Safety update about recent campus events
The 安全和福祉 of our campus community is our top priority. In that vein, we would like to share a safety update related to recent events on our campus.
亲爱的卡罗莱纳社区：
The 安全和福祉 of our campus community is our top priority. In that vein, we would like to share a safety update related to recent events on our campus.
First, we will reopen the Campus Y building on Monday, May 6, with revised hours from 8 a.m. 到5点.m. It was initially closed on Tuesday with other buildings in the area for safety reasons and concerns about after-hours door security. We are now cleaning a significant amount of debris and ensuring that hallways, 出入口畅通. We will continue to monitor the building.
We must support the safety and security of our entire campus and surrounding community. 最近校园里的抗议者, 其中许多人不是学生, have continually and aggressively overstepped boundaries and shown that they are not interested in a peaceful demonstration. Their actions and rhetoric prove they are willing to escalate their tactics to the point of putting everyone in danger.
最近几天, members of this group and others have caused damage to Polk Place, broken into academic buildings after hours, 支撑着的门通向锁着的建筑物, 拆除路障, pounded on windows and attempted to push through officers to forcibly enter South Building, 袭击警察和其他车辆, thrown furniture in front of police vehicles injuring officers, entered classrooms during finals to cause disruptions, taken down the American flag flying over Polk Place twice, and thrown water bottles and fluids at University workers, 警察和行政人员.
最令人不安的, we have learned of an arson threat against a Jewish fraternity building and seen multiple instances of clearly antisemitic messages and threats in buildings.
这种活动是不能容忍的, as they interfere with student learning, 安全和福祉, 以及大学的运作. These activities are particularly disruptive at the end of the academic year, when students are taking final exams and we are preparing for our Commencement celebrations.
We have been closely watching the events happening at other universities around the country, and we have seen how demonstrations by similar groups have turned into significant disruptions to the entire community and threatened the safety of everyone involved.
We will continue to make decisions that we think best protect our community, and we are following our established procedures to assess disciplinary consequences.
We are aware there are many questions about the details surrounding a variety of University decisions and ongoing actions; please see answers to frequently asked questions.
真诚地,
Nate Knuffman, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations
Amy Johnson, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
George Battle, Vice Chancellor for Institutional Integrity and Risk Management
