someone get stabbed?

[dingaling]

did someone get stabbed in the library? that's pretty scary! I would have freaked out if I was there!

[sarahtarah]

accidental or on purpose?

local or another student?

details?

[Closter]

No one was stabbed. There was an incident in the library.
No one was stabbed
No one was stabbed

[sarahtarah]

what was the incident?

[jcu]

Dude. Way to blow things out of proportion. The email stated that someone was threatened in the library at night, and that it was taken care of.

[Closter]

In about 2 months, someone will start one of the thousands thread asking
"Should I goto Ross?"

and someone will reply
"No, I heard someone got stabbed in the library at that school"

and it's all your fault:eek:

[jcu]

And that's how the rumor mill works, ladies and gents. :rolleyes:

[thebarbarian]

I thought a Dom man who was friends with the front desk 'librarians' came in tried to walk out with some laptops and someone tried to stop him. He pulled a kitchen knife and stabbed a student. At least thats what I heard.

[txdoc22]

Wow, it sure doesn't take long for a rumor to get blown way out of proportion. Yeah, they said there was a threat and no injury. No one was stabbed.

[stephew]

I heard the guy put the machete (it was a machete, not knife) in his teeth, cracked a whip and wrapped it around a library beam, swung across the desk like indiana jones, and swiped the computer up with the one free hand.

[bada bing]

it was Osama Bin Laden

[Almost Home]

Oh that bullcrap, it wasnt a machete, it was a chainsaw (McCullock 610 with the optional 22 inch bar to be exact). I just wonder how he got it through customs without paying that outragous import tax? :roll:

[ILPsychDoc]

it was Osama Bin Laden

Ha! He's always up to something...

Actually it was a white dude, who is the husband of one of the students here. He saw his wife talking to another guy in the computer room and walked in with a knife and told the other guy not to talk his wife. He was either very drunk or on drugs. He was tackled by security. He is going to be deported (thank god). At least thats what I heard....

[cavalletti]

I heard the guy put the machete (it was a machete, not knife) in his teeth, cracked a whip and wrapped it around a library beam, swung across the desk like indiana jones, and swiped the computer up with the one free hand.

It wasn't until the part about Indiana Jones that I realized you were joking. :shock:

[drnate]

Ha! He's always up to something...

Actually it was a white dude, who is the husband of one of the students here. He saw his wife talking to another guy in the computer room and walked in with a knife and told the other guy not to talk his wife. He was either very drunk or on drugs. He was tackled by security. He is going to be deported (thank god). At least thats what I heard....

Is this seriously what happened? I've been studying my butt off in my apt and have been sheltered from the world so I don't know what's going on in the world -- let alone Ross.

Somebody fill us in for our safety (and entertainment)....else I'm going to stop talking to women altogether at the library. =).

[Closter]

5 people died 23 more injured

[eyecon82]

well..11 people just got shot at NIU..and this is for real

[Sideswipe]

You would think that Ross would try to avoid these kinds of situations seeing as how it could radically alter the reputation of a school. I would think the Ross admin would try to minimize these types of confrontations so they didn't happen.

Putting students in a crowded (sometimes hot depending on where you study) environment for literally hours on end day after day can take its toll. Add in the fact of the squatting situation and you can see how that could light the fuse when someone confronts another over a study spot.

If something did happen, could you imagine the reaction in the US if something unfortunate were to happen? "You allowed students to unfairly take up an entire spot to themselves and knew that this was leading to confrontations?"

[Closter]

I feel safer in Dominica than in most cities in the US...:roll:

[vaneleus]

The bad actor was apparently not a student, but a spouse. Nothing to do with study spaces or sometimes hot spaces or squatting or admin.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Ross does try to minimize this type of problem...but not everything is within admin's control.

You would think that Ross would try to avoid these kinds of situations seeing as how it could radically alter the reputation of a school. I would think the Ross admin would try to minimize these types of confrontations so they didn't happen.

Putting students in a crowded (sometimes hot depending on where you study) environment for literally hours on end day after day can take its toll. Add in the fact of the squatting situation and you can see how that could light the fuse when someone confronts another over a study spot.

If something did happen, could you imagine the reaction in the US if something unfortunate were to happen? "You allowed students to unfairly take up an entire spot to themselves and knew that this was leading to confrontations?"

[ILPsychDoc]

If something did happen, could you imagine the reaction in the US if something unfortunate were to happen? "You allowed students to unfairly take up an entire spot to themselves and knew that this was leading to confrontations?"

Didn't you read the thread? It wasn't even a student bro, it was a spouse... and he certainly wasn't brandishing a weapon over squatting...:lolup:

[Sideswipe]

Didn't you read the thread? It wasn't even a student bro, it was a spouse... and he certainly wasn't brandishing a weapon over squatting...:lolup:

I did read the thread. I simply used the idea of something unfortunate happening and its consequences HAD squatting been the issue. The recent university shooting in the US is a good example. See how much scrutiny is put on the university to see if they could have prevented the deaths of the students? Evereything is magnified - could they have done this better, that better, etc, etc, etc. Tough questions are asked like why did the university have this policy or that policy? Why didn't they have this policy instead. Basically, the unfortunate incident brings the entire focus of the media on the university.

Now apply that same line of thinking had squatting been the catalyst at Ross. I was simply saying that the media fallout would be that much worse for Ross because their policies are much easier to pick apart. The media digs DEEP into almost everything that the university did or didn't do to establish accountability. They would not have to dig that deep at all to find dysfunctional policies at Ross.

