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Make RU Safe Again Brian Korte | Executive Director There has been an increase of paranoia surrounding the tragic death of Tara Munsey. This increase truly saddens me because with it came a steady decline of personal security in the folks I see every day. Female students in particular seem to not want to leave their residence halls alone for any reason whatsoever. That is probably not as bad as it sounds, I suppose. There is safety in numbers, but isn't there also something to be said about having a campus where issues of fear and vulnerability don't play such a part in getting from point A to point B? When I came to Radford in the fall of 1996, I was never concerned about walking late at night on campus. In fact, I looked forward to it. Granted, I'm a big guy and was big back then as well. I always felt safe and did not hear of anyone feeling otherwise. Now, almost four years later, I find myself overhearing people asking their friends for escorts. Of course, escorting is a safe way to travel. It is the gentlemanly thing to do. I long for the day, however, when safety (personal and otherwise) is no longer an issue at RU. I thought the campus police had been doing a good job with this, but, according to most of my female friends, they just aren't cutting it. People still don't feel safe on this campus, no matter how many lights are put in, and no matter how many phones are installed. What, I wonder, would it take to instill confidence back into the students of Radford? I don't know what can change one's mind in a situation like this besides time. We need a good track record of no crime. I suppose it's that simple. Or is it? In the meantime, ladies and gentlemen, let's try to stop the spreading of rumors about mysterious rapes and kidnappings. Let's keep to the facts. I am tired of re-programming my friends after you've gotten to them. I want this campus to feel safe again. I want the people living on this campus to feel safe again-- And we're not going to get there while visions of serial killers dance in our heads. Please, do your part and make RU feel safe again. Responses: Refresh frame to view latest entries.
Year: Senior Major: Social Science Comments: I worked in D.C. for a month and it scared the living sh*t out of me. I guess that jaded me, because I have not fealt paranoid or the least bit alarmed after Tara's death, tragic though it was. It seems rather isolated (I hope). Everyday on the metro I imagined myself being offed in a number of increasingly brutal ways. By the way, I heard on the news that they arrested some guy and charged him with Tara's murder at a apartment complex near Radford University. Does anyone know which one? There were tons of cop cars around mine at the time they said they arrested him, but the police department only told me that "it wasn't mine". Name: Playa Comments: Name: Jenn Comments:
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