October 5, 2007
After Va. Tech, Campuses Rush to Add Alert Systems
Notification methods abound, but they don't always work as planned
Two colleges hit by violence within the past two weeks used new emergency-alert plans — of different types — to keep their communities safe.
The shooting and wounding of two students at Delaware State University on September 21 sent resident advisers knocking on dormitory-room doors in the middle of the night. Three days earlier, thousands of people at the University of Maryland at College
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