Tips for dorm room and campus safety

Students need not live in fear on campus, but embracing various safety measures can make life at school that much safer. Valley News/Courtesy photo
TEMECULA – Life on a college campus can be exciting, especially for freshmen enjoying their first taste of life away from home. As exciting as campus life can be, it also can be a bit nerve-wracking for students who have never before had to fend for themselves. Administrators and security personnel work to make school environments as safe as possible, but incidents can happen on any campus. According to a recent report from Campus Safety and Security, there were 38,100 reported criminal offenses, including burglary and identity theft, on college campuses in the United States in 2017. Students need not live in fear on campus, but embracing various safety measures can make life at school that much safer.Hide or lock up valuables. You never know what may catch the eye of a thief. Devi
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