Author: Phoebe Christine Bush

By Noah Manskar
Editor-in-Chief

Former Ohio Wesleyan student Waleed Osman filed a guilty plea to charges of burglary, voyeurism and public indecency on Monday.

Osman was arrested in the early morning of Dec. 1, 2012, after he went into a Thomson Hall women’s bathroom and tried to watch a female resident shower.

He also gained access to a woman’s bedroom in Bashford Hall, where he then lived, and exposed himself to her. He was charged with two counts of burglary (one for each residence hall invasion), a third-degree felony; and one count each of voyeurism (watching the woman shower) and public indecency (exposing himself), both third-degree misdemeanors.

Osman waived his right to grand jury indictment on Jan. 29 and was indicted by a bill of information from Prosecuting Attorney Carol Hamilton O’Brien. He initially plead not guilty.

According to Kyle Rohrer, first assistant prosecuting attorney for Delaware County, the change came following his acknowledgement of wrongdoing to the investigating detective.

“He basically admitted to everything we had him charged with, so I think he wanted to get this behind him, basically—accept the responsibility and take the consequences and get this behind him and try to piece his life back together,” Rohrer said.

Each felony charge carries a maximum sentence of 36 months in prison and a $10,000 fine; each misdemeanor entails a maximum 60 days in Delaware County jail and a $500 fine. Osman’s total maximum statutory prison sentence is just over three years.

In the hearing Monday morning, Judge Duncan Whitney said the penalties could be “stacked,” or doubled, because “they are distinct, separate offenses” with separate victims. Rohrer said Osman’s plea agreement decreased his potential jail time to just over three years. He will be sentenced on June 3 at 11:30 a.m.
Rohrer said he expected a “probationary sentence,” but is uncertain exactly how much time Osman will serve. He said he’s already spent about two months in county jail; records indicate he was released on Jan. 31.

“(W)hat to do is really up to the court,” he said.

Osman’s attorney, Dennis Evans, declined comment on the hearing.

Osman could also be subjected to as much as five full years of post-release control governed by the Adult Parole Board. Whitney said in the hearing that the board “makes the rules” and decides when they’re broken. If Osman were to violate the established terms of release, he could face additional jail time up to half what he’ll first serves.

Additionally, Whitney said the guilty plea meant Osman forfeited all his criminal defendant rights except his right to counsel, including: the guarantee of a speedy and public trial, presentation and cross-examination of witnesses, the requirement of the state to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and his Fifth Amendment rights.

The state will also conduct a pre-sentence investigation (PSI) through Adult Court Services (ACS). According to Ohio Revised Code 2951.03, a PSI involves an evaluation of “the criminal record, social history and present condition of the defendant” and possibly a “physical and mental examination,” including a drug test.

Prior to the hearing, Osman had been under house arrest without GPS monitoring at his home in Cincinnati. Because he’s been compliant, Whitney issued an amendment to the order—Osman can leave his home to work, but must stay confined otherwise.

During the hearing, Evans said Osman wished to work with his cousins, who run a “lucrative” business selling souvenirs at fairs and festivals in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana; he also wants to find other work closer to Cincinnati.

Whitney approved, but said Osman must get permission from ACS before leaving the state.

Following his arrest, a no-contact order was issued prohibiting Osman from interacting with the women who reported him; he’s also forbidden from accessing OWU property. Both orders remain intact with the house arrest caveat.

Upon his December arrest, Osman’s bail was set at $150,000, then lowered to $50,000. Eventually, the court reduced the bond to $500.

According to a Dec. 19 request from Evans to reduce the initial amount, Osman and his parents came to the United States as refugees from Sudan when he was 10.

He gained American citizenship in 2008, and attended Cincinnati’s prestigious Walnut Hills High School, ranked the top public high school in Ohio and the 66th-best in the nation.

By Becca Sufrin
Transcript Correspondent

On December 6, 2012, a Facebook page called “OWU Compliments” appeared; since then, the popularity of this page and others similar to it, has exploded.

According to the OWU Compliments description, the page is “an anonymous forum that Bishops may use to thank other students, organizations, staff and faculty members.” Ohio Wesleyan Facebook users can send a private message with their compliment to the page’s inbox or using a Google form. Either way, submitters’ names are kept confidential.

Compliments are sent in at large volumes and published to the site multiple times per day.

