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EDITORIAL: Raise your standards; have each other's back
A student illegally discharged a firearm in the residence halls Friday. No one was injured, but why would any mature, responsible adult carry a gun on campus?
This isn't the everyday police report of someone being locked out of an office or car; this incident is serious. Let's think things through next time.
"Well, in the environment that I grew up in we lived around guns and violence," said Faheem Muhammad, a freshman living in Draper Hall. "But here on campus it's kind of frightening because I was unaware that people would bring guns to school."
An incident that occurred Sept. 12, where a student was struck in the face by a textbook, wouldn't be considered for the campus highlight real either. He suffered severe facial damage because of a bully's act of impulsiveness and immoral behavior.
Campus police can only do so much.
As students, we have to raise the bar on what is acceptable behavior on campus. Keep an eye out for each other and if something suspicious is going on, let someone know.
Let's find the Good Samaritan in all of us and watch out for each other's well-being. The campus police can be contacted at (916) 278-6851, or call 911 for emergencies.
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