TO THE EDITOR:
I am writing this letter in response to the article titled, “Behind the Alert: One student’s assault and AlertCarolina’s response." The article discussed the assault that happened to Rose Vigil back in December, and expressed her concerns regarding the AlertCarolina message following the event, and that it may not have portrayed the situation in an accurate manor.
First of all, I would like to say that I appreciate The Daily Tar Heel’s coverage of this issue. However, I would like to suggest that a one time article covering it published over a month after the incident occurred may not have been enough of a response. In fact, my parents were the ones who told me about the discrepancy between the original AlertCarolina message and what actually happened the evening of Dec. 5. They read it in an article that was featured in my hometown newspaper, The Charlotte Observer.
I, nor any of my friends, had heard anything about this issue before they mentioned it to me, but I think that this story should have been much more widely publicized and prevalent in the Tar Hell Community, and I believe this to be a large responsibility of the DTH.
The article published by the DTH was a good reminder of just how vital taking safety precautions is when walking on campus after dark, but I would have appreciated, and still would appreciate, some more thorough follow up coverage of this pressing topic.
Thanks,
Alex Giblin
First-year
Psychology
