To whom it may concern,
At around 1:50 AM on the morning of Sunday, September 19, 2021, the fire alarm went off in New South Hall. Residents and guests were evacuated onto Library Walk, where the police were seen questioning an adult man. Word quickly got around from student to student that the man (who was likely in his late 20’s or 30’s) had made his way into New South, interacted with several students, and was found in a women’s restroom. Other than that, details are hazy. For example, was the fire alarm in Copley Hall around 3:00 AM connected to the incident? A lack of any type of communication surrounding the incident has not only left the student body feeling concerned and neglected, but it has also allowed for rumors to spread. No one knows the truth, and because of that, students excitedly watched the events transpire as the man was cornered in the Village C parking garage and continued to watch the events unfold as he escaped from the police. Not once were students told to shelter in place, nor were they alerted to the fact that an unidentified man found in a women’s restroom was on the run from the police. When information about the events spread, it was through word of mouth rumors. Was the man eventually apprehended? Nobody knows. Are we safe to walk around campus at night? Once again, we have received absolutely zero communication from the administration about anything regarding the incident. From the perspective of the students of the university, as far as the administration is concerned, this event never occurred. Why were we never told to shelter in place? Or if there was no real danger, could we have at least been told that as well? Many of us expected to find an email in our inbox about the event when we woke up this morning, but there has still been no communication. We write the letter to express our concern about the failure to do anything to notify the student body of the threat. We hope that you will improve this system in the future to protect the student body and stop the potential for the unfettered spread of rumors.
Sincerely,
- Caleb Richmond, SFS‘25
- Savannah Baugh, COL‘25
- Izzy Asker, COL ‘25
- Lily Guo, COL ‘25
- Lailah Mozaffar, COL ‘25
- Anna Mirly, COL ‘25
- Joe Massaua, SFS ‘25
- Lindsay Jenkins, COL ‘25
- Phoebe Chambers, COL’25
- Sam Lynch, SFS ‘25
- Rachel Tao, COL '25
- Noriko O’Shea, SFS ‘25
- Bailey Coghlan, NHS ‘25
- Brendan Teehan, COL ‘25
- Jupiter Huang, SFS ‘25
- Marianne Savane, COL ‘25
- Madison Dwyer, SFS ‘25
- Komal Samrow, SFS ‘25
- Autumn Andrews, COL ‘25
- Joshua Bernard-Pearl, SFS ‘25
- Elise Merchant, COL ‘25
- Margaret McCormick, NHS ‘25
