3 versions of the same tale
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"Considering things that have happened recently, you can’t be too careful" Mayor Healy, Email Threats lead to Arrest of a Woman
The first thing I noticed was that the student threatened was not named. While it specifically states that he is not a minor ("19 year old male"), perhaps he is being protected out of fear that the young woman's friends may begin to threaten him as well out of allegiance to her. Also, the contents of the note were not revealed, only that they were terroristic.
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"The college president, Eugene J. Cornacchia, has described the wording of the note as "chilling.''
this article gives some more of the backstory. The first article failed to mention that Perez was internet-dating the young man and that she was still in high school. This article also has the facts right. Perez was threatening her boyfriend's female roomate, and not him. Perez was threatening to do something at a club meeting which the female roomate attended regularly. The same week, there was a note found in a campus bathroom that referenced the VT shooting, but the police believe that to be a coincidence. However, the note is still something to be concerned about and there will be further investigation on the matter.
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"She said, 'Mom, I'm scared, come get me,'" Class said. "Your heart just stops when you get that call. You want to go running to make sure they're safe."-Nancy Class
even more details this time. The emails Perez was sending evidently stated that she had planted bombs in several campus buildings. Several students found out and emailed the school. This article was more harrowing because there was a side story about a girl who had her mom pick her up from schoo, because of the threats. The note was only mentioned in a sentence, but the article is written as if the note, not the emails, was the cause of the lockdown. there was no statement about the fact that the note may have been a coincidence. VT was not mentioned once in the entire article.
what shocked me about this article was that there was a sentence about a Seton Hall student who shot himself in the stomach about two weeks ago and we didn't hear anything about it. Why didn't this make the news?
all in all, the three articles reflect the heightened sense of security and concern that campuses hav adopted since the events last april. Seton Hill is getting there, with the institution of the campus alert system. But, the problem with that system is while we all have cell phones, not everyone has text messaging. And some of us may not check our emails unless we have a reason too. The commuters without texting would be affected mostly by this fact. We who live at school would find out before they do, just from word of mouth if not the alert system. What the university must do is adopt a system that automatically calls people, not texts or emails
The Setonian could do an article about how effective the students believe the new alert system would be in a threatening situation. Questions to ask would be "how often do you check your email" and "do you have text-messaging?" (maybe this could be a massive 'speak-out' question). If The Setonian points out the flaws in the system, maybe the Board of Trustees or whomever is in charge will see the need for improvement. Maybe university-distributed beepers for all students, staff, and faculty could be a solution (when phone service doesn't work).
"Considering things that have happened recently, you can’t be too careful" Mayor Healy, Email Threats lead to Arrest of a Woman
The first thing I noticed was that the student threatened was not named. While it specifically states that he is not a minor ("19 year old male"), perhaps he is being protected out of fear that the young woman's friends may begin to threaten him as well out of allegiance to her. Also, the contents of the note were not revealed, only that they were terroristic.
Local News
"The college president, Eugene J. Cornacchia, has described the wording of the note as "chilling.''
this article gives some more of the backstory. The first article failed to mention that Perez was internet-dating the young man and that she was still in high school. This article also has the facts right. Perez was threatening her boyfriend's female roomate, and not him. Perez was threatening to do something at a club meeting which the female roomate attended regularly. The same week, there was a note found in a campus bathroom that referenced the VT shooting, but the police believe that to be a coincidence. However, the note is still something to be concerned about and there will be further investigation on the matter.
national news
"She said, 'Mom, I'm scared, come get me,'" Class said. "Your heart just stops when you get that call. You want to go running to make sure they're safe."-Nancy Class
even more details this time. The emails Perez was sending evidently stated that she had planted bombs in several campus buildings. Several students found out and emailed the school. This article was more harrowing because there was a side story about a girl who had her mom pick her up from schoo, because of the threats. The note was only mentioned in a sentence, but the article is written as if the note, not the emails, was the cause of the lockdown. there was no statement about the fact that the note may have been a coincidence. VT was not mentioned once in the entire article.
what shocked me about this article was that there was a sentence about a Seton Hall student who shot himself in the stomach about two weeks ago and we didn't hear anything about it. Why didn't this make the news?
all in all, the three articles reflect the heightened sense of security and concern that campuses hav adopted since the events last april. Seton Hill is getting there, with the institution of the campus alert system. But, the problem with that system is while we all have cell phones, not everyone has text messaging. And some of us may not check our emails unless we have a reason too. The commuters without texting would be affected mostly by this fact. We who live at school would find out before they do, just from word of mouth if not the alert system. What the university must do is adopt a system that automatically calls people, not texts or emails
The Setonian could do an article about how effective the students believe the new alert system would be in a threatening situation. Questions to ask would be "how often do you check your email" and "do you have text-messaging?" (maybe this could be a massive 'speak-out' question). If The Setonian points out the flaws in the system, maybe the Board of Trustees or whomever is in charge will see the need for improvement. Maybe university-distributed beepers for all students, staff, and faculty could be a solution (when phone service doesn't work).
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Daniella Choynowski on 3 versions of the same tale: I fixed the link. All is good.
Daniella Choynowski on 3 versions of the same tale: that was an accidental link to
ChrisU on 3 versions of the same tale: It's interesting that the news
Dennis G. Jerz on 3 versions of the same tale: Dani, that first link doesn't
Dennis G. Jerz on 3 versions of the same tale: Good analysis, Dani. Yes, even
Daniella Choynowski on 3 versions of the same tale: so maybe the national news sto
Daniella Choynowski on 3 versions of the same tale: that was an accidental link to
ChrisU on 3 versions of the same tale: It's interesting that the news
Dennis G. Jerz on 3 versions of the same tale: Dani, that first link doesn't
Dennis G. Jerz on 3 versions of the same tale: Good analysis, Dani. Yes, even
Daniella Choynowski on 3 versions of the same tale: so maybe the national news sto
so maybe the national news story is more local because it mentions the mother and daughter, but I got it from a national news site
Good analysis, Dani. Yes, even a national story will include some local details, since otherwise what's the point of sending a reporter to a site?
My guess about the Seton Hall story is that nobody else was ever in danger, and perhaps because there were so many campus shooting stories recently editors simply decided it wasn't as newsworthy as some of the other stories. I confess I didn't hear about that incident, either, until I started looking for an event to choose for the focal point of this exercise.
Dani, that first link doesn't seem to call up a relevant story.
It's interesting that the news stories you looked at claimed that the e-mails were the major cause of the lockdown. The articles I chose all seemed to argue that it was the handwritten note (the one referencing the VT shootings) that instigated it.
In fact, two of the articles I looked at never even mentioned the e-mails at all.
I guess it all depends on which sources the reporters spoke to and how they interpreted the information they got from those sources.
that was an accidental link to the page I found the article link on. If you scroll down, its there under the headline "18 year old woman is arrested..."
I fixed the link. All is good.