I chose not to elaborate on the crimes, to not be sensationalist. But upon re-reading, I also don’t want people to think I’m being unnecessarily paranoid. So, let me list a few things that has happened to my son:
2 bikes stoken
car window smashed
car window smashed and failed steal attempt
2 of his 3 roommates robbed at knifepoint junior year
he and his visiting hometown friend were shot at in a random drive by walking from a campus party to my son’s apartment. His friend was hit in the leg.
Admin was amazingly unsympathetic. We told them and they said “we can’t control what happens off campus”. True, but this was 0.2 miles (5 min) walk from campus. How about a follow up call to see how the kid is doing? He needed leg surgery. This is the situation that we had to talk to police about. The police said it was happening all the time. We certainly had never heard about it! Why doesn’t the school warn the kids? We think they don’t want the publicity.