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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
Campuses are only as safe as the police and law abiding citizens on and around that campus try to make it. There will always be students and nonstudents who want to victimize others.
But did these incidents occur on campus or around campus? Campuses are not immune to what's going on around it.
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It sounds that both occurred off campus (about 5 miles from AU, a little less for UNC). I think much of the shock value, however, is that both of the immediate areas, Chapel Hill and Auburn, are to my knowledge, pretty safe places. I'm sure things get a little sketchier farther out, but even in Opelika I don't think most AU students have much fear.
Of course, both areas have some poorer, more rural surroundings, and although not especially violent to my knowledge, random violent crime does occasionally occur. unfortunately, these two seemingly random incidents occurred in succession, which certainly doesn't mend the already-present fears of many college students.