Monday, October 5, 2009

Really, SMU?



Almost 2 weeks ago, a 19-yr-old Jordanian, Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, was arrested by the FBI for placing a car bomb at Fountain Place in downtown Dallas. Fountain Place is the unique prism-shaped 60ft. sky scraper in the Arts district. Smadi said he was acting as a soldier for Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda. This could have potentially been an event like 9/11 and is very scary! I am utterly shocked that SMU has not addressed this event. Students get mass emails multiple times a day about closed streets, lectures on campus, and the H1N1 Influenza, but not anything about a mass destruction attempt miles from our school? I know it did not actually happen and the man was seized, but shouldn't it be something worth addressing or maybe talking about a plan of action if something were to happen in the future? Obviously for whatever reason Dallas is a target city and the University should do its best to make the students and faculty feel safe in case of an emergency. I think that if the administration can address a detour on Binkley or a survery for SMU on-campus dining, then they can send out a mass email informing us about the attempt of a mass terrorist attack in DALLAS.

No comments:

Post a Comment