The Associated Students of Madison University Affairs Committee held a meeting Wednesday to discuss campus safety and a new campaign focused on improving to cell phone reception on campus.
ASM Student Council Freshman Representative Callen Raveret said the committee is taking on the Cell Phone campaign because it will impact every student on campus.
“A cell phone is probably the biggest tool for communication with people,” Raveret said. “And if you have communication you’re safe.”
According to ASM Press Officer David Gardner, phase one of the plan, which was undertaken by the university this year, increased all around street level reception.
Gardner said students on this campaign will lobby for a phase two, which would look to expand service in campus buildings that were built in a way that hinders clear cell phone transmission.
Gardner said two buildings students will focus on are Camp Randall and the Student Activity Center, which are known to have poor cell phone service.
ASM Assistant Press Office Director Courtney Jackson said cell phone reception is incredibly relevant to increasing safety on campus, an umbrella campaign of ASM as a whole this semester.
"ASM sees the lack of significant cell phone reception on campus as a serious issue,” Jackson said. “The Cell Phone campaign is a promising effort to solve this problem and will allow ASM to continue to serve students.”
Raveret said the next step is to increase student awareness and to receive input about specific problem areas on campus.
The committee will provide further updates on the campaign at its meeting on Nov. 28th.
