College Safety Results - Reader's Digest

AdmissionsDaniel
Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:14:44 +0000

I apologize to anyone who might have been offended by my sarcasm. That is me, that is how I write, and that is how I will often tackle certain subjects. My thoughts and prayers go out to all that are suffering from another horrific tragedy.

I prayed that after Virginia Tech I would never have to read such news, but unfortunately that is the world we all now live in. We live in dangerous times, and there are so many issues that revolve around these tragedies. When it comes to issues like this I always refrain from stepping up on a soap box and preaching about anti-gun laws, or campus safety, or even the handling of mental health issues in higher education. I have strong opinions but I do not feel it is my place to share these thoughts.

I will say one last thing, and that is I feel it is bit easy to react about the high risk of violence of such a nature on college campuses. Unfortunately, our children as well as all Americans are at risk everywhere nowadays – in cities and small towns, in middle school / high schools / colleges – in malls, movie theatres, post offices, etc. It is a sad and sorry state of affairs we all must face, but to say that students are at a higher risk at a college versus at a mall or at a restaurant … I just don’t agree with that.