Junior Krina Patel, a supporter of the page, said she enjoys the positivity it provides.

“OWU Compliments is such an uplifting page where people can anonymously tell other people how they feel,” she said.

“There is such an exciting air of mystery about getting a compliment written about you because you have no idea who wrote it.”

Recently, two other similar Facebook pages have been created.

One titled “OWU Confessions” was used for confessing anything, positive or negative, to the page’s followers.

Due to the fact that the content did not have to be positive, topics quickly evolved into being extremely controversial.

In just about a week the page received nearly 600 “likes” on Facebook, but as of April 12, the page seems to have been shut down.

Another page called “OWU Confessions Absolutely Anonymous” was created on April 7.

This page was made to reinforce the level of anonymity that other similar pages seemed to lack—it offered a fully anonymous Google form from its inception, while its counterpart didn’t offer such an option at the beginning.

It currently has 492 “likes” and has become a major talking point around campus.

Junior Julia Zak said the increasing importance that others have attached to these pages reflects “the power of social media and the influence it has on our culture today.”

“We fear the natural human response to things that we may be insecure about,” she said. “But in some ways the anonymity is a benefit, because you get a type of catharsis that you might not get if you tell someone something in person.”

Both OWU Compliments and OWU Confessions Absolutely Anonymous are still running pages and many students continue to visit each of the Facebook pages daily to hear more about their fellow OWU students and organizations.

By Elizabeth Childers
Managing Editor

While Ohio Wesleyan offers an array of majors in several departments (93, according to our website), over the past five years, and according to the current declared majors, there are four who seem to draw in the most students: Zoology, Psychology, English, and Economics (respectively and according to the number of declared majors).
These four departments being the top are significant in showing the diversity at OWU. Though the university is known for its science programs (OWU is one of the few in the country to offer zoology as a degree and as a separate department, which is a huge draw to prospective students), the four departments with the highest number of students with declared majors are as diverse as what 93 majors would suggest. All four of these programs also happen to be listed by the Princeton Review as some of the top ten majors in the country.
“Be warned, however, that these are not necessarily the degrees that garner the most demand in the job market,” the Princeton Review writes. “More importantly, they don’t lock you into a set career path. Each major offers unique intellectual challenges and develops skill sets that will be applicable to various careers.”
The four departments listed here – zoology, psychology, English and economics – are all very different routes of education, but all seem to do the same thing: preparing students for a wide array of different jobs focusing more on the skills and thinking styles taught by each discipline.

This is part two of a two part series. Last week’s Transcript featured the first and second most popular majors, Zoology and Psychology. Find Part One Here.

English

English, which provides three different concentrations for their students, has the third highest number of declared majors with 80 currently declared. These students very commonly are double majors (around 40 percent of the already declared English majors, according the English department’s current records).

Dr. Martin Hipsky, the chairperson for the department, had just finished discussing the English department’s programs with a prospective student. “At this time of year, March/April, we have one or two (prospective students) a week,” Hipsky said. “We’re often asked to allow 1, 2, or 3 students in. Often on Mondays after Sunday night stayovers. It’s extremely common.”

Students who come in their freshmen year wanting to be English majors, Hipsky said, often have had pleasant experiences with high school English and AP English teachers and they “conceive a passion for it.”

No department really has a way to track intention to declare and ending up declaring. Hipsky said a lot of English majors register their majors late, due to a switch from outside the department into this one.
“They came to Ohio Wesleyan saying, ‘I want to be a pre-med’ or ‘I’m going to do pre-dentistry,’ or ‘I’m going to be pre-law’ and they discover they don’t have the aptitude or they no longer really like it as much. In the meantime, they’ve taken two or three courses in the humanities and decide they have a real interest in it.”

Hipsky mentioned the common conception is that humanities degrees such as Classics, Philosophy, Religion or English tend to be considered “impractical.” Yet, it is one of the most popular majors both at OWU and across the country.

“The truth is, a lot of people realize that what are valued very highly across different kinds of work places are communication skills, both written and oral,” Hipsky explained. “And because we have a lot of discussion in our classes, we do a lot of oral presentations and obviously we have students write a lot of papers. Our department is, arguably, the best place to develop those communication skills…It’s kind of a one size fits all, in terms of jobs, set of skills.”

