Early Sunday morning, three University of Tampa students were victims of an armed robbery off North Boulevard and Ross Street. Two male suspects punched one student in the stomach and stole all three of their wallets before disappearing down the street, leaving the students injured and penniless in one of the most dangerous parts of Tampa.
What is more shocking than that? UT never sent a Global Message that reached students, leaving them uninformed, save for social networking and gossip chatter.
UT’s Office of Operations and Planning is responsible for sending out safety alert emails when crimes like this occur. The office informs students of the incident and provides tips on how to maintain their personal safety.
However, on Sunday, only faculty received the email alert.
The email read:
“The University of Tampa Department of Campus Safety and Dean of Students wish to advise that: Two students, one male and one female, were walking near the corner of North Boulevard and Ross Street (on the north side of the North Boulevard Bridge, about 1.5 miles from campus) late last night when they were victims of an armed robbery. The suspects were described as two black males, approximately 18 to 20 years old. The suspects were traveling on foot. One student was struck by a suspect but did not request treatment; the other student was not injured.”
Along with not reaching students, the email was incorrect – three students were robbed, not two. This begs the questions, what other information has been held from us? And how accurate are the security alerts we do receive?
Two weeks ago, two non-UT students were detained by campus security for trespassing and peering through the first floor of Straz while one carried a concealed firearm. Although the man had a permit, it is still against the law to bring a gun on campus. No email alert was received for that incident either.
– Joshua Napier
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In other words the prof. is trying to say that a bunch of wild nigger apes ( which is what they are ) will rob and kill you – just like that sub-human monkey did to Ryan McCall. And you what… he’s right.
WOW!!! “A known BLACK ghetto”???? Couldn’t you have just said a bad area, or even ghetto minus the BLACK?? geez
When will the kids ever listen? We tell them at orientation and again in Gateways not to walk through the ghetto after dark. The area to the North of UT is a KNOWN Black ghetto and last year a student was killed there. How dumb are these kids? Listen to what we’re telling you! Better yet, stay on campus and study!!!