TO THE EDITOR:
The Department of Public Safety’s attempt to redeem its shoddy reputation should not be made at the expense of a UNC student’s livelihood. Just last year, the DPS failed to alert the campus of an armed robbery in Morrison, though now it has erred on a larger account in revealing the name, age and charges of a UNC student in a University-wide email without even entertaining the notion of this student’s innocence. The line, “The identification of the suspect was a direct result of the Alert Carolina ‘Informational Message’ sent to the campus community yesterday,” smacks of an attention-starved toddler vying for the acknowledgment of his otherwise occupied parents. While the DPS can now proudly receive a gold star, pat itself on the back for a job well done, and shuffle off into obscurity, the accused student in question can only wait in unwarranted infamy for the “All Clear” sirens to sound.
Adriana Pollak
Sophomore
Environmental Science
