<p>Hmm… I wonder what’s up with the surge in crime in the past week, or if this is a regular occurrence. In the past week:</p>
<ul>
<li>3 girls from my house got their purses and coats stolen last weekend (and this wasn’t even in a bad neighborhood…)</li>
<li>A laptop was stolen at the Reg yesterday (right out of someone’s bag, apparently), as indicated by the flyers all around the library</li>
<li>A graduate student was shot and killed Sunday night, and another student was shot at at about the same time; also, various muggings occurred</li>
</ul>
<p>I’m getting more and more worried about my safety and my possessions as time passes. (Of course, I’ve already had a bike stolen…) At first, I thought as other people around here say – be smart, and everything will be fine. But from what I’ve seen, you could take almost all the right steps except make a tiny mistake and wham, something very expensive is gone.</p>