Former Brown University student and friend to Ella Cook blames 'spending priorities' for lack of security
A former Brown University student and friend of Ella Cook, who was murdered by a lone gunman at the University earlier this month, said the Ivy League school’s lack of...
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A former Brown University student and friend of Ella Cook, who was murdered by a lone gunman at the University earlier this month, said the Ivy League school’s lack of preparedness and resources to catch the killer didn’t come as a surprise. Brown’s misguided financial priorities are the root cause of how a killer was able to enter and exit the university’s facilities essentially undetected, Alex Shieh told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview, "I don't think it's particularly surprising that the old buildings on campus have never been retrofitted with updated security systems, because that's not what the priorities are with the spending, and that they know that people will want to come to Brown anyway, irrespective of the facilities, because of the Ivy League name," Shieh said. "It is sort of confusing to people that you have a school that costs $100,000 a year, you have an $8 billion endowment," Shieh said. "How come the building doesn't have cameras?" BROWN UNIVERSITY SHOOTING: TIMELINE OF TERROR THAT LEFT 2 DEAD, 9 INJURED Shieh is no stranger to what he says is bloated and wasteful spending by Brown. During his time at the school, he served as the publisher for the university’s student-run paper, the Brown Spectator, and caused a stir when he started asking questions about how much administrators make and what they do at work. Shieh sent out a survey to administrators, asking them to detail their jobs after being inspired by President Donald Trump’s DOGE , but was met with opposition from faculty. He noted that administrators are making millions, while facilities and students’ quality of life suffer. Brown took disciplinary action against the former student, first claiming he was causing emotional and psychological harm, invading privacy, misrepresenting the university, and violating operational rules. NOEM ANNOUNCES PAUSE ON IMMIGRANT VISA LOTTERY THAT ALLOWED ALLEGED BROWN SHOOTER TO ENTER US "There's about 4,000 administrators at a school of about 11,…