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Show I Tuesday, March 13, 2007 v t ...continuedfrom page 1, Virginia Tech will be sent to Virginia Tech. , ,. Our, hope' is that. all the members of their community will be able to read and gain comfort from the messages of healing, hope and prayer that are being, sent to them from the Westminster community, said Laura Murphy, executive director of communication T for Westminster College. Murphy said that students had organized a fund raiser to support the victims of the Virginia Tech shooting. The student organizers did contact officials at Virginia Tech who said the best way to help them right now is through contributions to the Virginia Tech Memorial Fund, Murphy said. r s t , t t . . Even as administrators plan for situations like the ' response plan is detailed to address any number of one at Virginia Tech," they hope the plans will never situations. In the event of a campus crisis, the Salt Lake have to be implemented. We have historically been a City Police should be contacted first. Campus Patrol should also be notified immediately. The emergency revery safe campus, Feme said, citing campus crime statistics published in the Student Handbook. sponse team will assemble and begin to coordinate the campus response appropriate to the specific situation. We the primary. Some situations require evacuation very meeting point for evacuations is Dumke Field. Others ' safety, situations' require everyone to stay where they are. In either case, Rezai said, the emergency response team will take the lead in informing the campus and provid, ing instructions to faculty, staff and students. While investigators in Virginia continue efforts to answer the why's, thousands of miles away-ih . Utah, - Saeed Rezai, Westminster College Westminster is coming together to answer the hows, ' 1 r . Safety and Patrol director ; ' . - have a good track recordfor and we are confident that we have good safety policies and procedures in place. Our hope is that all the members oftheir community A look at the crime statistics proves his point. Only four of the 14 crime categories have any reported inciwill be able to readandgain dents, and only two categories iquor law violations and law violations - have more than five incidents. comfortfrom the messages, of drug "Westminster College Safety and Patrol Director Rezai is proud of the colleges low crime rates. healing, hope and prayer that ' Saeed We have a very good track record for safety, and we are" are being sent to.them from the confident that we have good safety policies and procedures in place, Rezai said. Westminster community. Rezai acknowledged the difficult in planning for - Laura f . Emergency Campus Communication -l- ' Murphy, executive director of communication - , - every contingency and said that eacli emergency situation requires a customized approach. The emergency Campus Patrol will use one or more of the following methods to communicate campus-wid- e emergencies: E-m- ! - ail Voice mail Portable public address equipment (bullhorns) The Web site - - In addition, Westminster College President Michael Bassis sent a campus-wid- e message of condolence the day following the shootings. In his message, Bassis expressed his sympathy for those affected by the tragf dy Wc wudi to send our deepest condolences to the Vinrinw Tech community as ihev begin the lour ot heakrue from this heartbreaking and eliht, event. be wiotu Bat c..v.nd the communitys ..nndoff'v u Wcst-mur h.o become .i.nr tn . M :ng itself h.r t hi ms letter. hL o wouHdji'ar ffsuch . also assutd i ' U i minster cmmuup tv th..t adiA- tri i' nemra njW Cstmir off sa'cy ini tnitUiCn ? t ffr st'er.jthvf campus s.ffc't pun. an J effj"'. Madv Feme, dear, of studum, confirmed tr ..t Wcstmuuter College administrators arid safer personnel mt: April 17 to begin the icvieve process. ss p-ie- ur -- t-- - t We. wish to send our deepest condolences to the Virginia Tech community as they begin the long process of healing front this heartbreaking and disquieting event. A t - ;v rs'.niostc) C.ihC AciOsS ate the count n ever jx ff i oiLv cr. mnei ii. r - v.tn. . . u As the dti lead stuui ts. erne is one iff r ' members of the C; . itn.ti.. .ip s, . 'n.iko x th andwouldpleva s Feme said members of 'v ager c are the first tcpi-ndcrtv i. mus imres. nr c thac is a crisis, regardless o' s ,.L .cope, t! e Crisis Management Team will be c. lied, 1 erne said. Team members include campus safety and patL the piovost, individual school deans and the director of communication. 1 1 T 1 s Page 8 vfi Volume XL: Issue 16 . v |