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• SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
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Safety first on campus By Deb Buehler For Custom Publications
Exciting opportunities awaited students as they arrived on college campuses last month: new friendships, classes and routines. Living away from home, attending football games and exploring new terrain. And though most students quickly feel at home on campus, they should take steps every day to stay safe.
Start with responsibility “Now that students are away from mom and dad, they are responsible for their own safety,” said Bill Weber, assistant police chief of operations for Butler University’s public safety department. “Students should realize that there are people out there
who, given the opportunity, will attempt to defraud them or do them harm.” While campus police departments strive to make the community comfortable and safe, students have a responsibility to avoid setting themselves up for problems, Weber said. They should begin by having a strategy for evenings out, choosing one or more friends who will watch out for each other in all circumstances. Weber said students must remain aware of their surroundings. If they’re drinking with new friends at 2 a.m., they need to notice what’s happening around them — and not distract themselves by texting or listening to music with headphones. Students, particularly
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females, should use the buddy system and not venture out alone across campus.
Lock it up Kory Vitangeli, dean of students and vice president for student and campus affairs at University of Indianapolis, encourages dorm residents to keep their doors locked. Students tend to think of their dorm room as their own home, she said. But in the time it takes to run to the laundry room, an intruder could swiftly steal a smart phone, laptop and expensive textbooks. Students become so comfortable in their residence halls, Weber said, that come leave their room unlocked at night. Not surprisingly, the most common crime on college campuses is theft.
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