How important is it to be safe?\u00a0 How much do people value that? \u2028The management of Youngstown State University (YSU) and Wright State University (WSU) might soon find out.\u00a0 In a turn of tragic proportions, 12 people were killed at a fraternity house at YSU.\u00a0 According to Yahoo News, the suspects have turned themselves in and will have already been in front of a judge by the time you read this.<\/p>\n
On Feb. 4, a couple days before the shooting, the Dayton Daily News reported that “a Wright State University student was sexually assaulted on the university\u2019s campus” by a man who forced her into a car and then sexually assaulted her.<\/p>\n
Crimes are more likely to occur in more highly populated areas, obviously, and both of those schools are large.\u00a0 But even if there is a police officer on each corner of every campus or city block, even that might not guarantee that these crimes will stop.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a facet of life.\u00a0 Crime has occurred in every nation in the history of mankind.\u00a0 Protecting yourself is important.\u00a0 Lock your car doors.\u00a0 Don\u2019t go out alone at night in a seedier part of town.\u00a0 Always have your cell phone charged (or, buy a car charger).\u00a0 If you want to carry a firearm, do it legally and we\u2019ll have no problem with that.<\/p>\n
Now, we\u2019re lucky here at Sinclair Community College to be safe.\u00a0 There are lots and lots of people here, but the Campus Police have such a presence that crime can be held down.\u00a0 We heard from an officer that criminals have told the police they intentionally avoid Sinclair because of the police presence.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s great.\u00a0 But it isn\u2019t a guarantee of anything.\u00a0 Still, when Chief of Campus Police, Charles Gift, told the Clarion that the campus was the safest place in the Miami Valley, the facts didn\u2019t disagree.\u00a0 There have been no recent serious crimes on campus.\u00a0 The schools have to release that information by law.<\/p>\n
These crimes are horrible.\u00a0 And, in the afterglow of the tragedies, it\u2019s hard to see that any good can come of them.\u00a0 But, maybe this leads to people being more observant; maybe this leads the schools to spending more on crime prevention.<\/p>\n
After all, no one wants to be afraid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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