Recently, OSU shifted away from sending Public Saftey Notice emails, towards maintaining a Community Crime Map. For posterity, The Sundial recovered the last email draft created before this announcement:
Public Safety Notice – Columbus
Dear Ohio State Community Member:
We are sharing the below information on a crime that occurred in the on-campus area.
The purpose of this message is to heighten your safety awareness by providing community members with information necessary to take appropriate precautions, enable you to take actions to help increase your safety, and to aid in the prevention of similar crimes.
Public Safety Notice For: Campus Area
Date: Thursday, March 10, 2022
The following crime occurred in the campus area
On 3/10/2021, at approximately 7:56 a.m., four students in Advanced Web Communications, entered their lecture room in Knowlton Hall to see the suspect, a University Professor, a white male, reported to be between the ages of 23 and 64, wearing a black dress, a white apron, a blue bubble gum-colored wig, and bedazzled cat ears. Upon the victims moving towards their seats, the suspect allegedly said “*rawr* XD. Wewcome to w-wwecture… stwudents ~UwU!” The victims, recalling that attendence was mandatory, sat down and braced themselves for the last lecture that would be covered in next week’s midterm. No physical injuries were reported. Additionaly, the professor allegedly hacked into the OSU email system, but no issues have been reported.
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–By Idris Malik, Social Media Officer