22/10/2025
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Official Statement on the BU HATAW 2025 Incident
What was meant to be a night of celebration became a moment of alarm. During the recent ๐๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ, the use of smoke bombs turned excitement into emergency. Many students struggled to breathe, some fainted, and others were rushed for medical assistance. A performance designed to bring unity and pride instead exposed the serious consequences of neglecting safety for spectacle.
๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ. The smoke that drifted across the field could have reached the stray cats curled up below the bleachers, the dogs roaming by the gates, and the birds nesting in nearby trees. These animals, the quiet companions of campus life, may have shared the same air that left students gasping for air, frightened, confused, and defenseless.
Quietly enduring the same air filled with smoke and confusion, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ. Unlike us, they had no one to call for help, no way to escape, and no understanding of why they were in pain. They were left defenseless in the circumstances they never understood nor wanted.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐, not to assign blame, but ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐. And we call to every administrator, organizer, leader, and everyone who believes that no event, display, or tradition should ever come at the cost of safety or lives. This includes the lives that often go unnoticed, the animals who share this campus with us. They deserve the same consideration and protection, for they breathe the same air and live within the same grounds we do.
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐. โHumanityโ cannot be limited to humans; true compassion must include every living creature that breathes, rests, and exists alongside us. We, as humans, must recognize this truth: ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ. We must value and protect everyone, including the voiceless lives that share our spaces.
We all breathe the same air.
Letโs make sure itโs safe for everyoneโhumans and animals alike.