<p>I do stand by my post and my kids are actually applying to the school. The ipod incident is not the same one as the student I knew. The student I knew was at gunpoint in a residential neighborhood three blocks from campus. Another one happened yesterday next to Berkeley High but did not involve a gun just a gang of students jumping a high schooler in broad daylight…
The homesless situation is true. This summer while my younger son was at Cal Basketball camp and computer camps, we frequently had to walk across lower campus in the morning about 730-830. We had to walk out of the way to avoid the people who were yelling at us. A real plus was going down the stairs of the parking garage at 730 in the morning and having a friend sleeping at the bottom. The panhandling in the dorm was told to me by a engineering student who grew up in walnut creek over the hill. He said the same thing happened when he moved to a local apartment. People knock on your door and ask for food and money. It is safe if you travel in groups.</p>