26 20 1884 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lara Loewenstein Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource <b>Although meditation can help ease stress, it won&#39;t cure what really ails students, society</b> By Lara Loewenstein Thursday, May 3, 2007 Film director David Lynch has the answer to the itching question of how to stop school shootings forever - he&#39;s going to teach 1 million students transcendental meditation. I&#39;m almost waiting for Tom Cruise to announce his plan to convert a second million to Scientology. Transcendental meditation is a practice in which participants sit comfortably with their eyes closed and recite a mantra for 20 minutes, twice a day. Unlike other forms of meditation, TM is not meant to involve any form of concentration or effort other than finding the time to practice it. Courses to learn TM cost about $2,500. It almost sounds like nap time. Expensive nap time. But the David Lynch Foundation wants to teach us. For free. Or rather, they want to fund UCLA to teach us - he&#39;s providing the funds for schools that want to include TM in their curriculum in order to end school violence. All the schools have to do is contact him. Unfortunately, I don&#39;t think UCLA is going to take up the offer. Unfortunate because TM does have some proven benefits - namely, reducing blood pressure and stress. But TM is not proven to stop violence. And honestly, I don&#39;t know what problems Lynch thinks people have that can all be eased with TM. Maybe all his frustrations with film directing can be fixed. But TM isn&#39;t going to put an end to concrete problems college students face such as paying school loans. And it certainly isn&#39;t going to solve mental instability, seemingly the cause of the recent Virginia Tech shooting. But even with all the things TM won&#39;t do, during the Web cast on Tuesday, Lynch, so-called quantum physicist John Hagelin and singer-song writer Donovan gave me an idea of what TM would do. After telling their personal stories about discovering TM, Hagelin described specifically how TM works. According to him, meditation allows the mind to settle inward, causing the brain to be more coherent before finally coming to a sense of unity where you realize we are all part of the same entity. He even provided useful charts - to aid those who aren&#39;t scientifically minded - that detailed how the state of unity in TM is the same as the "unified field of natural laws of nature." My, that&#39;s an eloquent phrase. But besides not knowing exactly what a quantum physicist is, I also don&#39;t know what this unified field has anything to do with any sense of unity I might achieve through meditation. But I&#39;ll give Hagelin points for creativity. After all, he has a Ph.D. from Harvard. According to Hagelin, Lynch and Donovan, it&#39;s this sense of unity that people achieve via TM that will bring about world peace and consequently end school violence. They even stressed how by using their technique we won&#39;t need to debate gun control anymore. Because once everyone knows TM, nobody will want to use a gun even if they have access to one. They&#39;re going to be too busy enjoying their higher consciousness. I love it; it&#39;s so simple and free of politics. And totally fantastical. Not only is TM not going to cure all ills that cause violence, I don&#39;t understand where Lynch, Hagelin and Donovan expect people who are, say, in the process of applying to Harvard to find time to meditate for 40 minutes a day. Still, methods to reduce stress and blood pressure and increase happiness should be studied. But considering how much trouble I have sitting still, I&#39;d like to see some non-pseudo, and unbiasedly authored, studies comparing happiness and stress release related to smoking pot on a daily basis, swing dancing or getting laid. But even with my attention issues, I still want to learn TM. I&#39;m just not paying $2,500. I quickly sent an e-mail to the David Lynch Foundation on Tuesday requesting to be taught. He hasn&#39;t responded yet. I doubt people requesting to learn TM are the ones at risk for becoming gunmen. So I started by teaching myself. But the "how to" for TM is pretty secretive. I suppose they really want that $2,500. I had to settle for plain meditation with a non-unique mantra - "hamsa." So I sat down in a comfortable position and tried it, saying "ham" when I breathed in and "sa" when I breathed out. Hammmm ... saa. I fell asleep after five minutes. And now I don&#39;t have time to do my problem set. Thanks, David. I&#39;m sure meditation works for some people, but I&#39;m going to go back to my nap. -- Original Source:<a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/may/03/mantras_miracles/>The Daily Bruin - May 3, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Mantras can&#39;t make miracles meditation stress management ucla Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wafiqah Basrai Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource By Wafiqah Basrai Thursday, May 3, 2007 In response to the recent shootings at Virginia Tech, UC President Robert Dynes addressed the California State Senate Education Committee on Wednesday about giving campuses more flexibility in sharing information on students who officials believe may be threats. Dynes spoke about reforming certain federal privacy laws to allow university officials to share a student&#39;s private information with other school officials and with the student&#39;s parents under certain circumstances. But some students and others are concerned about the implications of opening privacy laws and worry that it can be difficult to determine whether a student is a threat. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act prevents health care facilities from reporting student information to an educational institution, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act limits the ability of university officials to share private information with a student&#39;s family or other organizations. "We would support federal legislative remedies that would more clearly define circumstances for releasing information to parents or that would &#39;hold harmless&#39; universities that, acting in the best interest of the student, release information to parents or guardians," Dynes said. If a university does share information about a student&#39;s behavioral or psychological problems with other organizations, it can currently face potential lawsuits. The U.S. Senate discussed possible reforms to these laws on Monday. Several of the experts at the Senate meeting suggested changing one or both laws to allow for "liability prevention," which would protect colleges and universities. Such protection, Dynes argued, would allow information about a potentially threatening student to be more easily shared within a college&#39;s administration or with local mental health or law-enforcement agencies. But some students said they were concerned about loosening the federal privacy laws. "There would be a lot of room for corruption within that suggestion - people could use the information the wrong way," said Avani