Comments on: Suspicious backpack found at Howard Hall

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By: Aaron Harrison

Aaron Harrison — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:20:34 +0000

Well, you really can’t try to be thoughtless. You just are. Also, “random” is just a crutch for those who can’t figure out how to act like adults. Anyone who labels themselves or their actions as “random”, usually just wants attention or they just don’t know how to behave in normal situations. Cue Schroeder-Davis. She should be ashamed of this and I’m sure placing that backpack there fits some sort of crime, and I think it would be prudent to follow up on this fiasco with the fullest extent of the law, even if it is just probably a misdemeanor.

By: D

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:55:05 +0000

Aaron-I feel like you’re overreacting. I don’t think she was trying to be thoughtless. Sometimes people try to do random things for random people for the fun of it. No age limit is attached to these actions that are intended to be harmless. If the people who responded to this situation (security, bomb squad, police department) were understanding of the situation why should she be charged with anything criminal? Why should she be expelled? You may think her actions were childish or thoughtless, but lighten up.

By: Student

Student — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:01:50 +0000

Oh God forbid a backpack on campus…

By: Aaron Harrison

Aaron Harrison — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:37:18 +0000

Clearly, O anonymous one, you didn’t read right and you’ve clearly never have been in a bomb threat situation. I said it was unacceptable and embarrassing because it paints the entire campus in a bad light. I mean, if we have a person on campus thoughtless enough to do this, how must the rest of us be? This is how this is going to be seen. Middle schoolers do this kind of stuff all the time, you know.
Also, this is far from a random act of kindness. This is simply the crying out of an attention starved woman. If Dana really wanted to be kind, she could leave the toys in mailboxes or just flat out hand them to people. Dana didn’t want to be kind. She left her cell phone number in the backpack so she could be called by whomever got the toys. She wanted to feel good about herself. No kindness involved.
And, you are right. There are stories in the news about IEDs and bombings and all that horrible stuff. Which is why you don’t leave backpacks out in the open like that. That is the first thing people think of. My anger is fully justified, as a result.

By: Student2

Student2 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:44:35 +0000

Attempting to add some fun to someone’s life is one thing, but to execute it so poorly that the city is made to waste valuable time and resources is definitely a bad thing. Being as unapologetic as she is makes it an epic FAIL.

And it was certainly her fault for not thinking it through.

By: Student

Student — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:34:53 +0000

I applaud Dana for attempting to give a spark to someone’s day. But WOW to the previous post. Lighten up! “Unacceptable and embarrassing to the entire Drake community” !?! You can’t be serious. I am embarrassed for you. Please go to CNN.com and read news headlines across the world. People are being murdered and blown to pieces and all sorts of hate crime. A girl does a random act of kindness on campus for fun and it became a misunderstanding. It was nobody’s fault! “I hope Schroeder-Davis gets expelled, or at least charged with something” — Please Aaron, take up yoga and get over it. Your anger is unnecessary and ugly.

By: Aaron Harrison

Aaron Harrison — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:42:43 +0000

Is it just me or does the phrase “create a unique experience for someone and that they would write about it on the site” the most illogical thing I’ve ever heard? Why would you assume that a) people read the site, which is a knockoff of FML, which is a knockoff of PostSecrets, which is 90% fake as it is, or b)that someone would even want to put on a website that they got cold Ho-Ho’s and a toy dinosaur from a random backpack, or c)that anyone cares enough in the first place to even look in the backpack or d)that no one is going to be frightened over an unmarked package left on a doorstep or e)that leaving your cell phone number is a good idea when doing something that will undoubtedly be illegal? I hope Schroeder-Davis gets expelled, or at least charged with something. This is unacceptable and embarrassing to the entire Drake community.

By: Rachel H.

Rachel H. — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:33:52 +0000

-”What kind of world do we live in where a backpack with a weird note is taken this seriously,” Schroeder-Davis said.-

It is called the Post-9/11 world.

-Although she viewed Campus Security and DMPD’s response as a slight over-reaction she appreciates their professionalism “because if it was a bomb they would have saved lives.”-

Isn’t that possibility the reason why they “overreact”?