Week 8: Campus Violence.....

What is the topic of the article?

Campus Violence......

What is the main idea of the article?

The main idea of the article is to describe the extreme measures that are being taken in order to secure safety on campus based on past incidents having taken place across the county. Summed up in Dennis Black's statement, "The world has changed and we now have to think about balancing the open campus with the secure campus."

What types of supporting details does the author use to support the main idea?This goes back to the five types of supporting details we discussed in class. Give an example of one detail used.

A majority of the details used by the author were facts & statistics as well as descriptions, reasons and examples. The statements of the location of incidents and expressing the numeric value of the individuals killed falls under the facts & statistics category. Whereas, the situation about allowing firearms to campus describes examples and reasoning for the main idea.


List three characteristics that can be early warning signs of a student's potential to become violent.

1) Some who is isolated, has low self-worth
2) Doesn't take criticism well
3) Intentions in getting someone to intercede.

What security measures have you noticed on this campus?

Personally, through my NYIT101 class i have found out that the security provides transportation during night hours. The security guards come to the site and walk you to our destination. Other then that i haven't really come across any such situation where i would know the security measures within the campus.

Do you think these measures are worthwhile?? Why or why not??

Definitely i feel that since there is hardly any light during the night hours, knowing this made me feel alittle relieved. No matter how large the group of people may be and no matter how brave a person is, walking down a dark lane in the middle of the woods........one little sound is enough to make a person pee in their pants....