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At Central Florida, students aren't reading crime warnings

Students say they don't pay attention to e-mails from campus police
Nov. 29, 2007

About two or three times every week, the University of Central Florida Police Department sends out crime advisories to students by e-mail. Most of them inform students of crimes recently committed on or around campus, such as robberies or attempted sexual assaults, and provide crime-prevention tips. The problem is that many students apparently don't read the e-mails, and some students don't receive them at all. Because signing up to receive campus e-mails also means receiving a daily "Good Morning UCF" e-mail, athletics advertising and campus surveys, some students block the messages.

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