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Letter to the Editor: Eastern should focus on confirmed threats
Issue date: 3/23/09 Section: Opinions
Recent events have shown that Eastern is able to deal with situations that can result in harm of its students.
However, what degree can this be expressed? Recently, a student was removed from Eastern because of his status on Facebook. This does not seem like a very factual claim, considering the fact that some profiles are seen as a joke.
I have made political jokes on my profile by mentioning I was a member of the Communist Party, but that does not necessarily mean it is true, because it's on the Internet, just as the same that television isn't always true.
Also, what about the students that have blocked profiles?
It is unethical to provide "just" punishment for a student when the profile is open to the world, when there could just as easily be a student with worse information in a blocked setting.
However, a positive influence of technology has been the messaging system to protect students from potential harm of outside sources.
Many students are aware that there was an armed robbery on Fourth Street this week, but they knew a few hours after the situation.
Text messages came out two-and-a-half hours after the incident and e-mails came out an hour-and-a-half after the incident.
Personally, I feel if an event is occurring that could put anyone in potential danger - such as a criminal walking around town with a gun - we should know about that well before an hour-and-a-half to two hours.
These are just a couple of aspects that should be attended to in Eastern's protection system. We need to worry more about confirmed threats rather than potential ones.
Jacob Kercheval, senior psychology major
However, what degree can this be expressed? Recently, a student was removed from Eastern because of his status on Facebook. This does not seem like a very factual claim, considering the fact that some profiles are seen as a joke.
I have made political jokes on my profile by mentioning I was a member of the Communist Party, but that does not necessarily mean it is true, because it's on the Internet, just as the same that television isn't always true.
Also, what about the students that have blocked profiles?
It is unethical to provide "just" punishment for a student when the profile is open to the world, when there could just as easily be a student with worse information in a blocked setting.
However, a positive influence of technology has been the messaging system to protect students from potential harm of outside sources.
Many students are aware that there was an armed robbery on Fourth Street this week, but they knew a few hours after the situation.
Text messages came out two-and-a-half hours after the incident and e-mails came out an hour-and-a-half after the incident.
Personally, I feel if an event is occurring that could put anyone in potential danger - such as a criminal walking around town with a gun - we should know about that well before an hour-and-a-half to two hours.
These are just a couple of aspects that should be attended to in Eastern's protection system. We need to worry more about confirmed threats rather than potential ones.
Jacob Kercheval, senior psychology major
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posted 3/23/09 @ 11:13 PM CST
This is one of the dumbest editorials I've ever read on here.
There are so many contradictory statements but this is the most glaring: "It is unethical to provide "just" punishment for a student when the profile is open to the world, when there could just as easily be a student with worse information in a blocked setting. (Continued…)
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