Student Government Response to a Stabbing
Blas Arroyo discusses the student government response to a stabbing on campus.
Interview on 2012-09-20 00:00:00 -0400
Transcript
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There was a service organization on campus, Circle K, that I had been involved with before getting involved in anything in student government,
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and that initiative I think may have been started in part by them. They did a survey on campus and things of that nature identifying, with their members,
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areas that they thought were too dark, and then that was carried forward into Residence Life again.
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But, yeah, that is a serious issue, obviously, and I'm sure it is still today as well.
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You don't think about it generally until-because the campus seems so safe. Even if the thing had been dark and people were using flashlights,
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when you're in a university environment everything just-. You take safety for granted
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and that incident sort of put more focus on it, so that was something that we carried forward.
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It was a natural thing I think for student government to pick up and advocate.
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