Advice to incoming freshmen on campus safety...

[squirrely girl]

cosign on the campus escort services - they exist for a reason!

check out the local town/city paper for police reports as well as the campus paper. crimes that happen off campus (i.e. apartments or bars) aren't always reported in the school paper.


edited to add - i live in a fairly small college town in northwest ohio. it may seem "crazy" but bad things happen in small towns too. don't be fooled into a false sense of security because you go to a smaller school or don't live in the "big city"...

Originally Posted by squirrely girl

cosign on the campus escort services - they exist for a reason!

check out the local town/city paper for police reports as well as the campus paper. crimes that happen off campus (i.e. apartments or bars) aren't always reported in the school paper.

Crime definitely went up on campus as I neared graduation. Several women were assaulted, mostly in the dorms/apartments. I'd be at the library really late sometimes, and though the parking structure wasn't that far, I always called Campus Security to escort me to my car. (The ride to my car in a golf cart instead of walking was always a plus)

Not much has changed with security at UH-M since I graduated 5 years ago. Last school year alone I recall reading about sexual assaults happening in the dorms on multiple occasions.

[KSUViolet06]

*Girls, I know it's exciting to be at college and going to parties and hanging out with older guys, but if a guy you just met that night says "hey, wanna go back to my place and hang out?", it's okay to say "no thanks."

*Realize that not all guys who rape girls look "stereotypically creepy". Yes, there are hot, "normal looking" guys who could do the same. Every perve doesn't look like the "dirty old man" that Mommy & Daddy warn you about.

*Also, just because you met a guy a couple of weeks ago at a party and he called you on the phone once or twice, doesn't mean you "know him." I guess what I'm trying to say with this is that not everyone you party with is your "friend."

[rachild]

Please learn the layout of your campus really well ASAP. It's just always a good idea to know your surroundings so you don't get lost, especially at night.

And I second the distinguished gentleman who said something like "a yes from a girl who's been drinking is still a NO." It just ain't worth the potential "complications" (i,e. potential charges) if she decides (when sober) that it was a mistake. (no this is not from my own experience, thank the Almighty I'm smarter than that, but I've seen/heard it happen)