The curriculum for English majors is noted to be flexible for students. Because of the three concentrations, there are different required classes and different electives that can be taken.
Required classes also tend to be in groups meaning in the catalogue a lot of required sections will say: “Take three out of the classes listed here” and there will be a list of classes that would fill that requirement. These classes can vary depending on the concentration.

Students who graduate from the English department end up in a variety of jobs.

“Some students end up in Public Relations, advertising, media,” he said.

“Lots of places where the writing skills are put to good use… I also have a student in New York now who is an editor for an online magazine. I have another student who works at the children’s magazine Highlights down in Columbus. We have students who go to law school or masters of Fine Arts…We have students who go for the PhD.”

The English department, one of the physically largest departments, has 12 full-time faculty members and three assistant professors. Classes rarely get overly crowded; Hipsky believes the average class size in the department is 13 to 15 students but there are often students who are waitlisted for classes and don’t get in.

“We have an issue of pressure on the caps (for classes),” Hipsky said.

“A lot (of) courses are capped at 19 and we can get pressure from students to allow in one more seat. Different professors handle that differently. Most professors adhere to the caps, and that definitely avoids overcrowding.”

The English department also works with others programs on campus.

“We have film courses from Modern Foreign Language from Sociology, even from Politics and Government so we coordinate with them for which classes can fulfill the minor,” he said. “We are involved in the Ancient Medieval and Renaissance program chaired by Patricia DeMarco. So we work with Humanities-Classics and History. We are intertwined with Black World Studies (BWS) and Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS.)”

Economics

The past number of students enrolled in economics used to supersede zoology, and the past five year mean indicated Economics had the highest number of students enrolled. This year the number has significantly dropped from an average of 81 students to 68. However, there doesn’t seem to be any changes in the department. The department’s chairperson, Dr. Barbara MacLeod, said it wasn’t unusual for their students to declare relatively late.

“Some of it is ebb and flow,” she said. “And some of it is a few years ago we had a big economic crisis and some people chose to do something else. And some of our majors haven’t declared yet. When you have a large number of majors, there’s more change that can occur.”

There are five majors in the Economics department, and prospective students come to OWU having a basic interest in either economics or business and then decide later on which specific route they’d like to follow.
Students come into the department the same way students enter the psychology or English department, where there are students who come into the classroom freshmen year ready to major in Economics and sticking with it all four years or students who take an Econ course as part of an elective or requisite for another course and find they’re drawn to the major.

And, MacLeod said, it’s rare, but there are cases when Econ isn’t exactly what the student expected, so often they pursue a different major, or decide to make their Econ involvement a minor.

“We also pick up a lot of people who think they want to do pre-med, and I think that it’s true for a lot of departments on campus, where people will drift out of pre-med and into something else,” she said. “We also get a lot of students from the Health and Human Kinetics area who are interested in Sports Management…they take a lot of our courses.”

For an Economics majors, there is a set core of classes they are required to take. Beyond that, there are electives and other courses students can take as well to fulfill their major.

The Economics program is very similar to Psychology in that there are a few guidelines for specific courses students need to take for their majors and what those courses fulfill for students.

“Because we have so many majors, almost all the electives are offered every year and all of the required courses are offered almost every semester,” she said. “And many have multiple sections every semester, especially those freshmen and sophomore classes. It works really well for students who want to double major or work out minors in other departments.”

Class room sizes tend to run around 30 students and according to their own records, as many as 2/3 of the classes in the department run over 19, which is a significant number looked at in rating a college. Overall, most of OWU’s classes have fewer students than that magic number, and this department runs the opposite way.

“Classes are always tight. But we’ve never had anyone not be able to graduate,” MacLeod said. “We have no class that runs more than 35, and I still know the name of every student in my class.”

Students who graduate from the Economics program at OWU end up in a variety of locations and professions, like social media, PhD programs, graduate schools and business schools. “We send people into the finance industry, we send them into healthcare…Some of them are doing work overseas,” MacLeod said. “It really is fun to look at where they end up.”

The department interacts with other factions of OWU through several different programs, one of which is the Woltenmeade Center and international travel. In one instance, a group of interdisciplinary faculty travelled to China to incorporate it into an honors course that focused on different ways to look at the country. This coming summer the group is going to Cuba. They have also been involved in the Teaching Circle, which is “a group of faculty who has been meeting for several years now on how to improve their pedagogy and share ideas on new technology and new pedagogical techniques.”

