Let me set the scene. I get an e-mail from my dad asking me about some bombs going off somewhere around campus.

Now mind you my dad is in Columbus, and me, the safety person who reads the Crime Log in the Flyer News is here in Dayton, and who knows about theses bottle bombs that went off last week? He does.

Now let me tell you why.

The news knows about our problems before the UD community. Why is it that UD representatives and campus police are talking to the press and making a press release before the UD community is notified of the danger around us?

I had to find out about this information from my dad who lives 90 miles away and who is very concerned for my safety. Not only do I have to go to the news media to calm his nerves and let him know everything was alright and no real threat was posed, but to also find out what happened for myself because UD never told me anything.

We did not get any official notification from UD until four days after the incident happened. UD officers were being quoted in the news the day after it happened. On Monday Feb. 6th university officials released a statement, and still no word was given to the community.

Why does the press get the statement while we, the college students living and working in this environment, are left out of the loop for four days after the bottle bombs have gone off?

I would like to think that if anything potentially dangerous were to happen in the UD community we would be warned in a timely fashion. I understand it happened late on a Friday night and the next day was the weekend, and people who might read this could say 'Hey, watch the news,' but come on. How many people on this campus watch the Dayton news trying to find things out that happened at UD? Most likely you will be wasting your time.

Therefore, I think this safety threat was not dealt with in a timely manner in terms of notifying the UD community and something needs to be done about it for other safety advisories.

Angela Trinity

Senior

Sociology major