Spring Break Safety

What took the University of Kansas so long to send students an email in regards to traveling safely over Spring Break?  Especially if their travels took them to Mexico.  Numerous universities, like Colorado State University sent out campus-wide emails to inform its students of the dangers in Mexico over the last couple of months.  However, the University of Kansas did not send out an email to its students until March 9.  I appreciate the fact the university even sent out an email but it would have been more beneficial to the K.U. students had it been sent out earlier.

 The U.S. Department of State renewed a travel advisory for Americans traveling into Mexico, whether that is by land, air or sea.  The advisory comes as a warning to students to ensure they realize the increase in crime in Mexico as many college students travel to popular destinations in Mexico for Spring Break.  The dangers in Mexico have included shootings, violent attacks and shoot outs, which can be traced back to the drug cartels.  Although these dangers seem to be in more towards the boarder towns and on the roads at night, college students need to be aware of what is going on around them for their own safety. 

The University of Arizona warned its students to be extra careful if they were traveling to Mexico during Spring Break back in February, while Arizona State University in Tempe and Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff at that time mentioned they too would release an advisory to its students.  This is where the disconnect is.  What took K.U. so long to advise its students about traveling to Mexico?  Maybe if the advisory was sent earlier students would change their minds about traveling to Mexico or at least make sure they were going with a larger group of friends.  Then again maybe it would have no effect.  I just think it was poor planning by the university to not release an advisory to our campus until a week before Spring Break when other universities were advising and warning their students all the way back in February. Even the Arizona Republic was writing stories back in February about the dangers of students traveling to Mexico and advising them to avoid vacationing there for Spring Break.  What took the K.U. community so long for a warning?