Desai, a fourth-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student. "I think it would make it more difficult for students who are not a threat to society," Desai added. Russ Federman, director of Counseling and Psychological Services at the University of Virginia, said in testimony he gave to the Senate on Monday that he recognized the need for patient confidentiality, but also stressed that university officials need to communicate to each other when a student could be a threat. He added that officials cannot share information with other university staff unless the student or others are in "imminent danger." It can be hard for officials to distinguish what is considered "imminent danger," because they can potentially get sued if they share the wrong information, he said. Dynes also spoke about the zero-tolerance weapon policy at all University of California campuses and said campus police have been trained to act in response to an emergency. He also discussed campus-wide emergency-notification systems, which include e-mail messages and hotline numbers. In his testimony, he said he is appointing a Campus Security Task Force composed of university security, student affairs, and legal and emergency-preparedness experts to extensively look into how the campuses can improve security measures. The group will report back to him in 60 days. Dynes said budget constraints have restrained UC campuses from providing quick and frequent mental health services, but said the UC Board of Regents voted last month to increase funding for student mental health services by $4.6 million. Tiffany Rodriguez, a third-year psychology student, said she believes this increase in funding will be good for the UC because many people do not know much about mental health services the campuses offer. "It will give people more access to it," she said. -- Original Source: <a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/may/03/dynes_addresses_privacy_laws/>The Daily Bruin - May 3, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Daily Bruin Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Dynes addresses privacy laws information sharing privacy issues uc president robert dynes ucla Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Eli Rosenberg Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource <b>Media&#39;s responses to Virginia Tech shootings spur discussion about ethnicity, mental health, violence</b> By Eli Rosenberg Tuesday, May 1, 2007 The issues of ethnicity, mental health, and violence in American society were some of the key topics addressed yesterday at a forum organized in response to the shootings at Virginia Tech. The talk, titled "Media, Ethnicity and Public Response," was sponsored by both Student Psychological Services and the Dashew International Center, and was moderated by Elizabeth Gong-Guy and Bob Erickson, the directors of each organization, respectively. "International students and scholars have great concern about issues of violence in American society, and this event gives them opportunity to participate in the discussion of this issue at UCLA," Erickson said. He said Seung-Hui Cho, who killed 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus on April 16 before taking his own life, was originally reported erroneously to be an international student. A few people expressed surprise that the issue of Cho&#39;s Korean ethnicity was such a focal point of debates that took place after the issue. Gong-Guy described how she was brought to tears after listening to the apology of Cho&#39;s sister on the radio. "(It was) the idea that she was apologizing not for herself or her brother, but for all Koreans and Asians on the whole," Gong-Guy said. The discussion, which covered questions of violence, mental health and racial relations in American culture, highlighted some of the issues brought up in the media after the shootings. Most of the seven participants seemed critical of the media&#39;s handling of the shootings, particularly in the early stages of the crisis. "Media seeks to take the most sensationalized portrayal of issues in this era of 24-hour news," Erickson said. The talk also touched on the changes and debates that UCLA has experienced in the aftermath of the attack. "One of my first reactions is that it could have happened here," Erickson said. The issue of mental health particularly was presented as a problem that affects college campuses nationwide. "When something of this nature happens, it creates a ripple effect across the whole nation," Gong-Guy said. Gong-Guy also spoke about the importance of simple mental health techniques for the prevention of such events. "A lot of our efforts are focused on prevention - training students to use stress training techniques so resilience is higher, getting people to sleep better," Gong-Guy said. Erickson spoke about how the university has tried to come up with a mass communication system to alert students, workers and faculty in the event of such a disaster. Erickson also said universities have a responsibility to shift focus from students&#39; individual accomplishments to social and community involvement. "Maybe we need to look more at community involvement (in admissions)," he said, adding that UCLA&#39;s new holistic admissions process was a step in that direction. The talk, attended by a handful of people, lasted for about an hour. No undergraduate students were in attendance. While the numbers fell short of the organizer&#39;s expectations, a few people saw this lack of attendees as a positive sign. "I&#39;m really happy that there&#39;s not that many people here" because high attendance would have been a sign of grief and anxiety in the student body, said local resident Hsuan-Shiang Wu. -- Original Source: <a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/may/01/forum_current_issues/>The Daily Bruin - May 1, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Forum looks at current issues ethnic identity mental health ucla violence in american society Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elise Ma Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource By Elise Ma Tuesday, April 24, 2007 Since last week&#39;s shootings at Virginia Tech, officials at UCLA&#39;s Student Psychological Services have received many more calls than usual from people reporting concerns about other students. While SPS has set up specific services to address the incident, it is also working to expand its general services in response to research suggesting college students require more mental health assistance than is currently offered. And though SPS offers various services both in person and online, funding remains problematic, and some students said they are unsatisfied with both the quality of the staff and the availability of appointments. "Short-staffed, we try to do what we can and are usually pretty successful in addressing the needs of most students who come in, but it would be easier for the staff here to manage if there were more of us," said Elizabeth Gong-Guy, SPS clinical director. Christina, a first-year English student who asked to be identified by her middle name, said she was