Is CMU safe?

By: Amanda Crabtree


One year after the massacre on Virginia Tech, Central Michigan University remembers the tragedy and the impact it has on the safety of all university campuses.

"Higher ed has changed," said Dean of Students Bruce Roscoe. "We have to recognize the vulnerability of our institutions."

In order to make CMU a safer community and extend immediate messages to students, faculty and staff, a communication system has been put in place. With registration, students can sign up to receive text messages in case of school closing and delay as well as other emergencies. This is called the Crisis plan, according to cmich.edu.

The goals of the plan are to protect human, physical and financial assets of the university, respond quickly to immediate threats, among other issues that cause threat to the University in any way.

The plan has a core group and response team. In the event of any crisis these people can come together to make decisions on how to handle it. There is also a checklist in place so the team can look at all aspects of the crisis in order to make the best, informed decision.

"I guess they are trying to make CMU a safer place," said Andrea Fischer, Laingsburg, senior, " but they are not making all students aware of the everything that is going on."

On the front page of the Central Michigan University website there is a button with the CMU preparedness information.

The Virginia Tech Massacre happened took place last year on Monday, April 14, 2007. Seung-Hui Cho killed two students in a dorm room and then entered a classroom and killed 33 more people, including himself.


Edited by: Meredith Mayberry