Comments on: Good Move?

By: ajb

ajb — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:16:57 +0000

By the time the person has escaped, emails, text messages, and prerecorded voicemail have been sent to every student and community member, so everyone knows about it.
Well, I went to Gustavus before everyone had a computer, the beginning of email and before anyone had a cell phone. So it took a lot longer to get the word out.
Maybe I'm wrong but I don't think people would need to worry about their personal safety during a breakout. Why would someone bust out just to go on a wild and crazy sexual assault rampage near the place they just broke out of?
You are kidding right? They are sexual predators! As a female college student it was very nerve-wracking when break-outs happened.

By: sandburg

sandburg — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:32:08 +0000

can = came

By: sandburg

sandburg — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:31:29 +0000

Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think people would need to worry about their personal safety during a breakout. Why would someone bust out just to go on a wild and crazy sexual assault rampage near the place they just broke out of? Wouldn’t it make more sense to just get out and try to hide and get back to wherever they can from?

By: disk7

disk7 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:49:44 +0000

I go to Gustavus and yes, it sucks when people escape from the hospital there. Though it’s not as big a deal as people make it seem. By the time the person has escaped, emails, text messages, and prerecorded voicemail have been sent to every student and community member, so everyone knows about it. Unless youre a total moron, you aren’t wandering the streets of saint peter alone during a breakout anyway. And need I remind you, even though Saint Peter is small, hwy 169 runs right through the town, and there’s a fair amount of traffic throughout…

My normal response when I get an email about a sex offender escaping: “Oh…k, on to class…”

By: mason

mason — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:38:35 +0000

They’d have to be clutching their heads, of course!

By: ajb

ajb — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:36:47 +0000

I went to Gustavus and it sucked when a patient escaped … the campus went on lock down. Being on lock down was fine, but it was nerve wracking knowing a patient was on the loose next to campus. Generally speaking, the ones that escaped while I was there were in for sexual offenses.

By: Rat

Rat — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:42:00 +0000

Is it Sweeps Week?

By: miller

miller — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:34:53 +0000

You have a point about the fear mongering. Keep in mind that the story was written for TV. I bet the promos for the story were great: “Mad men running in the streets of St. Peter? That’s what the Department of Human Services is proposing.”

By: mason

mason — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:22:41 +0000

For one, the "story" is whoafully inadequate. There's next to no information outside of the quasi-cut&pasted:

Audra Waylett, a security counselor, says its hard to keep the nearby community safe from dangerous patients when theres fewer staff. "Keeping workers and the public safe is our top priority, she says. We live in St. Peter and Mankato, and we want to protect our community from our dangerous patients. We also deserve to work a safe shift and return home to our families who count on us.
"Frontline workers know how to reduce costs without compromising safety, but no one asked us," says Chuck Carlson, president of AFSCME Local 404. "A bureaucrat in St. Paul shouldn't decide what's safe for St. Peter."
At a 2:30 p.m. news conference on Wednesday, discussion topics include layoff letters that workers received, the communication between workers and management, and concerns about worker safety and public safety.

Very Pavlovian!

GGR is one of the best though.

By: spaceman

spaceman — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:02:53 +0000

hmm, my lil sis is a St. Peter security officer — I better give her a call to see if she still has a job.