dissatisfied with her visit to SPS, specifically noting concerns about the conduct of the psychologist she met with. She said at her appointment she was surprised to be met by a graduate student trainee, who immediately asked, "Do you mind if I record this? I want to study this later." "It really turned me off because it seemed very unprofessional to me," Christina said. "I didn&#39;t want someone who is just 5 years older than me to use my therapy session for practice." The environment made her feel uncomfortable, so she did not return to SPS. Instead, she decided to return to the therapist she went to at home, she said. Gong-Guy said some students prefer one-on-one counseling with graduate student trainees, who are supervised by the professional clinicians on the SPS staff, and that students have the option of requesting a different counselor. "A lot of psychotherapy is about the match between the clinician and client, and sometimes it takes one or two tries to get a good fit," she said. Another concern some students had with SPS is the amount of time they had to wait to get an appointment. Tiger Curran, a second-year communications studies student, said she tried to make an appointment during her freshmen year when she was feeling depressed and homesick, but could not get an appointment for three weeks. "Those things should be taken care of within a reasonable amount of time," she said. "What if I was really suicidal or something? &#39;Come back in two weeks.&#39; Are you kidding me?" Curran said by the time the appointment came around, she was asked to reschedule since SPS could not offer her the original time, though by then she was no longer in her "winter slump." In an effort to make mental health assistance more available to students, SPS has in recent years introduced new services, including walk-in counseling, Gong-Guy said. Since SPS began offering walk-in appointments, the number of students seeking counseling has jumped 30 percent, she added. SPS also offers group counseling, couples counseling, stress clinics, Web resources, online brochures and urgent counseling services including walk-ins and crisis counselors available 24 hours a day via telephone. And after the shootings at Virginia Tech, additional resources have been made available on the SPS Web site, including an online screening to check for symptoms of distress, suggestions for dealing with distress, and a discussion group to be held next week. "An event like this, because it is so tragic and has national, local and personal implications, raises people&#39;s levels of vulnerability. It is important to reach out, and we&#39;re hoping people would come for that," Gong-Guy said. Last quarter, the Undergraduate Students Association Council organized its first Mental Health Awareness Week. One purpose of the week was to remove the stigma from psychological issues, said USAC General Representative Joline Price. "The more students who feel comfortable getting help and knowing they are not alone, the better our campus is as a whole," Price said. She added that she believes extending SPS&#39;s hours could help encourage students to use the services. The University of California has begun diverting more resources toward its campuses&#39; counseling services. In a 2006 student mental health report, the UC Board of Regents said counseling services on its campuses are understaffed and underfunded, even as campuses are seeing an increasing number of students with severe mental health issues. In March 2007, the Board of Regents voted to set aside 43 percent of its revenue from a 7-percent increase of registration fees, accumulating $4.6 million to fund UC mental health services for the 2007-2008 fiscal year. UCLA SPS plans to use the additional funding to increase its staff. "With more clinicians, we could do more of what we need to do. We could reduce the amount of time in between appointments, offer more groups, more services," Gong-Guy said. -- Original Source: <a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/apr/24/health_service_lacking_funds_staff/>The Daily Bruin - April 24, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Daily Bruin Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Health service lacking funds, staff funding issues health services mental health ucla Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mark Humphrey Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource By Mark Humphrey Monday, April 23, 2007 It&#39;s no secret that the news media exercises bad judgment at times. Granted, we, as journalists, try to make informed decisions about what to cover and how. For example, during summer training at the Daily Bruin, we did a news-judgment exercise involving an actual story. The story was about a baby who had been murdered by her father, and the story also highlighted how a welfare program had failed the family. The issue was whether to run a photo of a coroner holding a bag that had the baby&#39;s body in it - was the photo just simply shocking, or did it further the purpose of the story? We ultimately decided we would run the photo. Our reasoning was that the photo, while shocking and potentially in poor taste, further hammered home the main point of the story - how social programs had failed this family so terribly. Judging by the mainstream media&#39;s recent coverage of certain events, I think many journalists would do well to take part in this same exercise. In the past few weeks we&#39;ve been bombarded by three stories. First came radio douche bag Don Imus&#39; derogatory remarks about the Rutgers women&#39;s basketball team. Then came NBC&#39;s decision to broadcast Virginia Tech killer Cho Seung-Hui&#39;s videotaped rantings. Finally, there came Alec Baldwin&#39;s disturbing phone message to his daughter. Aside from showing the ugly side of humanity, these stories have one thing in common: They were all covered in a misguided fashion. With Imus, people were right to be up in arms. He defamed a group of talented young women at what was supposed to be their finest moment. Unfortunately, this story got hammered into the ground, filling the airwaves at every single second of the day. Why was this a problem? Because of media hypocrisy. One of the main reasons the media gave for covering this so relentlessly was to right Imus&#39; wrong: defaming a group of women because of what he thought of their physical appearance. Yet, by covering this so excessively, Imus&#39; comments have been replayed so many times it&#39;s gotten to the point where some would associate the Rutgers women less with basketball and more with Imus. It doesn&#39;t matter how untrue his remarks are, as the Rutgers women have almost solely been associated with Don Imus since their season ended because of the media firestorm. Then there&#39;s Alec Baldwin&#39;s voice-mail tirade, where he refers to his 11-year-old daughter as a "thoughtless little pig" and vows to "straighten (her) out." Once again, media hypocrisy rears its ugly head. Ironically, so much has been said about the well-being of Baldwin&#39;s daughter while the real issue has gone ignored. Namely, how well does it serve