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October 4, 2004 Walk identifies UWGB safety concerns Adding more emergency phones, lights suggested By Cynthia Hodnett The suggestions were the result of the annual Chancellor's Walk that
is taken by Chancellor Bruce Shepard, other university officials and students
to areas on campus where there may be safety concerns.
"I do believe that if you do come out here at night, even with someone
else and walk around, you feel a sense of insecurity sometimes," said
Mitch Bruckert, a 20-year-old junior and Campus Climate director for UWGB's
Student Government Association.
"I think students on this campus do feel relatively comfortable, because
it isn't known as an unsafe campus," Bruckert said. "However, Chancellor
Shepard did make a good point when he said that even though we're a safe
campus, we have to be on guard and look for improvements."
It was suggested that a couple of seldom-used pathways be removed, including
those near the Studio Arts Building, Bruckert said. Other recommendations
include installing additional emergency telephones and proper lighting
in certain areas of campus.
Shepard said the recommendations would be referred to Facilities Management,
who will come up with ways to address them.
"I think we all have to be continuously aware of these things involving
safety on our campus," he said. "We can't be worried just one night a
year."
This year's suggestions come more than a year after the first of two
attempted sexual assaults were reported on the campus.
— In December 2003, a female student fought off a man who knocked
her to the ground on a campus walkway near student housing.
— In August that same year, a woman reported being grabbed on a
morning jog through the campus arboretum. She escaped with minor injuries.
The attacker in both cases remains unknown. UWGB Public Safety continues
to compare notes with other law-enforcement agencies on possible suspects,
said campus police Sgt. Keith Rosin. The last reported attempted sexual
assault on the campus was in fall 1996.
Two possible incidents of date/acquaintance rape were reported last
semester, Rosin said. Both situations were referred to the dean of students
for disciplinary action. Accusers in both cases didn't want to press criminal
charges against their alleged attackers, Rosin said.
National data show sexual assaults are a growing concern at college
campuses nationwide. According to a 1999 study by The Higher Education
Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, U.S. Department of Education,
1 out of 6 college women reported they were raped or had been the victim
of an attempted rape during that year. Seven out of 10 rape or sexual
assault victims indicated they knew their attacker, according to a 1999
report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice.
"People are still concerned about the attacks as well as the number
of sexual assaults that occur on campuses nationwide," Bruckert said.
"I do witness a lot of students here practicing safety. More students
are walking with buddies and talking on cell phones on their way home."
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