The following story is from a fellow TCU student who experienced negligence from a faculty member during her first and only Frogs First. This story is intended not only to reflect the various ways in which TCU is unsuccessful at giving serious consideration and support to students who experience struggles with their mental health, but also to shed light on the countless ways that TCU fails to protect its students and make them feel safe on a campus they are supposed to consider “home”:
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Saturday, February 8, 2020, a student journalist published an article in TCU360 about campus investigation of flyers posted by a white supremacist group. According to the article, this was the second spotting of the semester and the third spotting of this academic year. However, there has not been a single report of these instances over the last 6 months though TCU police routinely sends out community alerts. It is shameful this responsibility fell on a student. Based on the interview with Assistant Chief of Police, Robert Rangel, the university seems to be more concerned with not offending white supremacist groups than the safety and wellbeing of their students. Instances such as these should be shared with the community as they affect the entire campus, especially marginalized students. This particular group has had a reoccurring presence on this campus, yet it seems that little has been done to minimize this issue. Rangel stated that there is concern surrounding these groups because they have potential to incite violence. Because their presence has been on this campus for so long, it is no longer a question of if there will be another incident, but rather when and how the next incident will occur. This is even more reason why the TCU community deserves to be notified by the university. TCU police have admitted that it is difficult to prevent and stop these incidents and have called on “the community” to work together as the department’s eyes and ears without giving explicit detail on their own plans to protect their community and complete a successful investigation. While soliciting help from the community might increase the chances of intercepting these instances, lack of communication makes it difficult for the entire community to be aware and follow through with these expectations. |
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