Baldwin&#39;s daughter to not only hear her parents&#39; dirty laundry aired in public, but also to hear the phone message repeated on television? Wouldn&#39;t most sane people say that divorce hurts children, and that the more public the divorce, the more negative the effect on the child? Bad news judgment reached its zenith with NBC&#39;s decision to air videos made by Virginia Tech killer Cho Seung-Hui. Naturally, the videos are all over YouTube. Not only was the decision to air these videos in poor taste, but it didn&#39;t serve any purpose from a news standpoint. These videos added no new information and, more importantly, gave Cho exactly what he wanted: attention. Cho died, but NBC&#39;s airing of his videos got his message out to everyone. In journalism, as much as some hate to admit it, the bottom line is still the bottom line. NBC aired these videos to get a jump on the competition, just like every news outlet jumped on them immediately afterward. Anyone who&#39;s shocked when the media does something sensational is hopelessly naive. If it bleeds, it leads and, more importantly, makes money. When the media covers stories like this, it often claims moral superiority. It proclaims outrage and to know what is best for everyone. But if the way these situations have played out is any indication, it&#39;s clear that much of the time, the media doesn&#39;t have a clue. While I&#39;m often disgusted by what gets covered and how, I can&#39;t begrudge the news media for making a living. But if they&#39;re going to proclaim they know what is best for everyone, they should think about who their coverage is really hurting first. -- Original Source:<a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/apr/23/imedia_doesnt_always_know_besti/>The Daily Bruin - April 23, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Media doesn&#39;t always know best media response tragedy response ucla Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Carolyn McGough, Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource By Carolyn McGough Friday, April 20, 2007 Tears rolled down many UCLA community members&#39; faces in De Neve Plaza on Thursday night, as hundreds gathered to honor the memory of the victims of the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech. Following Monday morning&#39;s shootings - in which 33 were killed, including professors and students - a vigil was planned by the Office of Residential Life and the Undergraduate Students Association Council. Five hundred tea candles were distributed before the somber ceremony began, but there still were not enough for each person in the huge crowd that gathered, said USAC President Marwa Kaisey. Kaisey was the first to speak, as she strived to bring community members together and encouraged them to share feelings. "We want to show Virginia Tech support, to show that the Bruins care and have been touched by the tragedy," Kaisey said. During the ceremony, Kaisey read the names of each of the victims in an effort to "humanize the tragedy." A quilt will be sent to Virginia Tech to show that UCLA identifies with and cares for the Blacksburg, Va. school, she said. Students were invited to decorate a patch for the quilt and become a direct part of the support. Former member of the Peace Corps and UCLA Ombudsperson Donald Hartsock also spoke. He emphasized the close bond UCLA and Virginia Tech have with each other, both great American universities. "Respectfully, I say &#39;Go Hokies.&#39; And I say to us now, &#39;Go Bruins.&#39; We are family," he said. This is the largest shooting massacre in the United States that has occurred on another college campus - a campus not too unlike UCLA, she said. Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old student at Virginia Tech, opened fire Monday morning in two buildings, killing two students in a dorm room and then 30 more in one of the buildings on campus. Afterward, Seung-Hui then proceeded to kill himself. The gunman had mailed NBC a package containing a 23-page written statement, which exemplified a struggle he had between himself and his surrounding environment. Photos and videos were also sent of himself holding and aiming guns. Since the event, many universities and students across the country have shown their support for the Virginia Tech community through social-networking Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Some students have also changed their profile pictures to Virginia Tech insignias. Kristin Gardner, a Virginia Tech alumna from the class of 2003, attended the vigil to thank UCLA for its consideration. Encouraging all to wear orange and maroon - the colors of Virginia Tech - students and alumni of the university have declared today as "Hokie Hope Day," she said. Students were encouraged to seek support from friends, family and university resources, said Director of Student Psychological Services Elizabeth Gong-Guy. "SPS wishes to offer you whatever support you need. But the best support really does come from your peers," she said. A theme of the night portrayed by speeches and the somber environment was the closeness between UCLA and Virginia Tech students. "Even though it seems so far away, it&#39;s an American university," said Angie Noffsinger, a fourth-year communication studies student. "It&#39;s important for us to show that at UCLA we identify with the students at Virginia Tech." -- Original Source:<a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/apr/20/bruins_gather_grieve/>April 20, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Daily Bruin Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Bruins gather to grieve grief ucla vigils https://april16archive.org/files/original/picB_t600_b095f9c9f9.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alvarez Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource Photo by: Leigh Alvarez Students comfort each other during yesterday&#39;s candlelight vigil held in memory of the victims of the Virginia Tech shooting. Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource UCLA Vigil ucla vigil https://april16archive.org/files/original/web_d2ec1425be.ns.vigil.picB__t600.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Leigh Alvarez Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource Photo by: Leigh Alvarez Reider Larsen, a first-year undeclared student, signs a quilt Thursday night that will be sent to Virginia Tech. An alumna of Virginia Tech attended the vigil to thank UCLA. Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource UCLA Vigil ucla vigil https://april16archive.org/files/original/web_fff784a815.ns.vigil.picA__t600.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jessica Lum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource Photo by: Jessica Lum Students stand in De Neve Plaza on Thursday night for a vigil in memory of those who lost their lives in Monday&#39;s shootings at Virginia Tech. Speakers and students expressed sympathy for the victims&#39; families and for the university. Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource UCLA Vigil ucla vigil https://april16archive.org/files/original/picD_t600_8a5e9d5715.