Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety is launching their new safety app, Orange Safe, by the end of the month. Some students aren’t convinced this will benefit with off campus safety in Syracuse.
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Maddie Mustion: DPS’s new app, Orange Safe, is set to replace the current Rave Guardian app before the semester starts. Off campus safety may be a bigger concern for students. Marianna Marquardt, a Physics student at SU, says she hopes the app will have a large reach.
Marianna Marquardt: So I think if they find a way to get people who are off campus still downloading the app then that could be really helpful.
Maddie Mustion: Getting students to download the app is a big obstacle. Will Harrington, a Senior at SU, says technology may not be the answer to safety.
Will Harrington: I think it’s hard for people to use an app like that for that circumstance.
Maddie Mustion: Harrington thinks DPS presence off campus would be more beneficial.
Will Harrington: It’s hard, it’s kinda unavoidable for danger to happen, but like if they just have people out there then maybe they can pick it up more often.
Maddie Mustion: DPS hopes to have Orange Safe in the app store by the end of August. In Syracuse, Maddie Mustion, N-C-C News.
Maddie Mustion: DPS’s new app, Orange Safe, is set to replace the current Rave Guardian app before the semester starts. Off campus safety may be a bigger concern for students. Marianna Marquardt, a Physics student at SU, says she hopes the app will have a large reach.
Marianna Marquardt: So I think if they find a way to get people who are off campus still downloading the app then that could be really helpful.
Maddie Mustion: Getting students to download the app is a big obstacle. Will Harrington, a Senior at SU, says technology may not be the answer to safety.
Will Harrington: I think it’s hard for people to use an app like that for that circumstance.
Maddie Mustion: Harrington thinks DPS presence off campus would be more beneficial.
Will Harrington: It’s hard, it’s kinda unavoidable for danger to happen, but like if they just have people out there then maybe they can pick it up more often.
Maddie Mustion: DPS hopes to have Orange Safe in the app store by the end of August. In Syracuse, Maddie Mustion, N-C-C News.