First off, thank god that the student was not hurt bad. This could have been a horrible horrible situation.
Second, thank you so much to everyone who stepped up to help. From the stories in the Daily Camera it sounds like bystanders did an awesome job helping the student and the police and ambulance appeared to arrive quickly and did a superb job.
Third, the Daily Camera did a great job reporting the story. How they handled this gives me hope for the future of local newspapers. The community needs someone providing this news and the Camera website was the source for so many people - which means advertising revenue to support the reporting.
Now lets move on to the parts handled badly. First we already have accusations flying as to how good/bad a job the university did. Some people claimed they got notice, some said they did not, and others said the notice they received was worthless.
Before we all assume whatever our preconceived notions are about the University, lets spend a day or two to see what actually was done, when, and why. Then if it turns out the University mucked it up, we can crucify them then.
Update: I have received email from numerous people, plus the Camera is reporting that the University got messages out fast on the emergency txt-ing system and the messages were clear and informative. It looks like the police and University are to be commended for doing a really good job.
This guy also makes it clear that our system for handling the mentally unbalanced is totally broken. Based on his background if anyone belonged in the system, he did. And people can die if this is not handled right. Liberals need to accept that people with problems like this need to be locked up in some cases forever. Conservatives need to understand that people like this need treatment, not incarceration and throw away the key. Both side need to work together to fix this.
To the morons that say this is because Boulder is too _______ (fill in the blank, it's been all over the place) - get a clue. Boulder is one of the safest places in the country and this was a totally random event. Random events are no validation of your preconcieved biases.
Finally, once again thank god the student will be ok.