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Leigh Alvarez Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource Photo by: Leigh Alvarez First-year psychobiology student John Seo (Left) and first-year undeclared student Jenny Lee (next) listen to student speakers sharing their thoughts during the vigil. Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource UCLA Vigil ucla vigil https://april16archive.org/files/original/picE_t600_47a3390845.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Leigh Alvarez Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource Photo by: Leigh Alvarez Approximately 500 candles were handed out to attendees. Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Daily Bruin Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource UCLA Vigil ucla vigil https://april16archive.org/files/original/vigilF_t600_7feb6f76af.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Photo by: Jessica Lum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource Photo by: Jessica Lum Students and university employees joined together last night in De Neve Plaza in remembrance of victims at Virginia Tech. Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Daily Bruin Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource UCLA Vigil ucla vigil Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Annie Augustine Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource By Annie Augustine Friday, April 20, 2007 This weekend, 35 cancer survivors will join nearly 1,000 UCLA students and community members for a 24-hour relay to raise money for the disease. UCLA&#39;s Relay For Life is planned to take place in Drake Stadium from Saturday at 1 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday. Ninety-six teams have signed up, and participants will include UCLA students, students from L.A. high schools and Westwood community members. At UCLA&#39;s Relay For Life, the survivors who are attending will walk or run alongside participants. Brittany Maxwell, the mission delivery director for UCLA&#39;s Relay For Life, said the relay&#39;s opening ceremony will encourage and motivate participants. "A cancer survivor is planning to speak before the relay begins and survivors will walk the first lap around the stadium while all other participants stand inside the track to cheer them on," she said Eric Lam, a first-year mechanical engineering student who started Relay For Life at his high school and is the captain of two UCLA teams this year, said being involved in Relay For Life is a fun way to help a good cause. "At the ceremony you get to meet survivors and it is inspirational to watch them take the first lap," he said. Teams will spend the entire night in Drake Stadium with the goal of keeping one person from each team on the track at all times. The American Cancer Society&#39;s annual Relay For Life began because of the efforts of one man. According to the Relay For Life Web site, Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon from Tacoma, Wash., wanted to increase the income of his local American Cancer Society office. In May of 1985, Klatt spent 24 hours circling a track at the University of Puget Sound, covering more than 83 miles and raising nearly $27,000. The following year, 19 teams took part in the first Relay For Life event and raised nearly $33,000. Now more than 3.5 million people partake in 4,800 Relay For Life events nationwide each year, and in 2006, the UCLA Relay For Life raised over $60,000. According to the Web site, the purpose of Relay For Life is to celebrate cancer survivors, honor those who have lost their lives to the disease, and raise money to help fight it. "I had a couple of chances to participate in high school, but never actually did. I just thought that this would be a good opportunity and the people on my (residence hall) floor encouraged me," said Alex Yang, a first-year undeclared student. Maxwell said each participant is encouraged to raise $100 before Saturday. All participants who raise $100 will be given free food and T-shirts at the relay. Yaoyao Wang, a first-year undeclared student, said she used Facebook to help raise funds. "After fundraising for Dance Marathon, I couldn&#39;t ask my parents&#39; friends for more money. I created a Facebook group to get donations from students," she said. Several bands, including Mikey G and Dan from Danville, will be performing at the relay. Maxwell also said there will be a variety of games for teams to participate in throughout the night. Relay For Life will be held at many schools around the country this weekend, including Virginia Tech. In a statement released by Mary Vaughn Smith, the event chair for Relay For Life at Virginia Tech, said the school would hold the event despite Monday&#39;s shootings. "We&#39;ve decided to move forward with the Relay For Life because this is a time when we just want to make sure that this event - with a focus on celebration of life and hope - is available to all those who need it in our community," she said. Many colleges throughout the country have posted encouraging messages on the "Relay For Life at Virginia Tech Forum." -- Original Source:<a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/apr/20/students_relay_message_hope/>The Daily Bruin - April 20, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Daily Bruin Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Students to relay a message of hope relay for life relay for life at virginia tech forum ucla https://april16archive.org/files/original/vp_aa087fac2f.ill.4_20tease_t135.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lina Chung Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource <b>Feeling guilty for sharing the Virginia Tech gunman&#39;s ethnicity will do more harm than good</b> By Lina Chung Friday, April 20, 2007 After Monday&#39;s Virginia Tech tragedy, shock reverberated among the Korean American community - the shooter, 23-year-old student Cho Seung-Hui, was a man of South Korean nationality. But, in an attempt to avert racial backlash, members of the community have only victimized themselves by allowing Cho&#39;s nationality to spark a collective sense of guilt and responsibility. "All Koreans in South Korea - as well as here - must bow their heads and apologize to the people of America," said the Rev. Dong Sun Lim, founder of the Oriental Mission Church in Koreatown, according to the Los Angeles Times. As a Korean American student, I sensed my parents&#39; fear of racial backlash when they called me Tuesday night. Worried about the media frenzy surrounding Monday&#39;s tragedy, they suggested I come home for the week until the situation calmed down. I was initially baffled at my parents&#39; concerns. But the following day, The New York Times and Los Angeles Times published articles reflecting this fear among South Korean parents across the U.S. And racial epithets against South Koreans were also flooding the Internet. Blog posts on sites such as Facebook and Sepia Mutiny (a blog site created by South Asians) attacked and pigeonholed South Koreans as violent, destructive people. "Koreans are the most hotheaded and macho of East Asians," said