Violence in Chicago

wbwa
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:22:59 +0000

These arguments sound remarkably reminiscent of the posts at the time of the U Chicago grad student’s murder last year - this can happen anywhere, always watch your back, you have to exercise sound judgement and caution after dark, off campus, etc.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/419807-graduate-student-shot.html?highlight=graduate+student+murder

UCLA PhD tells readers to go to school elsewhere if you want to “keep hiding out in the burbs.” What of the sheltered confines that are the Hyde Park campus? Just how much of an urban immersion experience does Chicago offer when one is “hiding” instead within the confines of a heavily patrolled campus for reasons of safety? I, for one, don’t believe Chicago undergrads face great risk. Not because significant risk isn’t around the corner, but because students learn not to venture around the corner. Unfortunately, this lack of ability to integrate into the immediate surrounding community, the need for just the isolation people like UCLA PhD abhor, the need to constantly watch your back and accommodate your behavior to the real world risks of the south side, are some of the unfortunate facts of life faced when reaping the benefits of U Chicago.