LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Yes, I have an opinion to send in regarding the
last page of the Thursday article. So VCU has thrown
all this money into a system to help us, and what do
people do? BASH IT!

This system is put up to alert us if something happens,
and instead people question it. I have never had
much to say on anything until now. Someone had the
nerve to even joke on what to change the siren sound
to? How is this even funny? More than 30 people lost
their lives in a horrible tragic event and some d-khead
wants to joke on changing the sound of the siren. Oh,
hahahhaaha, it’s sooooo funny; let’s joke on changing
something that is supposed to warn us if someone is
running around shooting up our campus to “Crank
That (Soulja Boy).”

Not only that, but your paper allows people to vote
on that? What is your problem, VCU Times?* I’m sure
the students at Tech would love to hear we are voting
on a “I’m Rick James” siren on our campus, ’cause it’s
ohhh that funny.

Not only that, but then you say in your article that
no students went inside during the test. Well, hmmmm,
’cause there was a big freakin’ red sign on the VCU
home page that said “SIREN TEST.”

John Bennett is doing everything he can to help
make this campus safe and your paper decides to find
every single li’l flaw with it. Yeah, I’m glad that we can
joke about what to change the siren to. You even have
a “send in your opinion.”

This is the first time in college I have ever stood
up for something and I am a senior. Everyone has a
opinion and here’s mine: quit finding the low points
on something that is supposed to help us. Also, I hope
you feel good allowing something like the “change the
siren” voting thing to even be put in there.

I’m glad we can all joke about something so serious.
It’s a freaking siren – what’s it supposed to sound like
– nature sounds? Geeeeeezzz.

-Russell Sillmon

*Editor’s Note: We’re called the Commonwealth
Times, not the VCU Times.