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DOTS: Are Dawg Alerts Effective or Inconvenient?

Will Hicks | Multimedia Reporter | wwhicks@butler.edu

Following an urgent Dawg Alert sent out on Sept. 21, Multimedia Reporter Will Hicks asks students’ opinions on Butler’s emergency notification system.

September 30, 2026
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