Though there are no significant changes planned for the department, there has been some major progress in the recent past, and MacLeod said the department is focused on keeping these programs up to date and adding to what they’ve already accomplished.

“In the last few years, we have increased our faculty,” she said. “Five years ago, we started a program for top incoming freshmen called Economics Management Fellows program. Those students have left a real mark on campus…one of the results of that is the Bigelow-Reed House which focuses on economics and leadership and entrepreneurship, which is open to any major in campus. This past fall, we added the Finance Economics major…We want to solidify what we’ve been doing. We are continuing to add courses and we’ve rejuvenated an Economic Thought course and we’re talking about rejuvenating (others).”

MacLeod also mentioned a desire to increase the number of internship and job shadowing for their majors and working closely with the Woltenmeade Center to do so.

By Marissa Alfano
Transcript Correspondent

College campuses are commonly thought to be dangerous epicenters of crime on weekend nights. With students staying out until the early morning hours in compromised states of mind and walking home alone, there is a sort of fear that anything can happen.

Despite this assumption, Ohio Wesleyan University stands out as a relatively safe environment on Friday and Saturday nights.

An examination of the Delaware County Emergency Communications incident reports involving OWU revealed that very few incidences occur.

Reports for nine weekend days during the month of September 2012 were analyzed, and the incident reports filed involved only minor events. From the hours of 10 p.m. to 3 a.m., OWU’s Department of Public Safety received 49 calls on Friday nights and 88 calls on Saturday nights, making Saturday the more active night for students to make calls to Public Safety.

Breaking these reports down reveals a small number of calls to Public Safety each night.
For Fridays:
-Sept. 7 had 15 calls
-Sept. 14 had 13 calls
-Sept 21 had 13 calls
-Sept. 28 had eight calls

Larger call numbers were produced on Saturday nights.
-Sept. 1 had 13 calls
-Sept. 8 had 13 calls
-Sept. 15 had 16 calls
-Sept. 22 had 25 calls
-Sept. 29 had 21 calls

Although there are five Saturdays in September and four Fridays, Saturday nights produced comparatively more calls to PS than Friday nights for each weekend.

While Public Safety receives these calls, only those that might result in criminal charges are transferred to the Delaware Police Department (DPD). This means only 13 of these calls were transferred to DPD. There were six calls transferred on Fridays and seven on Saturdays. Although more calls were made to PS on Saturday nights, there was no significant difference in the number of calls requiring services from DPD. The 13 DPD reports show the misdemeanors for the night, each involving an issue that required the police department and not just PS to be involved. Issues involving theft, fire, possible marijuana use and other such legal issues all involve DPD.

A breakdown of each of the individual 13 calls shows what types of issues are dealt with on weekend nights at Ohio Wesleyan. Each report includes the incident that needed DPD attention along with the other PS issues that occurred on the same night. They are as follows:

At 10 p.m. on Sept. 7, a call was made regarding screaming students and fireworks coming from the Citizens of the World (COW) House’s porch. Officials were sent to the scene, talked with students and deemed the issue resolved. That was a Friday night.

At 11:43 p.m. on Sept. 8, the laundry room window in the basement of Bashford Hall was reported for vandalism and noted by PS.

At 1:23 a.m., the Smith East elevator broke and Public Safety investigated the complaint and arranged for the elevator to be fixed. At 2:30 a.m. the fire department was sent on a non-emergency status call to Sigma Chi Fraternity in response to a fire alarm, concluding one of the most eventful September Saturday nights on campus.

At 11:10 p.m. on Sept. 14, marijuana was smelled in Welch Hall and reported to DPD, but no action was taken.

At 11:14 p.m., a routine check of Beeghly Library was performed and no problems were found.
From 11: 57 p.m. to 12:06 a.m., two males walked into an Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity party and engaged in a verbal fight. One student left and publically urinated on an ice machine before running off. PS worked with the fraternity to resolve the fight and Friday night was brought to a close, while Sept. 15, Saturday night, resulted in no calls at all.

At 2:10 a.m. on Sept. 21, a Friday night, a suspicious subject was reported standing by the bike racks near Bashford Hall. The report was documented.

At 2:52 a.m., a call was made from Smith East requesting a ride to 23 Williams.

At 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 22, officials responded to a call regarding a robbery from the napkin dispenser in Hamilton Williams Campus Center.