- Fiona Richards, SFS ‘25
- Chloe Anderson, COL '25
- Michelle Saunders, COL ‘25
- Rory Dixon, SFS ‘25
- Ellie Sims, COL25
- Emma Alexis, COL ‘24
- Casey Goss, NHS ‘25
- Sarah Kate ElHamahmy, COL ‘25
- Shreya Dudeja, NHS ‘25
- Niranun Puapattanakajorn, COL ‘25
- Chloe Hammock, NHS ‘25
- Max Johnson, COL ‘25
- Danielle Whisnant, NHS ‘25
- Kendall Griffith, NHS’24
- Christina Rosamond, SFS ‘24
- Ava MacLaughlin, COL ‘25
- Maeve Silk, COL ‘23
- Cecilia Ochoa, COL ‘24
- Myles Cheng, COL ‘25
- Alondra Herrera-Esquivel, SFS ‘25
- Roma Dhingra, COL ‘25
- William Kennedy, COL ‘25
- Libby McCoy, COL ‘23
- Molly Kenney, COL ‘25
- Kyriea Smith, NHS ‘24
- Amber Wang, SFS ‘25
- Carina Daruwala, SFS ‘25
- Jack Silverman, SFS ‘25
- Kyra George, COL ‘25
- Rebekah Powell, COL ‘25
- Maggie Szabo, COL ‘24
- Jacqlyn Manu, SFS’23
- Melinda Blumenstock, COL ‘23
- Olivia Smathers, SFS ‘25
- Sofia Arrigo-Manrique, COL ‘25
- Sarah Goldman, MSB ‘25
- Natalie Majd, COL ‘25
- Romita Chattaraj, SFS ‘25
- Claudia Byun, NHS ‘25
- Caterina Lungu, SFS ‘23
- Minoli Ediriweera, COL‘25
- Purnima Aggarwal, COL ‘25
- Brittany Peng, COL’25
- Brett Rauch, COL ‘25
- Ananya Amirthalingam, COL '23
- Zoe Winburn, SFS ‘25
- Zayan Baig, NHS ‘25
- Owen Wiley, SFS ‘25
- Sergio Rodríguez Cifuentes, SFS ‘25
- Chloe Potamianos Homem, COL ‘25
- Justin Liu, COL ‘24
- Mrinmayi Ubgade, SFS ‘25
- Kayla Vaughn, COL ‘24
- Vincent Johnson, COL ‘25
- Caroline Samoluk, COL ‘25
- Sophia Toback, COL’25
- Brooke Cleveland, SFS ‘25
- Nick Romero, SFS ‘25
- Lisette Blackstone, COL ‘25
- Bonnie Sneider, COL ‘25
- Camila Guerrero, COL ‘25
- Amna Shamim, COL ‘25
- Aisling O’Connell, COL ‘25
- Anjali Paye, SFS '25
- Hailey Wharram, COL ‘25
- Joe Vitali, COL ‘25
- Jesse McGannon, COL ‘25
- Zara White, SFS’25
- Emily Arnold, NHS ‘24
- Zev Burton, SFS ‘22, GUSA Senator
- John DiPierri, SFS ‘25
- Amrita Sangani, SFS ‘25
- Leila Butler, MSB '25
- Nikhitha Muthineni, NHS ‘25
- Manahal Fazal, SFS ‘24, GUSA Senator
- Sam Li, SFS ‘24, GUSA Senator
- Mirka Sosa, COL ‘23, GUSA Senator
- Jesse Fields, MSB ‘23
- Subhiksha Balaji, COL ‘25
- Annika Bjork, SFS ‘25
- Christine Kao, NHS ‘22
- Lauren Stipe, SFS ‘25
- Katherine Wilkison, SFS ‘25
- Bianca Gonzales, COL ‘23, GUSA Senator
- Matt De Meulder, MSB ‘25
- Joshua Moschetto, COL ‘25
- Julia Temple, SFS ‘25
- Annie Tseng, COL’25
- Darcy Whitman, COL’23
- Autumn Zhou, COL’25
- Ananya Shah, SFS ‘25
- Miray Samuel, COL ‘25
- Claire Denault, COL ‘25
- Caslin Sisk, COL ‘25
- Camille Furer, SFS ‘25
- Sophia Zogbi, COL ‘25
- Katya Zobel de Ayala, COL ‘25
- Alicia Maag, COL ‘25
- Matthew Reysa, SFS ‘25
- Munasip Ertakus NHS ‘25
- Valerie Ponomarev, COL ‘25