a Sepia Mutiny commentator. "Take that shit back to your own nation," said a Facebook user, according to an MSNBC article. Other Korean American UCLA students also observed a rise in concern among their parents. First-year business economics student Janice No, whose parents live in Virginia, expressed how her parents felt a heightened sense of uneasiness regarding Monday&#39;s massacre. "My family was concerned for my safety as a general university student," she said. "But the fact the shooter was Korean only increased their worrying." Even the South Korean foreign ministry issued a statement earlier this week that it hoped the tragedy and Cho&#39;s South Korean nationality wouldn&#39;t incite "racial prejudice or confrontation." Although events in the past few years - such as the 1992 L.A. riots, in which Korean-owned businesses were targeted and looted - have burned a harsh memory within the Korean American community in Los Angeles, we must acknowledge that Cho&#39;s actions were in no way a reflection on South Koreans as a whole. "Korean American students have assimilated more to American culture and don&#39;t feel threatened by the situation. We understand the gunman had personal problems that caused his attack and that it could&#39;ve been someone from any race," said second-year aerospace engineering student and L.A. resident Anthony Suh, who says his parents&#39; concerns stemmed from their experience with the L.A. riots. In regards to UCLA, some students feel secure that no danger or harm will arise due to their racial identities as Korean Americans. "There&#39;s such a big Korean community at UCLA, so I don&#39;t feel threatened," third-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student Yoonah Lee said. "But the fact (the gunman) was Korean just makes me more aware of the situation." Awareness may be justified, but openly acknowledging a sense of responsibility for having a shared ethnicity with Cho is not the right approach; it will only allow for stereotypes and more negativity to ensue. By choosing to walk in shame, we allow ourselves to be targeted. By choosing to hide, we allow ourselves to be hunted. Now is not the time for pointing fingers or living in fear. In the wake of such a horrible tragedy, our only collective responsibility - no matter what our ethnicity may be - is to offer support and sympathy to the Virginia Tech victims and their families in this time of need. -- Original Source: <a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/apr/20/ikorean_sense_shame_unjustifiedi/>The Daily Bruin - April 20, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Daily Bruin Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Korean sense of shame is unjustified backlash ethnic identity korean ucla Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Blair Socci Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource By Blair Socci Thursday, April 19, 2007 In the aftermath of the shootings that occurred at Virginia Tech earlier this week, the University of California is now re-evaluating its own security policies. Authorities have been quick to assure the UCLA community that they are doing everything they can to assess current security measures, as well as to actively continue to seek out ways to improve safety. "What happened at Virginia Tech is a reminder that nobody is immune from violence and that we all need to remain vigilant in order to protect ourselves and our institution," UCLA spokesman Phil Hampton said. "In light of what has happened at Virginia Tech, this campus, as well as other UC campuses, will be solidifying (its) security policies." In the coming days and weeks, the university plans to review its policies and continue to examine new information that becomes available, UC President Robert Dynes said in a statement Monday. "As we learn more about the specific circumstances of the Virginia Tech shootings, we will apply those lessons as well," he said in the statement. At UCLA, authorities are currently devising new ways to improve mediums of response to emergencies and communication with the community, as well as providing care for people following any major incident. Some new methods being reviewed include notifying students personally on cell phones either by sending text messages or making phone calls, Hampton said. Another area that is being reviewed is the university&#39;s psychological services. "We are also giving increased attention to student psychological support services and have begun phasing additional funding for these programs," Dynes said in his statement. But UCLA officials emphasized that the university already has various ways of dealing with an emergency. "The university has in place measures to guide us in case of an emergency," Hampton said. He said UCLA has regular training sessions in which they practice how to respond to and communicate during an emergency, as well as electronic means of notifying the community. "We have emergency mass e-mail, Web sites such as Gateway and MyUCLA that we can update, recorded telephone information and the campus radio station, which has recently been changed to 24-hour availability," Hampton said. University police also currently received training on how to respond to an emergency, said Nancy Greenstein, director of police community services for UCPD. "Our officers are highly trained individuals," she said. This training includes drills, special emergency-response shooter training and regular briefings educating officers on new security policies and discussion of current security methods. UCPD also uses a system called "active shooter training," which Greenstein said is based on real-life situations such as the shooting at Virginia Tech. "We want to be able to determine the cause and have an immediate response," she said. Greenstein said the state mandates law enforcement be involved in training every week and diligently prepare for all types of emergencies. She added that UCPD is hoping to learn from the Virginia Tech shooting, noting that as it is only a few days after the fact, changes will likely be made in the upcoming weeks when more information is available. A vigil co-sponsored by the Undergraduate Students Association Council Office of the President and the Office of Residential Life is planned for 8 p.m. in De Neve Plaza to give students an opportunity to express their condolences for the victims and their families, said Jesse Rogel, chief of staff at the USAC Office of the President. -- Original Source:<a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/apr/19/shootings_spur_uc_assess_security_policies/>The Daily Bruin - April 29, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Shootings spur UC to assess security policies campus security security policies ucla Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lara Loewenstein Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource <b>UCLA, other schools should take time now to improve their emergency alert systems</b> By Lara Loewenstein Thursday, April 19, 2007 There are a few questions that have been circulating with regard to the Virginia Tech shootings. How many lives could have been