Okay, so maybe it's nothing like last summer's 14 murders in 13 days, but yesterday's DPS Public Safety Alert is beginning to freak me out again. I have been scared of the Library steps ever since my first weekend at Georgetown, when I first noticed the creepy owl sitting in the tree. And the Steps have betrayed their country on more than one occasion, most notably being where Confederate troops were able to breach the walls and clear out the Union barracks on campus (don't believe the first part, I made that up).
So I wasn't too surprised to hear of three student interns getting mugged there. But the Steps, however sinister they are, are a part of campus and should be a safe haven for Hoyas...and even the non-GU interns here over the summer. Though it seems simple, many such incidents could be avoided with more lighting on campus. That back side of Lauinger is one dark place.
The G Spot urges all Georgetown students to use the buddy system, everywhere.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Shit's Getting Real
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The thing is, the buddy system doesn't do a lot for you if the criminals have guns, or if, as the DPS e-mail suggested, the criminals are using the buddy system themselves (there were three of them, supposedly).
That's one thing that infuriates me about the DPS e-mails: they repeat the same common-sense advice over and over again, even when it doesn't apply or was followed and didn't help.
the exorcist steps seem comparatively safe.
proposed solution: send someone possessed by a demon tumbling down them.
on second thought, perhaps not.
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