By snoadmin
Let’s start off by rewinding time to when we were four or five years old. Remember night-lights? Ranging from our favorite cartoon characters to animals to a simple brightly colored object, night-lights were what got us through the nights. We know we just don’t speak for ourselves when we say that if it weren’t for the little light shining from the outlet, we would have never gotten any sleep. Well, we hope we weren’t the only ones.
Let’s face it. We depend on light — and not just for the obvious reason of being able to see. Whether it be leaving the light on until someone comes home or leaving it on to safely make it from the living room to the bedroom, the flip of a switch is our go-to form of protection.
Now that we are older, our ‘night life’ is completely different. Still, we feel the safest in well-lit areas. Since college gives us the chance to be independent, we find ourselves walking alone more often than with a group of friends.
Fortunately, though, Cal State Long Beach is filled with light. It is also a safe and relaxing campuses. Emergency Blue Phones are located in most parking lots and throughout campus. In the event that something does go wrong, get yourself to the nearest blue light emitting from one of these phones. When leaving campus from the Student Union, students have the option of being driven to their car with an escort.
Although CSULB is a commuter campus, there is always something going on so the campus is never deserted.
University Police can be found driving around campus and even though we hate it when they pull students over to hand out tickets, their presence is appreciated just in case something bigger than ‘drug possession’ happens on campus.
Yes, CSULB has seen a rise in liquor violations and drug abuse but we’re not talking about that. Partying and loud music are hardly conducive to an unsafe environment.
Under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act, police are required to release information about crime on campus or surrounding it.
The Daily 49er runs a police blotter so students stay up to date on what to look out for on campus.
Whodini, an ’80s rap group, was right on point when it said “the freaks come out at night.” Do your best to avoid any situation that would require you to walk by yourself in the dark hours of the night. However, if there is no way around it, try acting crazy yourself so that not even the creepiest of people would want to approach you. We’re just kidding.
You never know who else could be out there and you can’t trust everyone. Sadly, this applies even if you know them.
For example, on April 2, 2009, Jonathan Huynh murdered his girlfriend Kate Su Yi, a CSULB student.
After reportedly trying to break up with him, Yi was strangled to death in her apartment complex. Huynh was arrested a couple days later. After his case was pushed back six times from its original date in June 2009, he was found guilty last Wednesday. According to the Long Beach Press Telegram, he will be be sentenced in October to 26 years to life in a state prison.
It’s impossible to predict how others are going to react in a certain situation. Be aware of your surroundings, as well as the resources that Cal State Long Beach provides to ensure the safety. of its students. It’s always better to be safe than to be sorry.
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