advise checking your phone while a teacher and 40 people are watching you present but I decided to subtly check, avoiding the teachers gaze. This is what I saw: (And yes, I have a Giraffe as my cell phone background.)Definitely a moment that catches your attention, I show a friend standing next to me and we exchange concerned glances. From that point on, I don’t remember a single question the teacher asked about our presentation. I happened to be closest to the door and heard a scream in the distance down the hall and immediately started visualizing what I would do if things started to get really exciting. I start thinking, “alright Fox, you have just signed up for the military, trained or not, it would look bad in a headline if you lose this fight.”
Next, I check Twitter. If something is going down, people will be talking. The picture below is what I see.
Class was just ending and we use the computer to check mualert.missouri.edu. It is down due to a surplus of traffic. Perfect, the first time in 4 years it is needed, it fails.
I text my mom the same picture of the initial warning as above and she replied with, “OMG where are you?” I replied, “Went home to get camo, my bow (and arrows) and came back to campus.”The ironic part of course, is had this been an actual emergency, I wouldn’t have found out without checking my cell phone in class. Further, the MU alert system is supposed to send out a text message. I think I will pass on turning my phone off for class thank you.
The really frustrating part not mentioned is that no one had a clue how to react. Everyone I was around just froze and when it came out that it was a false alarm, people gave me grief.
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The MU police department seemed pissed off that I even called them today when I first heard of the situation. And, to top it all off, the MU notification system has proven to be less effective than two styrofoam cups and a long piece of string.
Mizzou goofed this one. And any student that laughs this off and claims that everyone overreacted needs to consider for a moment what could have been...
MU should let students know what exactly happened. If there is a rumor, the university (or the police) should clarify it in the first place rather than leave everyone in a panic situation. I don't think what happened today is funny. :(
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