{
  "id": "2026-08-05-youngstown-state-university-telephone-service-outage",
  "slug": "youngstown-state-university-telephone-service-outage-2026-08-05",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Youngstown State University",
    "shortName": "YSU",
    "state": "OH",
    "type": "public-masters",
    "alertSystemName": "Penguin Alert",
    "enrollment": 11000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-08-05",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Campus telephone service outage with alternate police call path",
    "headlinePublic": "Campus telephone service outage with alternate police call path",
    "summary": "YSU [issued an URGENT PENGUIN ALERT that campus telephone service was down](https://www.getrave.com/rss/ysu/channel1) and provided an alternate police number.",
    "outcome": "Alternate police number published while campus telephone service was down."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-05T05:56:27-04:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "URGENT PENGUIN ALERT: Telephone service to the YSU campus is currently down.  If you need police service, call 330-716-3527.\n\nMore info on: ysu.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.getrave.com/rss/ysu/channel1",
      "sourceDescription": "Penguin Alert Rave RSS (ysu/channel1)",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent fetch of official Rave RSS 2026-08-10. SPN 523.",
        "pubDate 2026-08-05T09:56:27Z; EDT offset applied.",
        "Double space after down. preserved exactly."
      ],
      "characterCount": 148
    }
  ],
  "context": "Youngstown State issues Penguin Alert products via Rave; public RSS at [getrave.com/rss/ysu/channel1](https://www.getrave.com/rss/ysu/channel1).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Infrastructure outage product routes police contact to a cell number while campus phones are down."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "YSU Penguin Alert Rave RSS",
      "url": "https://www.getrave.com/rss/ysu/channel1",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-10",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture; archive.org save endpoint unavailable or throttled"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-masters",
    "ohio",
    "youngstown",
    "penguin-alert",
    "telephone-outage"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-10",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-10",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}