Cam­pus Safety Up­date

MISHAWAKA—With most stu­dents be­ing off cam­pus be­cause of the re­cent out­break of coro­n­avirus, ac­tiv­ity on cam­pus has dwin­dled sig­nif­i­cantly. How­ever, there are still a few things to re­port in terms of cam­pus safety. 

There was a ve­hi­cle ac­ci­dent in the Mid­dle­ton park­ing lot re­ported on March 13. No fur­ther in­for­ma­tion has been pro­vided. 

On March 18, a main­te­nance emer­gency was re­ported. The emer­gency turned out to be a mi­nor gas leak on the con­struc­tion site of the wel­come cen­ter. 

There was also a re­port of a sus­pi­cious ac­tiv­ity/​in­di­vid­ual out­side of Sailor Hall on March 19. 

 Paul Neel, the Di­rec­tor of Cam­pus Safety, com­mented on what their role is on cam­pus in light of the corona virus.  

“Our main role in Cam­pus Safety re­mains largely the same,” Neel said. “There is cer­tainly a dif­fer­ent rhythm with dif­fer­ent build­ing hours and less stu­dents on cam­pus.  We are heav­ily in­volved with the cam­pus Emer­gency Man­age­ment Team.  That group is still meet­ing reg­u­larly and ac­tively work­ing with the Cab­i­net to re­spond to the ever-chang­ing sit­u­a­tion.” 

It is ad­vised for stu­dents, es­pe­cially those who con­tinue to re­main on cam­pus, to con­tinue to check their emails for up­dates con­cern­ing this sit­u­a­tion. There have been spe­cific guide­lines emailed to stu­dents who have cho­sen to re­main on cam­pus.