saved if the administration had reacted differently? How would UCLA respond if such an event happened? It&#39;s pretty obvious that the administration of Virginia Tech could have responded differently. But what&#39;s more important than the mistakes the administration at Virginia Tech made is how Virginia Tech and other universities can learn from these mistakes. In response to the shooting, Interim Chancellor Norman Abrams released a statement on Monday. It began with information that should go without saying - student and faculty safety is a top priority - and then went on to say that UCPD officers are trained to handle shooting scenarios. But that doesn&#39;t answer my questions because that isn&#39;t the issue. The issue was that students weren&#39;t and couldn&#39;t have been notified of the earlier shooting - when the gunman killed two people in the dormitories - in enough time to allow them to make an informed choice to not go to campus. There wasn&#39;t even a system in place to contact students if the administration at Virginia Tech had decided to close the campus. Sure, the police officers thought it was a domestic violence issue and that the suspect had left campus, but now that the administration at Virginia Tech knows better, it should be apologizing for the wrong choices it made and its lack of an emergency plan. Instead, it&#39;s just making excuses. One of the excuses Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger gave for not closing down the campus and canceling classes was that he didn&#39;t know what the alternative to students coming to class would be. One has to ask, shouldn&#39;t such an alternative be included in an emergency plan in case of such an incident? Shouldn&#39;t the alternative have been known, available and rehearsed? After all, student and faculty safety is a top priority, is it not? And does UCLA have such a plan? Abrams&#39; statement went on to say, "UCLA has an emergency response team and protocols in place to notify the campus community in the event of any circumstances requiring emergency action, such as the closing of the campus." This gives me the impression that UCLA has such a plan in place. However, what that plan actually is befuddles me because what exactly would UCLA have been able to do differently? They could have sent the warning e-mail out earlier, sure. But I don&#39;t usually wake up in the morning with the thought of checking my e-mail to see if there&#39;s a gunman on campus. And as for students whose Internet was down, or don&#39;t have home access, they wouldn&#39;t have received the message at all. I suppose they could start calling people, but it seems a little unrealistic to call more than 40,000 students and faculty. Besides, I don&#39;t think UCLA even has my cell phone number. In that case, they wouldn&#39;t even reach me - they&#39;d reach my parents&#39; house, and it&#39;s likely they wouldn&#39;t even be home. There are concerns that if universities went overboard with safety regulation then students and faculty would have to compromise certain freedoms. But there are plans that wouldn&#39;t impede everyday life that would be more effective than contacting students by e-mail. According to the Washington Post, a campus spokesperson said that earlier in the semester, Virginia Tech had been working with a company with which they could contact students via text message in case of an emergency. Students would be required to submit their cell phone numbers when they registered for classes. Whether this plan is going to be carried through wasn&#39;t said. Considering the number of people who own cell phones, and how often we check them for messages or otherwise, this could reach more people than an e-mail message would. I don&#39;t know what plan Abrams was referring to in his statement, but I hope it&#39;s better than the one Virginia Tech had in place. And if it isn&#39;t, I hope this so-called plan is reworked - maybe to include a text message notification system or otherwise. In fact, the president of the University of California, Robert C. Dynes, said in his statement about the shootings that all UC campuses would be reviewing their security policies. He mentioned to the Daily Bruin that this system might incorporate emergency text messages. This provides some comfort - as long as it happens soon. The next biggest shooting in modern American history could happen anytime, and it could happen on this campus. I want to know that we&#39;re ready for it. -- Original Source:<a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/apr/19/emuniversities_must_learn_handling_shootingem/>The Daily Bruin - April 19, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Universities must learn from handling of shooting campus security crisis response security concerns ucla university response Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Craig Chi Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource Wednesday, April 18, 2007 The tragic event that took place at Virginia Tech on Monday raises many questions in students&#39; minds: How safe are we? What measures are in place to keep us safe from harm while we&#39;re in class, in our dorms, or walking across campus? Heaven forbid that a shooting should occur on our campus, but if it did, what would you do? What could you do? The truth is ... not much. Current law, as well as UC policy, prohibits you from providing yourself with a means of self-defense. UCLA&#39;s weapons policy prohibits common defensive items. Like Virginia Tech, UCLA doesn&#39;t allow firearms on campus even for law-abiding individuals trained and licensed to carry a concealed weapon. Even if UCLA did, California state law forbids it. As UC students, we&#39;re forced to remain unarmed and defenseless. Because of this, we can only hope that suspension or expulsion will serve as a sufficient deterrent for those that mean to harm us. Forgive me if I&#39;m less than confident. While you could always call the police if such a situation were to occur, their response times are measured in minutes. However, in life-threatening situations like the shooting at Virginia Tech, survival is measured in seconds. A single armed student or faculty member could have quickly ended - if not prevented - any and all school shootings. It&#39;s time for change. It&#39;s time to rethink the "feel-good" legislation that is leaving thousands of innocent people defenseless. It&#39;s time to let our state and national representatives know that we want to be safe. It&#39;s time that we let university students and public school teachers protect themselves and those in their care. I urge you to call, write a letter or send an e-mail to your representatives to ask them to make public schools and college campuses places where law-abiding citizens can defend themselves. Craig Chi UCLA graduate student, Electrical Engineering -- Original Source: <a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/apr/18/letters_editor8/>The Daily Bruin - April 18, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Daily Bruin Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Letters to the Editor: Self-defense could stop