class.