At 9:43 p.m., a complaint was submitted that all the lights were out in the Stuyvesant Hall parking lot and Buildings and Grounds was notified of the situation so it could be fixed. After these Friday night activities, Sept. 28, a Saturday, received no calls.

At 1:12 a.m. on Sept. 29, a possible marijuana complaint was called in from Welch Hall and was reportedly resolved by DPD.

For the entire month of September, Friday and Saturday nights did not result in many emergency calls to DPD, and the calls that did result were from non-emergency fire alarm issues, fireworks and theft from a napkin dispenser.

The few incidents that did occur were minor in nature; yet, students still say they do not feel safe on campus. Junior Haley Leber said she feels safe at OWU during the daylight hours, but not as much once it gets dark.

“I stay late at the library every night and I used to walk, but not anymore,” Leber said. “I started driving my car instead because I don’t feel safe. I live in 4 Williams and I am not comfortable in the parking lot. There is one light, but it is still really dark at 1 a.m. and no one is around; it’s kind of freaky. I think campus overall is fairly well lit, but I do think there are areas that could use more lights for safety.”

OWU has tried to address this fear of walking home alone in the dark with the SAFEwalk program, which is designed to help ensure students stay safe by having a walking buddy available at night. SAFEwalk is offered every night from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. and is located in the main entrance to the library, next to the Library Café and in front of Thompson Store. Students can be found at the SAFEwalk desk, willing to escort anyone home who asks.

Leber said she likes the idea of SAFEwalk, but thinks it would be more beneficial if the workers asked her if she wanted to be walked home because she does not feel comfortable approaching them and asking.
This, however, does not seem to be stopping other students from utilizing SAFEwalk, according to sophomore Shakira Braxton and senior Tim Solwik, SAFEwalk employees.

Braxton said during the first semester, they averaged six or more requests for SAFEwalks per shift.
Although there are no qualifications to be a SAFEwalk employee, both said they feel able to do the job.

“Campus is safe all the time,” Solwik said. “People are safest if they travel in groups and aren’t fiddling around with iPods or other distracting devices. If they don’t feel safe, they should call SAFEwalk. We love getting asked to walk people home. It’s our job. Otherwise, we just sit here.”
In addition to walking people home, Braxton and Solwick patrol campus and check doors to see if the academic buildings are locked for the night. They said they have never come across a frightening emergency while on a weekend shift.

According to Solwik, there have been less people in the library this semester, so there have been less SAFEwalks requested than earlier in the year. He said people usually ask for a SAFEwalk while they are walking out of the library.

“We get way more requests on week days than weekend nights,” Solwik said. “Usually people don’t go back home until 3 a.m. on weekends, so if it’s after 1 a.m., they just call Public Safety.”

Bar Life

An examination of the September weekends involving the 18-years and older Clancey’s Pub and the 21-years and older Backstretch Bar, also found the areas surrounding campus party life to be relatively uneventful on the weekend nights.

An analysis showed only eight Computer Aided Dispatch Reports were processed from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. in connection with the only two bars within walking distance of Ohio Wesleyan’s campus. The only incident produced on a Friday night was also the only incident involving the Backstretch Bar. The other seven occurred at Clancey’s Pub on Saturday nights.

A breakdown of these calls reveals the issues that are dealt with during the time many students are celebrating their weekend near the bar. They are as follows:

At 1:40 a.m. on Sept. 9, a man called from Clancey’s Pub regarding an issue in which the mother of his children almost assaulted him. At 2 a.m. DPD sent an officer for a routine, follow-up bar check. This was an issue involving a non-OWU person, or as students would say, “a townie”.

At 11: 45 p.m. on Sept 15, a suspicious woman resisted custody at Clancy’s Pub. At 1:50 a.m. a routine bar check was performed. This again did not involve an OWU student.

At 1:13 a.m. on Sept. 16, the owner of Clancey’s Pub forced a customer to leave and would not let him retrieve his credit card inside. The issue was resolved.
At 12:20 a.m. on Sept. 21, a customer refused to pay at the Backstretch Bar and was tracked walking down South Sandusky Street.

At 1:15 a.m. on Sept. 23, Clancey’s Pub reported taking a fake ID from an underage male. The police figured out that it was his real ID and the issue was resolved.

At 12:16 a.m. on Sept. 30, a suspicious person was reported at Clancey’s Pub and appropriately investigated.