violence campus security selfdefense ucla Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alex Fineman Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource Monday&#39;s tragic shooting at Virginia Tech is the kind of event that provokes a nationwide outpouring of support, sympathy and questions - questions about the killer, his motives and what could have been done to prevent 33 students from needlessly dying. Campus security, in particular, has received a lot of scrutiny. Why were classes allowed to continue after shots were fired and students were killed early in the morning? The problem with such questions is that it is easy to ask them accusatorily in the wake of so many deaths. When nobody dies - when security clamps down on threatening behavior before it reaches such a drastic extreme - the questions asked are very different. In November, here at UCLA, there was another incident that received nationwide coverage - the use of a Taser gun on a student. Hundreds of people are in the campus library late at night, paying little attention to their surroundings. Per school policy, campus security officers perform student ID checks. One man refused to show his ID. Now stop and think: Is this man an unarmed student or an unstable psychotic with a cache of weapons in his backpack? At this point, you don&#39;t know and neither do the police. The police only know that he is uncooperative and cannot prove that he has a right to be in the library. So they use their Taser guns. If the police had found weapons in the student&#39;s backpack, they would have been hailed as heroes. Instead, they were vilified. We know the odds are against the student being a homicidal maniac, even if he is uncooperative with police. But should the police have taken a chance against an uncooperative individual? When a campus is open, like UCLA&#39;s, anyone can walk onto school grounds armed to the teeth. The beeper may go off when you try to carry a book out of the building, but not if you walk in with a pair of handguns. The aphorism "better safe than sorry" exists for a reason. Alex Fineman UCLA law student -- Original Source: <a href=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/apr/23/letters_editor6/>The Daily Bruin - April 23, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Daily Bruin Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu> Title A name given to the resource Letters to the Editor - Shootings shed light on Taser incident campus security ucla weapons on campus Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Elyse McCoy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-15 Description An account of the resource By: Elyse McCoy, Staff Writer Posted: 7/5/07 The University is in the initial stages of development for the Public Information Emergency Response Communication Management System, or PIER, an Internet-based communication tool used to help relay emergency-related content and messages. Students, faculty and staff will be alerted in the event of a crime, unexpected weather emergency or other event that requires immediate warning through a secure Web page that will look like a regular UNC-Chapel Hill Web page. Using the PIER system, campus security officials can post key emergency materials; templates of information prepared in advance about certain scenarios; detailed information about how to reach the University&#39;s key constituents, including students, faculty and staff; and background information about the campus, maps and emergency policies and procedures. PIER also provides the capability to track and respond to questions from key stakeholders or the general public. Following the Virginia Tech shootings, the University has strengthened its already extensive plans and procedures, but plans for developing a contract with the PIER vendor for the 16-campus UNC system have been in existence since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. UNC-Wilmington and UNC-Charlotte have been the most involved campuses to date, with Wilmington being designated the first campus to begin its PIER-related work and training several months ago. The PIER system&#39;s clients include the U.S. Coast Guard - which used the system during Hurricane Katrina, the University of Houston, and several major corporations. UNC-Chapel Hill has just recently begun training a small group of key people most likely to be involved with using PIER as a communication tool in an emergency situation, including those involved in University relations, public safety and information technology departments. "We have started working on training issues as the spring semester was winding down and will continue over the summer," said Mike McFarland, the director of University communications. "We believe PIER can help complement resources the University already uses and are developing, such as a siren system and the Rave system to communicate quickly, accurately and effectively with students, faculty, staff and other University-related audiences or the general public," McFarland said. Unlike the PIER system, which is primarily focused around managing information in an emergency, the Rave system is part of a broader effort to extend the campus to mobile phones. "Rave has much more day-to-day impact on the lives of our students," said Brian Payst, the director of Technology & Systems Support. "We certainly can, and will if needed, use Rave to send emergency broadcast messages, but it does much, much more than that for us." The Rave system is used to provide bus arrival times for all the Chapel Hill Transit routes and stops, the ability to read UNC e-mail, information from slice.unc.edu about student events, Blackboard alerts, Rave Guardian (an enhanced personal safety service), group messaging, polls and more on students&#39; mobile phones. The University&#39;s partnership with Rave Wireless also enables the University to offer a steeply discounted cell phone program to students living in residence halls on campus in order to allow access to these services at the lowest possible cost. The campus Emergency Notification committee has been coordinating efforts to integrate the PIER and Rave systems as much as possible to reduce duplication where it exists. "We plan to integrate the information coming from PIER into a spot in the UNC mobile phone interface so you can easily check for closings or other important announcements coming from PIER," Payst said. Payst does not think that the implementation of both the PIER system and the Rave system will be confusing to either students or their parents. "They do different things, so we do not think it will be all that confusing, and we will work hard to clearly communicate the distinctions where they arise." -- Original Source: <a href=http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2007/07/05/University/Emergency.Management.Comes.To.Unc-2921381.shtml>The Daily Tar Heel - July 05, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Daily Tar Heel Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kevin Schwartz <kschwartz@unc.edu> Title A name given to the resource Emergency management comes to UNC campus security emergency response unc