- Jessica Lin, COL ‘25
- Amelia Benjamin, COL ‘25
- Natalie Regan, COL ‘23
- Angel Lee, COL ‘25
- Caroline Schlossel, SFS ‘25
- Nami Bolat, COL ‘25
- Arjun Badami, COL ‘24
- Clayton Kincade, SFS ‘25
- Katherine Hawes, SFS ‘25
- James Weld, SFS ‘25
- Faith Garza, SFS ‘25
- Ameera Ayaz, COL ‘24
- Fiona O’Brien, SFS ‘25
- Brady Condon, SFS ‘25
- Adora Zheng, SFS ‘25
- Charlotte DeWitt, COL’25
- Rasmus Dey Meyer, SFS 25
- Hailey Emerson, NHS’ 25
- Liam O’Leary, MSB ‘25
- Zander Patti, SFS ‘25
- Carina DelCore, COL ‘24
- Brady Tatarsky, MSB 25
- Shay Newman, COL ‘25
- Lauren Whitlock, NHS ‘25
- Alexander Almeida, MSB ‘25
- William Bae, COL ‘25
- Abby Tucker, COL ‘25
- Eleanor Hohenberg, COL ‘25
- Ritika Mandavilli, COL ‘25
- Kendall Johnson, COL ‘25
- Tara Murray, COL ‘25
- Fey Elhadef, MSB ‘25
- Ana Gomez Garces, MSB ‘25
- Pamela Cameron, MSB ‘25
- Isabel Escarrer, SFS ‘25
- Olivia Ibieta, COL’25
- Emily Taylor, COL’25
- Ari Kane, COL ‘24
- Ainsley Dean, SFS ‘24
- Abbey Swartzwelder, COL ‘25
- Leyla Yilmaz, COL ‘25
- Fornia He, NHS '25
- Brian Weinberger, COL ‘24
- Mason Stempel, COL ‘24
- Liam McGraw, COL ‘25
- Elizabeth Rauenhorst, SFS ‘25
- Catalina Jaramillo, SFS ‘25
- Naomi Fisher, COL '24
- Nicholas Voltaggio, SFS ‘25
- Julie Nguyen, NHS ‘24
- Diana Tran, NHS ‘24
- Amelia Rushing, COL ‘25
- Griffin Crafa, SFS ‘25
- Anne Poulos,SFS ‘25
- John Matuszewski, SFS ‘25
- Cameron Kalsi, COL ‘25
- Omar Rahim, COL’ 24
- Lindsay Norris, COL’25
- Lara Fortuno, COL’25
- Noa Offman, NHS ‘25
- Ewan Wilson, SFS ‘25
- Priscila Putzulu, COL ‘25
- Maria Paredes, SFS ‘23
- Diana Castro, NHS ‘25
- Sydney Ragland, COL ‘25
- Eimon Aung, SFS ’25
- Tyvheen Robles, MSB ‘25
- Jaden Cobb, COL ‘25
- Lauren D’Amico, SFS ‘24
- Addison Goodman COL ‘24
- Julian Jimenez, COL ‘24
- Sriya Guduru, SFS ‘25
- Renee Li, SFS ‘25
- Simran Chaudhry, COL ‘25
- Caroline McCausland, COL ‘23
- Mitali Vedula, NHS ‘25
- Madeline Tirschwell COL ‘24
- Quentin Fidance SFS ‘24
- Zoee Clifton SFS ‘24
- Justin Dean English, COL ‘24
- Sofia Mendoza MSB ‘25
- Nihar Iyengar SFS ‘25
- Leon Cheung COL ‘24
- Hannah Ajibola, NHS ‘24
- Alison Talty, COL ‘24
- Taylor Crosland, NHS ‘25
- Kate Zhang, COL ‘24
- Angelene Leija, COL ‘23
- Amy Cazares, COL ‘24
- Noelle Cook, COL ‘24
- Emma Barbazette, NHS ‘25
- Nayab Shiraz, COL ‘25
- James Dolan Col 25’
- Amada Paris COL ‘25
- Hana Chong, MSB ‘23
- Margaret Hartigan COL ‘24
- Shahmeer Nawaz, COL '24
- Urooj Ahmed, COL ‘24
- Sofia Wills, SFS ‘24
- Katherine Benjamin, SFS '25
- Julia Damski, SFS ‘24
- Daniella Arevalo COL ‘25
- Camila Navarro COL’ 24
- Julia Perrino SFS’ 25
- Soraya Dhanani COL ‘25
- Clara Ma, SFS ‘22
