10/26/2015
Campus Safety Tips
· Learn what help campus security can offer to increase your safety. If their services are only available in certain
areas or if they do not patrol some portions of the campus at regular intervals, then this is valuable information to
you.
· Most campuses have excellent provisions for lighting the most traveled paths after dark. Stick to these.
· Often the security for each dormitory is lax, if it exists at all. Make sure that you keep your room locked at all
times.
· Consider registering your more valuable items with the campus security to make identification easy.
· Let a roommate or friend know where you are going and how long you might be gone when you leave campus.
· Always enlist the company of at least one other person when jogging or exercising outside.
· Do not wear headphones as they can seriously impair your ability to predict and avoid a confrontation.
More Fundamentals
· Freshmen should "respectfully decline" to have photo and personal information published for distribution to the
campus community. Fraternities and upperclassmen have abused this type of publication to "target" naive
freshmen.
· Study the campus and neighborhood with respect to routes between your residence and class/activities schedule.
Know where emergency phones are located.
· Share your class/activities schedule with parents and a network of close friends, effectively creating a type of
"buddy" system. Give network telephone numbers to your parents, advisors, and friends.
· Always travel in groups. Use a shuttle service after dark. Never walk alone at night. Avoid "shortcuts".
· Survey the campus, academic buildings, residence halls, and other facilities while classes are in session and after
dark to see that buildings, walkways, quad-rangles, and parking lots are adequately secured, lit and patrolled. Are
emergency phones, escorts, and shuttle services adequate?
· To gauge the social scene, drive down fraternity row on weekend nights and stroll through the student hangouts.
Are people behaving responsibly, or does the situation seem reckless and potentially dangerous? Remember,
alcohol and/or drug abuse is involved in about 90% of campus crime. Carefully evaluate off-campus student
apartment complexes and fraternity houses if you plan to live off campus.
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