After reading Susie Calderon's analysis of safety precautions at UT in the controversial wake of a student's death Texas Universities Dont Care About Your Children, I am inclined to agree with her on various points that Susie mentions, yet wonder how much of this case was preventable. Yes, it is tragic that a student died. But I do not think the fault lies within the UT administration. The killer supposedly selected her at random and did not even attend the university. To buff up security in the aftermath of a shocking crime would not make students feel safer, in fact quite the opposite. From my personal view, this event is not a cry to bring more regulation to our campuses, but rather an argument of freedom versus security.
The question is not why did this happen, but instead what must we take away from this horrific occurrence. Yes we can post security guards at every door, start screening students for dangerous items and start mandatory educational courses of various dangers, but how much further can we take it? To what extent do safety measures actually make students feel safe before it creates a terrifying unknown? Will bubble wrapping students and teachers from the truth that there are some acts which are too horrifying to take precaution worth it, or must we all believe that all lives can be saved through countermeasures?
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