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USC Student Fatally Stabbed in Neighborhood Attack

Los Angeles campus tense after killing, sexual assaults

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Sep 19, 08 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - USC students are demanding the university beef up security after a film student was fatally stabbed yesterday in a neighborhood attack, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Idaho native was killed after an argument with a man in an apartment complex near the LA campus. A wave of anxiety has gripped the campus since the slaying—and two recent sexual assaults near university-owned housing. More »

More about:  Los Angeles • student • stabbing • University of Southern California • USC • campus violence • campus security

 Harvard Probes Racism Charges Against Its Cops

Blacks say they're targeted by security

Boston Globe Boston Globe Aug 27, 08 3:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harvard University is reviewing its security procedures after black students and professors charged that they're being unfairly targeted, the Boston Glob e reports. A six-member committee will review the campus force following a number of incidents, including one in which a black professor was stopped when he was mistaken for a robbery suspect. More »

More about:  racism • Harvard • discrimination • students • campus • campus security

Students Aren't Signing Up for Text Alert Systems

Sense of invincibility, fear of revealing personal data to blame

Associated Press Associated Press Feb 28, 08 6:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Campus shootings keep making headlines, and schools are increasingly adopting text message alert systems as a response—but students aren't jumping on the bandwagon, the AP reports. Experts chalk up low enrollment rates to students' sense of invincibility, unwillingness to reveal personal information and the cost of receiving texts. "It will take time to earn their trust," said one spokesman. More »

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