- Caroline Box, COL ‘25
- Lauren Aslami, COL ‘24
- Logan Richman, SFS ‘25
- Tyler Clough, MSB ‘24
- Dominic Gordon, SFS ‘24, Senator, Ethics & Oversight Chair
- Akil Cole, COL '24
- Nico Hwang COL ‘23
- Jessica Shao SFS ‘24
- Christine Mauva, NHS ‘24
- Sarah Porterfield, COL ‘25
- Zoe Wojnowich, SFS ‘25
- Kate Liggio COL ‘24
- Camber Vincent SFS ‘24, Senator
- Arielle Benjamin, MSB ‘25
- Anna Sullivan, MSB ‘25
- Michelle Ramos, COL ‘25
- Rowlie John Flores, COL ‘22, Vice Speaker of the GUSA Senate
- Yuki Cui, NHS ‘23
- Elizabeth Kean, COL ‘24
- Daniel Turner, COL ‘24
- Andrew Colliton, SFS ‘24
- Sydney Blackston NHS’25
- Sofía Chen, MSB ‘23
- Mary Clare Marshall SFS ‘25
- Elizabeth Buckley, SFS ‘25
- Kiernan Christ, SFS ‘22
- Mark Kuo, COL ’24
- Jason Hepfer, COL ‘25
- Graham Hillmann, SFS ‘24
- Ekki Lu, COL ‘24
- Ethan Ricker, COL ‘24
- Jon Lopez, COL ‘22
- Hannah Wallinger, SFS ‘25
- Giselle Virga, MSB ‘25
- Trinity Johnson, MSB ‘23
- Bea Scanlon, COL ‘25
- Renee DeMaio COL ‘24
- Alice Chen COL ‘24
- Anaya Mehta COL'25
- Angelina Torres COL ‘24
- Doha Maaty NHS ‘23
- Liam Schradie SFS ‘25
- Claire Theberge NHS ‘23
- Lietta Ioannou COL ‘25
- Alysha Orbach SFS '23
- Sean Hewitt COL ‘24
- Sophia Ceriello COL ‘24
- Carrie McDonald COL ‘24
- Hannah Bomberg SFS ‘23
- Elizabeth Hunt SFS ‘24
- Sabrina Mei, MSB ‘25
- Michelle Long, MSB ‘25
- Hasini Shyamsundar, SFS ’22
- Maria Gabriela Blanco, COL ‘22
- Amanda Feldman, SFS ‘22
- Tallulah Bowden, COL ‘24
- Luciana Bowden, COL ‘24
- Garrett Bowman COL ‘24
- Alice Lei NHS ‘22
- Caroline Keidel MSB ‘25
- Aanika Chandhok COL ‘25
- Isabelle Greenberg, SFS ‘24
- Christina Suh, SFS ‘25
- Nikhil Aggarwal, MSB ‘25
- Jacqueline Bucaro, SFS ‘25
- Yuge Shao, COL ‘24
- Dimitris Giokaris MSB ‘24
- Ishan Datey SFS ‘25
- Priyasha Chakravarti COL ‘25
- Anagha Chakravarti SFS ‘25
- Alexandra Morse, COL ‘25
- Arul Nigam, MSB ‘25
- Elli Ahn, SFS ‘25
- Saba Alfred, SFS ‘25
- Paulina Toutounji, COL ‘25
- Bella Avelino, MSB ‘25
- Olivia Volpe, COL ‘25
- Elyza Bruce, COL ‘25
- Caroline Mecia, SFS ‘25
- Gisell Campos, COL ‘25
- Alison Woltanski, SFS ‘25
- Eva Sofia Esposito, SFS ‘24
- Benjamin Oestericher, SFS ‘25
- Alexandra Thalberg, COL ‘25
- Sudeeksha Yadav, COL ‘24
- Vivienne Trumpbour, COL ‘24
- Alison McLeod, COL ‘24
- Annelise Vella, SFS ‘24
- Julia Malpass, COL ‘24
- Krishi Desai, SFS ‘24
- Jiwon Hyun COL ‘24
- Lucas Nieman SFS ‘24
- Julien Fagel SFS ‘25
- Angela Yu SFS ‘25
- Zoe Niazi SFS ‘25w
- Clark Hooper MSB ‘24
- Aphrodite Moissis COL ‘24
- Ajani Jones COL ‘25
- Christina Kanemori MSB ‘24
Organizations Signing On:
Georgetown University Student Association Senate via this Resolution