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" As a disclaimer, I assure you that I have never once felt frightened or scared at my university during the night or day for my safety. But I do think its an issue for others that are not aware of their situation when walking home late at night, or when they are by themselves. As some of you may have heard there was a rape incident at my school in parking lot 102, which just happens to be the parking lot that I am at every night between the hours of 7 and 11 for my rehearsals. I&amp;#039;ve never noticed anything strange before, and have never walked alone, but my friends and I are taking extra precautions to ensure safety. Even if that means a friend driving you half way across the parking lot to your car if its 11pm, so be it. This was the second such case this year, and although these kinds of things happen in other colleges quite often - and aren&amp;#039;t reported, it really doesn&amp;#039;t happen here. UCSD has a great safety program, with tons of officers walking around at night, and also have these tall blue emergency poles set up so that if you were ever in trouble you simply press the button and it would call 911. They also have a program where you can call a police escort to walk you across campus to your dorm or wherever you need to go if you feel unsure, or just don&amp;#039;t want to walk alone. One thing I have noticed that I can see creating a potential safety issue is the door locks. Just in my suite alone, my suitemate Weirouh&amp;#039;s handle to the door has locked, as well as one of our outside doors. Our balcony doors have trouble locking to where it takes several minutes to get it right. Also, one of the breezeway door&amp;#039;s lock has all of its pins pushed upwards so that you don&amp;#039;t really need a key to turn it. Other than that I&amp;#039;d say UCSD is a very safe school, again I&amp;#039;ve never felt my safety threatened, but its always good to have an eye out just incase. And don&amp;#039;t worry! We&amp;#039;re calling maintenance to deal with all of our lock issues. Have any of you had safety issues at your school? - Janessa      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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