Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:45 pm
Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:59 pm
Paul wrote:Ginger Harp Seal Pup wrote:It also stigmatises mental illness, which is another aspect of all this. He wasn't sane for doing what he did and he lost control, yes...but now, those affected with mental illness, such as my mom, myself and many others might be stigmatised because of this gunmans actions. It just isn't fair.
I didn't know they had attributed Cho's actions to any illness or disorder.
Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:08 pm
Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:15 pm
Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:40 pm
Shifty wrote:Something I found really sad was the professor who died trying to protect his students. He was a holocaust survivor and he died on holocaust remembrance day.
Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:15 pm
.neko. wrote:I also wanted to say that suggesting students only check their email once a day is silly. Some people leave their msn on 24/7 which means they are always being notified if they have mail, as well as there are lots of programs that automaticaly check and notify you if you have mail.
Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:45 pm
Moongewl wrote:.neko. wrote:I also wanted to say that suggesting students only check their email once a day is silly. Some people leave their msn on 24/7 which means they are always being notified if they have mail, as well as there are lots of programs that automaticaly check and notify you if you have mail.
Student email is the email address assigned to you by the school though. I know people who have never checked theirs, and quite frankly I've never gotten a useful piece of email in mine apart from a response to a message I'd sent my instructor. Collecting 26,000 email addresses from hotmail, yahoo, gmail, etc. would probably miss several hundred students, and it would be slower than sending through student email.
I can't remember where I read it(it's probably linked to somewhere in the Wikipedia entry) but they said they were already working on a system to send a text message to the students' cell phones in the event of an emergency. That wouldn't be a perfect solution, but it would probably be more helpful than an email to an address some people ignore completely.
Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:50 am
Moongewl wrote:I can't remember where I read it(it's probably linked to somewhere in the Wikipedia entry) but they said they were already working on a system to send a text message to the students' cell phones in the event of an emergency. That wouldn't be a perfect solution, but it would probably be more helpful than an email to an address some people ignore completely.
Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:57 am
shapu wrote:That's a bad idea too...most people turn off their cell phones in class, or ignore the ringer.
Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:37 am
Moongewl wrote:I think it would be more effective than email notification.
Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:52 am
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Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:17 pm
TO ALL CONESTOGA STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF
The tragic events at Virginia Tech University this week have highlighted issues of safety in educational institutions everywhere.
Here at Conestoga we have received queries from members of the College community regarding our safety and security procedures and the measures we have in place to deal with emergencies. It is impossible to prevent all acts of senseless violence. However, we would like to review with you the steps we have taken to continually evaluate and enhance our capability to respond to emergencies.
1. Our Emergency Response Plan is under regular review, with the last updates being completed on Oct 17.2006.
2. Conestoga College has a state-of-the-art closed circuit television system, with 96 cameras covering the campus. This system is under constant updating, with the last completed just two weeks ago, with features for remote viewing, networking, and enhanced search and recording features, including remote viewing of the Guelph campus from our location.
The installation will commence next week for the Waterloo Campus, and the same features will exist.
3. A new guard staffing model was put in place, to better respond to the needs of Conestoga, to enhance performance, training, and service to the College community.
4. College security staff are highly qualified with many years of police and College experience to deal with any situations which may arise.
5. Policies and training issues are constantly under review.
6. New faculty orientation sessions are held twice yearly to address issues such as major incidents on campus.
This College will continue to review its procedures to ensure that they are clear, comprehensive and all-encompassing to meet the needs of our community. As well, we will research what improvements we are able to make and consider any recommendations that come out of the Virginia Tech inquiries. Updates or revisions to the policies or procedures will be communicated to you. In the meantime, the link to Conestoga’s Major Incident – Personal Safety information on the web site is: http://www.conestogac.on.ca/jsp/faculty ... aftycc.jsp All College employees are encouraged to review this as one way in which to be knowledgeable about actions to be taken in the case of emergencies.
John Tibbits
President