Sounds

What is a sound, song, spoken word etc that startles, scares, annoys, or evokes concern from you?

This is not a random question. Asking is important. What stirs your senses? It could be life saving. A screeching car or horn may actually mean danger. Look up!

Annoying and startling sounds to me are the loud bangs of the kneelers (like a bench for your knees) in Church. Peace is disrupted when the kneelers are knocked down accidently or without thought. Attend just one time at a Catholic service and you will know exactly what I mean. 

Fireworks can be startling and the sound can be confusing. People will say "it sounded like fireworks" after a shooting. When I heard fireworks the other night near Market Square, I looked at my surroundings. Taking into account I live near a sports venue, I said, "The Pirates must have scored." The news, not known to me at the 7 pm time when I was walking through the area, reported that a stabbing had occurred in the Square less than 2 hours before. What sounds accompany a stabbing?

Songs generally bring good thoughts to my brain, but a song can trigger bad vibes as well. Most of us can place ourselves in the past when a song plays from an earlier time. Why is that?

The sound of crying children can be disturbing. Are they hurt, hungry, in a temper tantrum, lost, afraid or sad? Look around at the circumstsnces. ASK if help is needed. Asking saves kids. Gut feelings of concern can be life saving.

A statement that is annoying to me so much so that it is like screeching, scratching chalk on a blackboard. As the priest said at Mass today, now we call them whiteboards. Is the empty dry marker sound annoying? I digress. The statement is:

"We didn't think it could happen here."

That statement is annoying to at least one expert who does trainings on The Clery Act.

https://youtu.be/DpvxGLQnxG0?is=9FlM8dm085h_46tP

See, not a random thought. On common ground with paid experts. What did I know in 1998?

Sitting in front of the Blessed Sacrament with the One who knows the whole picture... still sitting with Him after all these years.

Marian R. Carlino

September 25, 2026

The Clery Act..Yesterday's News Impacts Today

Rinse and Repeat.

If you are a college student, staff member, community member living near a college campus, parent, a high school student excited about the prospect of enrolling in higher education classes, you have consumer rights.

Many pay very high tuitions and expect nothing from the staff at institutions of higher learning. Cancelled classes are fun, but cost you money each time. Crimes on campus are always costly. Reputations, lawsuits, fines, injuries, deaths: what you do not know about your college campus could kill you. 

Crimes on or near campus and you were not notified? You did not consider campus safety when applying? You think the CK murder is a great conspiracy and UVU is not responsible for campus safety, only CK's team of private security needed to be proactive? 

Think and think again. 

Colleges who did not think about some aspects of the Clery Act have reputations ruined or tarnished and cost you money. Where do you think the fine money comes from or the money to defend and settle lawsuits?

You may want to learn what killed Jeanne Clery in 1986.  You also may not want to prop open doors for easy access to anyone. ( We propped open doors in the the 1970's also.)

This video explains information about Jeanne Clery. The parents of Jeanne Clery advocated for legal changes for campus safety and also filed a lawsuit against Lehigh University. Their settlement per information was not made public.

https://youtu.be/ablTHjQC4Pk?is=sY3CokeHHBhtQxcf

The lawsuit against UVU is not unusal, it is the norm.

Liberty University:

https://youtu.be/g3erRBsboyw?is=CA3NUn5jwHgQWoOi

Hazing is a crime. The Clery Act and a zoom meeting explains. It is not just a sports' problem.

https://www.clerycenter.org/scha-what-you-need-to-know

https://youtu.be/DpvxGLQnxG0?is=XH4r6oC3g3CYYQ_c

Idaho webinar:  one month ago recorded referencing changes coming in November 2026.

This webinar is thorough!

https://youtu.be/XDd1m2hGISc?is=UEO4lBNCDFb09gqk

In November 2026, the public can participate in revisions via commentary to The Clery Act. This is codified law. The Clery Act is not just about notifications. It is binding legal requirements for colleges which receive federal money. 

The copy and paste link is listed.

Understanding the Clery Act Rulemaking Process https://share.google/pVQKlHFEIehjhFOFV 

Let CK's death on a college campus be a starting point for you. Regardless of the "who dun it" scenarios, the alleged shooter acting alone or "CO and company" take on his death on September 10, 2025, a college campus allowed easy access to a rooftop which, per their info submitted for The Clery Act for the years preceeding 2025, the rooftops "were not accessable." Somebody skipped a beat, and CK's heart stopped beating as a result of a gun shot from a rooftop at UVU.

ASK about The Clery Act on your campus. What you do know could save a life.

Marian R. Carlino

Septrmber 24, 2026