<p>UCB
Student</a> charged with murder in frat row death</p>
<p>UCI
New</a> University » Sexual Assault Shocks School, Campus Groups Lend Support</p>
<p>UCSD
<a href="http://police.ucsd.edu/docs/081726bull.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://police.ucsd.edu/docs/081726bull.pdf</a></p>
<p>I do agree with tsdad. College town usually is where there are more young people and hence more crime incidents.</p>
<p>Sure, crimes happen anywhere. However, what strikes me is how frequent I receive crime alert email from DPS.</p>
<p>My impression of the off campus surrounding area is that there is little there for students to enjoy on the week-ends (for example, no movie theater). My son wants to go to USC summer school and I am concerned that he will not find much going on off campus besides studying for classes.</p>
<p>It is helpful to have a car if a student wants to get off campus and have more freedom. With so many less kids on campus, and limited campus activities offered by USC over the summer, he may get cabin (campus?) fever. Does he have friends also going to summer school? Will they have transportation?</p>
<p>I believe there is a movie theater near USC just that it is really lousy.</p>
<p>There is. And it smells bad. But it's cheap, and if you really, really, REALLY want to see a particular movie, it's definitely an experience.</p>
<p>Not necessarily a good idea.</p>
<p>My son appears to want to take GEs over the summer which have to be taken at USC. He said it took a lot of time to write his papers for the fall semester GE (and writing class). He doesn't want to take all Engineering related classes and then have a GE which takes up a lot of time because he has to write lengthy papers. If we knew of GEs which require minimal writing of papers, that would be really helpful. We have discussed getting a car at length. Since my son is considering study abroad at a later time, I am very concerned about buying a car and not having a place to put it while going abroad.</p>
<p>In the March 2008 issue of Reader's Digest a special report written by Lisa Cool listed colleges and what they were doing to improve safety on their respective campuses. Also, a few colleges were named which had higher crime rates. Data used was from the federal Office of Postseconday Education. Violent crime was weighed more heavily than property crime.<br>
These universities were listed as having higher crime rates.
University of Colorado
University of California-Davis
University of Florida
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Duke University</p>
<p>The article stated 80% of campus crime is student against student.</p>
<p>Please note the following for those who think urban universities only may have a problem with campus crime......</p>
<p>It does not state the year for these numbers: The U.S.A.'s 6,000 colleges reported some 40,000 burglaries, 3,700 forcible sex offenses, 7,000 aggravated assaults and 48 murders.</p>
<p>The Univ. of Southern California was listed as "well prepared" on the campus preparedness report card.<br>
Good: Full campus alert system
Emergency phones on 95% of campus
Security cameras in 55% of dorms
Acquaintance rape a freshman orientation topic
Sprinkler systems in 95% of dorms
Cameras in 50% of parking lots</p>
<p>Could add: Full time security in dorms
ID needed to enter library
Chains or peepholes in all dorm doors
Binge drinking a freshman orientation topic</p>
<p>The article was written some months ago. Current students may know if more has been done on campus to increase security.</p>
<p>I havent read many of the other responses, but I have to say;
Before transferring to USC, I never thought about how bad it could get. I grew up in a nice area, went to my first college in a nice area, etc...
But I must say I love LA. It exposes one to real life. I have seen some things there that I never would have seen otherwise, its diverse, it is motivating (I look outside, and am more motivated to hit the books, because I understand where I could end up if Im not successful), and many other great things. I think the location is part of the experience. If everything was perfect around the campus, I doubt it would stimulate much thought related to being a humanitarian, what comes next, understanding of other parts of culture.... I dont know, I just love it. USC is the greatest school ever......</p>
<p>Personally, I have visited USC twice before and both times I was surprised at how safe it felt. In addition to that, the surrounding area was far from as many seem to describe. I live a little north of Atlanta, Georgia and I have seen much worse, especially at Georgia Tech. USC seems to take a worse rep from it though. I am so confident in the security of the campus and the area around that if I am accepted to USC, security will not be among my considerations.</p>
<p>Ummm, i know with what I said this may sound out of place, but that seems a bit far. Although I love the area, I love it for the experience. There are still many areas around campus that I would not walk around alone in, and I must admit, upon graduating, I will definitely be out.... To a nicer part of LA.
But for an experience it is awesome.</p>
<p>" I am very concerned about buying a car and not having a place to put it while going abroad." If you sign up as soon as the website is open for each semester he can store his car in one of the USC parking lots on campus. Son had his car in one on the on campus parking garages and had no problems[ there is lots of security around] It runs around 70-80 month
USC</a> Auxiliary Services | Transportation | Permit Information</p>
<p>USC is in the middle of a metropolis that is filled with different cultures and religions - within a mile of campus there are 67 religious congregations and the city has purportedly the largest population of Filipinos, Guatemalens, Armenians, Thai, Mexicans and Mormons outside their native country, region or state. </p>
<p>For about about the USC and Exposition Park neighborhoods, visit [University</a> Park Family - .](<a href=“http://www.UniversityParkFamily.com%5DUniversity”>http://www.UniversityParkFamily.com).</p>