Changes demanded by students for CU alert system

“Be Aware. Be Ready. Be Boulder,” the CU Boulder Alerts web page said.Over the past two years, there have been two petitions calling for Chancellor Phillip DiStefano’s resignation because of his delayed communication to CU Boulder students in times of possible threats. Delayed alerts have been sent out for incidents such as the King Soopers shooting, the Marshall fire, shooting threats (most recently on Oct. 31) and mandatory shelter-in-place orders.On Feb. 1, students and alumni from the University of Colorado Boulder voiced their concerns through a petition made on change.org.“Today, February 1, 2022, was the final straw for a lot of the CU Boulder students. We were faced with a potential shooting that could have occurred on campus. Ex-UCLA Professor Matthew Harris was found in Boulder this morning. He had written an 800-page manifesto that included ‘Burn and attack Boulder outside by the University,’” the petition statement read.By 9 a.m., the Boulder Regional SWAT Team, CU Police D...