TO THE EDITOR:
As a representative for all campus residents, the Residence Hall Association takes the gunpoint robbery that happened in Morrison residence hall Monday night very seriously. If residents cannot believe that they are safe in their own place of residence, how can they possibly feel safe on campus at all?
While we realize that the Department of Public Safety was correct in not using Alert Carolina for an isolated case, there should have still been some form of awareness for the residents in that community. How would you feel if you were on your way to get your CCI printing or a Coke from the vending machine and happened to stumble upon an armed robber on the way?
There should have been a way to lock down that particular building or a way to notify the residents of their immediate compromise in safety. We have all of these preventative systems in place, but if we do not use them when they are actually needed what is the point in having these safety measures to begin with?
RHA will continue to work with DPS in hopes of having better communication between their office and campus residents. While RHA hopes that this incident will never happen again, if it does we hope that better steps will be taken to ensure the safety of the Carolina community.
Moni Oyedepo
Internal Affairs Officer
Residence Hall Association