[ay04]

im gonna blame el nino for this one

[vaneleus]

I did read the thread. I simply used the idea of something unfortunate happening and its consequences HAD squatting been the issue. The recent university shooting in the US is a good example. See how much scrutiny is put on the university to see if they could have prevented the deaths of the students? Evereything is magnified - could they have done this better, that better, etc, etc, etc. Tough questions are asked like why did the university have this policy or that policy? Why didn't they have this policy instead. Basically, the unfortunate incident brings the entire focus of the media on the university.

Now apply that same line of thinking had squatting been the catalyst at Ross. I was simply saying that the media fallout would be that much worse for Ross because their policies are much easier to pick apart. The media digs DEEP into almost everything that the university did or didn't do to establish accountability. They would not have to dig that deep at all to find dysfunctional policies at Ross.

If squatting were a catalyst for this type of incident at Ross, it would be a reflection on society and not on a policy (it's a set of rules, deal with them). To say that it could be due to a squatting policy would be only slightly more rediculous than placing blame on a speedy sperm that was just a tad crazy.

[Sideswipe]

Huh?

Society has rules that you live by. The government enforces them. Dominica enforces less rules - thus life is tougher here. The same with Ross. Ross enforces less rules than most US universities. When you don't have a rule for speeding, people will speed. When you don't have a rule against squatting, or fail to enforce that rule, people will squat.

People will always take as much as they can up to the point that they are not going to get caught. If there aren't consequences for their actions, people will do whatever they want cuz they can get away with it.

That is why the US is a better place. Rules are enforced there. People are held to a higher standard and are held accountable.

And squatting COULD be a catalyst. If there are x number of students but only x/2 number of resources per students, then you are basically setting up a system where students will fight with each other for the lack of resources.

I'm really wanting to see how some Ross students will cope with being back in the US and having to follow rules again. I'd love for a Ross student to take all their flower pots, clothes, shoes, food, and trash and go set all that up at a local library in the US.

:crackingup:

[ILPsychDoc]

You guys are getting away from the point... A spouse brandished a weapon in the library, squatting was not involved and lax enforcement of rules was not an issue. In the US, libraries are public places... That same spouse could have waltzed in to ANY library in the US and brandished the same knife and be tackled by security in the same manner.

Trying to relate this to a fault with the system is not logical, unless they make a rule that only allows students to use the library, and not spouses...

[Sideswipe]

Ok, I admit. I did stray away from the point. I wasn't saying that the school policies caused this incident. If you read my post, all I was saying was that IF the SQUATTING situation had caused the incident, then the proverbial fecal matter would have collided with the ventilation equipment. Because it gives an extremely easy target for people to lay blame.

I thought I made it clear in my earlier posts that I wasn't connecting this incident with squatting other than for the fact of a worse media fallout. I will try to couch my words better next time.

[SGMD1]

Anyone have the link to the Ross Safety & Security Police Blotter page? I haven't been able to find it by searching but I'm pretty sure it exists

[vaneleus]

Anyone have the link to the Ross Safety & Security Police Blotter page? I haven't been able to find it by searching but I'm pretty sure it exists

You can only access it from the campus network...but I think it's blotter.rossmed.edu.dm

[Victor604]

*whew*....that makes me feel better. Bullwhiping-swinging to pilfer a laptop is one thing, but a stabbing is no joking matter.

[hopefulmd2]

no one was stabbed. i was there that night about 3am when some drunk dude came in and started pushing around a random student who was just sitting there studying. then he tried to reach into his pocket and a knife fell out. when the student saw this he ran out and called the security. later they caught the guy and took him to police ( i don't where that is......... since i have never seen a police station in dominica) but that is what we were told. since then they have implemented new security rules on campus, which i think are still pretty lame and i have not seen any changes. anyone can still come in and leave anytime they want.


oh yeah! by the way my friend got robbed the other night on his way to school. Someone walked behind him and put a knife to his neck and demanded to hand over everything he had. so he had to give his laptop and all the money he had. and this was a day before the mini. So yeah good advice is not to walk alone here at night. I didn't believe in that first either, but since this happened i have been taking the bus home every night. better safe than sorry.

and trust me these are not rumors. the library incidence i was there and saw the whole thing go down. and couple of days later i saw my friend come to school without any of his shit. since then he has been studying in the computer lab since he has no laptop.

And they say "Dominica is the 4th happiest place in the world." Of course, why wouldn't it be. After they take all the shit away from students.

[jabee_usm]

ALL I can say about this thread is........ "WoW!":D

[eyecon82]

no one was stabbed. i was there that night about 3am when some drunk dude came in and started pushing around a random student who was just sitting there studying. then he tried to reach into his pocket and a knife fell out. when the student saw this he ran out and called the security. later they caught the guy and took him to police ( i don't where that is......... since i have never seen a police station in dominica) but that is what we were told. since then they have implemented new security rules on campus, which i think are still pretty lame and i have not seen any changes. anyone can still come in and leave anytime they want.


oh yeah! by the way my friend got robbed the other night on his way to school. Someone walked behind him and put a knife to his neck and demanded to hand over everything he had. so he had to give his laptop and all the money he had. and this was a day before the mini. So yeah good advice is not to walk alone here at night. I didn't believe in that first either, but since this happened i have been taking the bus home every night. better safe than sorry.

and trust me these are not rumors. the library incidence i was there and saw the whole thing go down. and couple of days later i saw my friend come to school without any of his pooh pooh. since then he has been studying in the computer lab since he has no laptop.

And they say "Dominica is the 4th happiest place in the world." Of course, why wouldn't it be. After they take all the pooh pooh away from students.


who was this random guy? student ...local?

[hopefulmd2]

he was a spouse of a student..................