Penn To Install Bangin’ Stereo System
Finally, at long last, the telegraph is obsolete.
Yesterday at UTB headquarters, our daily 90-minute sensory deprivation chamber naps were interrupted by the sounds of our AOL accounts all saying “You’ve Got Mail” in unison. First we were annoyed that our chambers weren’t strong enough to block the noise (if you know of a higher grade chamber than the ones we’ve been using, let us know) but then we saw what the email said and it was great news! The UPennAlert Emergency Notification System has a new component: the Penn Siren Outdoor System (Penn SOS). It’s a series of 13 speakers around campus that can “transmit emergency alert tones and voice intelligible messages to the outdoor campus environment.” Tests of the system using the Westminster Chimes will be held every first Friday of the month at 11 a.m. starting October 2nd, but who likes sleeping in on Fridays anyway? Check out more info here.
Our three thoughts:
1) More safety precautions: awesome.
2) Westminster Chimes: awesome.
3) Hypothetical improper use of the system: not awesome. See, we’re worried that maybe some students, on a nice April day, would find a way to hijack the system. And we want to say that we in no way endorse people figuring out a way to get into the speaker system to play the “Electric Slide” throughout all of campus because that would be an incredible misuse of this new tool and it would put our security at risk for 4 fantastic minutes and it would be the greatest thing in the entire world so we want nothing to do with that.
Full email after the jump…
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