sarstrick97

Unforseen Dangers

I use the term security lightly when referring to Hollins. We have an open campus, which means no guards at the entrance, and pretty much no surveillance either. If there are security cameras on campus, they are not advertised, though I doubt there are any. The only real security is the rounds made by the security staff in their cars. I make it a point not to walk back to the apartments at night, and if circumstances force me to, I will not make a phone call or listen to my ipod while walking, and I will tuck my ponytail into my jacket. Call my paranoid, but I'm from an urban area and I have heightened awareness of danger. The only step we have in the right direction are the blue light emergency towers. Thankfully I have not been in a situation that requires them, so I don't know anything about how quick the response time is for them, but they are no placed particularly strategically. They are all over campus surely, but the odds of being able to run to one easily while being pursued I feel are very slim. There is keycard access to dorms, but when girls leave doors propped open (most campuses have alarms on the dorm doors for this very reason- but we don't) and it is not that hard to steal someone's ID card. Also, there is the fact that anyone - and I do mean anyone - can walk the loop or walk on our campus at any time they please, with little to no questioning of their purpose. There have been plenty of times I have not felt safe on campus, in any building or any dorm.