In response to the Feb. 15 stabbing, about 70 students, faculty and staff traipsed about campus Thursday looking for safety hazards.
The Office of Student Affairs and Student Affairs vice president Eliseo “Cheo” Torres organized a campus safety walk.
“We have to realize we’re an urban campus,” Torres said. “Look at what happened — a student got stabbed. We never want this to happen again.”
The students paired off into groups to walk main campus. Each group was given a checklist describing what to look for. When students saw a problem with lights, emergency phone systems or general “safety conditions and upkeep,” they marked the form to indicate what and where the problem was.
The checklists were collected by Safety and Risk Services Department to be reviewed and possibly fixed.
Before the walk, students gathered in the SUB for an introduction and orientation. Torres, ASUNM Vice President Mike Westervelt and UNM Police Chief Kathy Guimond spoke at the event.
Westervelt told students that attending the walk is the best thing to do in response to the attack.
“This is a very proactive stance you’re taking on the attacks,” he said. “This is the correct response. This is your campus.”
