My school has ramped up security this
semester, and we're talking hard-core. You
NEED an ID between the hours of 11pm-7am
to get into the residential buildings.
During the day, most buildings are
accessible to a certain point without an
ID, but to get to the actual hallways with
rooms, you need the ID for that specific
building. Also, doors are locked that
never used to be locked during the day so
you can't wander through buildings
anymore.
Needless to say, it is a little annoying
and inconvenient, but much much safer. I'm
personally happy with this. What about you
guys?
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young Girl
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Posted: 09-03-07 15:06pm
i think most schools need to up their
security
middle schoold
elementarys and high schools too
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lonestarguy
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the New Regime Posted: 09-03-07 15:12pm
My Dear Eiri....With the Va. Tech
shootings still ringing in our ears, the
college campuses are going to start
feeling like the high schools for
security. Some will be lax, but a majority
really paid attention to what happened and
they are determined not to have the same
thing happen on their campus.
High schools today are locked down for the
same reasons and have been for years. Is
your campus an open one? That is, one that
has roads going through it or is it closed
with everybody walking to class on malls?
I believe it is going to be difficult to
enforce security on some campuses because
you could drive around looking for
potential victims at night.
Personally, I am glad that the campuses
are safer because I have a son in college
away from home.
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 09-03-07 15:18pm
The university here has taken measures to
try to improve security. They have
callboxes with panic buttons that are
brightly lit, and campus security
routinely patrols the area.
But a girl was raped on campus not long
ago.
I think they can do much better, but they
are
trying.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 09-03-07 15:41pm
My campus is an open one. There aren't a
ton of roads, but there are buses that run
routes, if that helps as a description.
They were actually working on the safety
measures before the VA shooting, so I'm a
little proud of them in that sense
What we don't have is safety for people
outside the buildings. We
used to have "blue lights" which had
phones beneath them. Now, I think there's
one or two that work. Again, this is a
medium sized campus, so only one working
emergency phone is just ridiculous.
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Posted: 09-03-07 15:53pm
I am taking all online classes so I have
not really notcied anything increased by
way of security on campus. We have always
had emergency call buttons and on campus
police. I am noy sure about the
residential building but if they have
increased suecurity I would not be
complaining. We had an attempted
kidnapping of a woman in the parking lots
last year. It freaked a lot of the women
out.
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Birch
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Posted: 09-03-07 23:13pm
School hasn't started yet so I don't know!
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Jules
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Posted: 09-04-07 07:28am
There was zero security at my secondary
school and we never even thought about it.
There was minimal security at my uni (ID
card for the library...ummm yeah that was
about it) and again, never even thought
about it. Maybe school/college shootings
etc are just more prevalent over there?
I'm sure we'll end up going the same way
though...usually do
The most horrific thing I can remember was
back in 1996 in Dunblane: that was just
awful and now I've got a child it hurts
all the more to think about it:
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Posted: 09-04-07 13:59pm
You need ID's to get into dorms here but
not anywhere else. The rest of the
buildings are public. However, there does
seem to be security guards everywhere (to
hand out traffic tickets, no doubt) and we
do have some call phones too but I don't
think they work.
I go to an all girl's school, and we've
had issues before. I think they're working
on it. We held a meeting at the end of
last year to discuss way to beef up
security, since the girls in the dorms
were getting calls from stalkers from off
of campus.
But it is kinda scary. I'm glad I live at
home.
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Posted: 09-04-07 16:52pm
The only thing we needed ID's for in
college was to register for classes, eat
in the cafeterias, get sporting events
tickets, and....hmmm...get a discount at
the movie theatres? Oh, and ride the bus.
I think that Universities are going to
ramp up security because they are afraid
that if they don't and somebody gets
killed they are going to be sued by some
yahoo who thinks the school is responsible
for the actions of a deranged lunatic.
IMHO
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lonestarguy
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Terrible Posted: 09-04-07 20:28pm
Jules....I remember when that massacre
occurred at Dunblane and the thought of
five and six-year-old kids being killed
never leaves your mind.
According to the Wikipedia article, they
never found a real cause for the gunman's
rampage. That's what makes all school
shootings so tragic, that an adult would
choose to take out their rage on
schoolchildren.
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Birch
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Posted: 09-04-07 20:48pm
I saw a campus security booth that was new
today. It looked like he could sell
cotton candy from his little booth.
I wish he did...I could've used it.
Anyways, I go to a major metropolitan
university that is impossible to police.
I think everyone's so scared already that
they don't need to vamp up security.
Some guy got shot last year outside a
dorm, and then there was the terrorist
threat- he eventually got expelled...and
the multiple, I mean weekley, muggings in
the parking garages...
I don't park in the garages, and I carry
weaponry, and I am damn sure to be aware
of my surroundings. I don't know what
else the campus can do for me.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 09-05-07 12:54pm
That's a good question- how could we make
it safer??
