Safety On Campus?
May 27th, 2012 | Author: cralvare
Safety on campus can be a major concern for college students, especially if they are independent and unprepared for being on their own. Walking around at night can be a bit frightening on your own, but there are several on campus resources for safety. Being at a university should be safe for students despite any influences or people that may stray from that keeping others safe. For this reason UC Irvine has:
- A Police Department Station
- An Escort Service
- Emergency Call boxes at various locations
- Counseling Center
- Campus Assaults Resources and Education
- Along with the UCI Health Center
These resources can be used to contact someone or simply talk to professionals in their field about any encounters you may have had. The escort service has been used and recommended by several people when walking at night. The escort service information can be found here <http://www.police.uci.edu/services/safety_escorts.html> with escorts to any UCI housing location. Emergency call boxes can be used for any emergency and can be found around housing. The counseling center and CARE are great locations to talk to people if you ever encounter abusive relationships or an incident on campus. I have seen the emergency call boxes around, and they are located and beneficial distances. The resources are useful based on hearing uses by other people. The widely used service is the escort service since it is free and helps people be safe instead of walking home late at night. It can be very useful for the off-campus housing since it is quite far. In all these resources can be used for your safety, but in my experience UC Irvine is a very safe environment surrounded by a safe community. It never hurts to have precautions though, so stay safe anteaters!
-Your Zot Blogger Carlos