For all of the weekends in the month, these were the only incidents reported. Some of them involved “townies” or people otherwise not affiliated with Ohio Wesleyan, while others involved nonthreatening issues, such as the need for customers to pay the bartender before leaving. Although these incidents reveal a relatively safe atmosphere, the areas surrounding the two bars are considered by many students to be the most dangerous.

Clancey’s Pub is located at 40 South Sandusky Street and the Backstretch Bar is located at 14 South Sandusky Street. Most students take the adjacent street, Spring Street, to and from the bars.
Despite the lack of calls of incidences involving the two bars, Leber said she would never walk down Spring Street alone during any night of the week and especially not on the way home from the bar on the weekend.

“During the daylight hours it’s okay because people are driving and the road is active,” she said. “There are more people around for witnesses.”

Junior Maggie Medearis said she thinks it makes sense that there were more reports for Saturday nights because she feels that there are more people out and more chances for something dangerous to happen near the bars.

“There are more Greek social events and campus is more active on Saturdays,” Medearis said. “I feel like campus is dead on Friday. It might vary from school to school, but that’s how it is here. On the occasional times I go to the bar, it is more packed and, as a girl, I think there are more drunk, handsy and forward guys out on Saturday nights.”

Junior Shenyada Hutchinson said she feels similarly.

“On Fridays, people try to relax,” she said. “Some have sporting games on Saturdays and have to stay in. Usually sports teams’ host parties on Saturday nights after their games, so more people go out because of this.”

Hutchinson said she does not feel safe walking back from the bar at night, even though very few incidents are reported to occur.

“There are drunk people walking around and anything can happen,” she said. “I don’t feel comfortable by myself. I feel safest on campus rather than on Spring Street walking home from the bar. But even on campus I am still always checking over my shoulder and anticipating the worst. I try to talk on my phone if I’m by myself. When I walk with other people, though, I have no fear.”
Sophomore Ashkan Ekhtera said he sees more drunk women crying and more “townies” out in Delaware on Saturdays than Fridays. He thinks it is safer to walk down campus on the JAYwalk than on Spring Street and recommends people don’t wear headphones so they can be alert.

“I would watch for fights outside the bar and just be careful to walk with friends,” he said.

Public Safety

Public Safety has recognized that students do not always feel safe on campus and has developed a system of OWU Alerts, through which Public Safety can communicate with the campus in case of emergency situations. Students can sign up through OWU’s website to receive text, voice and e-mail messages of OWU Alerts.

Sergeant Chris Mickens of Public Safety said there are recommendations that have been sent out with some of the OWU Alerts about how students can keep themselves safe, even on a relatively safe campus like OWU.

“The alerts include information that the university feels should be sent to the campus community following safety and security issues or as general safety tips,” Mickens said.

These tips include walking with others, not letting strangers “piggyback” into buildings and reporting all concerns immediately. It is recommended that students carry a cell phone at all times with the phone pre-programmed to call Public Safety at 740-368-2222 and to recognize an incoming call from 740-368-3411 as an urgent OWU Alert.

If students feel threatened, they should get to a safe place as quickly as possible and call for help once out of immediate danger. Safeguarding the OWU ID card can also prevent strangers from entering campus buildings and causing harm. Additionally, valuables should not be left unprotected and doors and windows should be kept locked.

Students can consider personal safety training in an OWU activity course. Public Safety also is willing to speak to groups of five or more students who want more information about personal safety. Free, confidential student counseling services are available on campus by calling (740) 368-3145.

According to Public Safety, students should not take the law into their own hands, but should feel empowered to call Public Safety if they feel threatened or see someone else who needs help.

Public Safety assures students they are working hard to keep students safe and to make them feel comfortable both on campus and in the surrounding areas.

Overview

Incident reports involving PS and DPD for OWU’s campus, Clancey’s Pub and the Backstretch Bar have shown that areas students most frequently use are relatively safe; yet, PS continues to increase programs for campus safety. In the eyes of those who are responsible for students, even one minor incident is too many. Students are constantly being informed of safety tips and any potential suspicious reports, which help them to be aware and this awareness contributes to weekend safety.

Although campus is safe, some students still feel uncomfortable walking home on weekend nights. As a result, even though data reveals evidence of a safe campus and surrounding area, PS is always striving towards the goal of an incident-free weekend.