<p>I’d be surprised if this significantly impacted application numbers.</p>
<p>This event, however, is truly saddening.</p>
<p>Overprotection has its limits. The only way parents can shield their children from all harm is to keep them under lock and key. </p>
<p>Annie Le’s death is a profound tragedy. It is a reason for the Yale community to come together and mourn. It is not a reason for Yale students to be fearful for their own safety, and it’s certainly not a reason for high school students to forego applying to Yale.</p>
<p>I will make a prediction: I bet it was an old boyfriend who was upset with Annie’s upcoming marriage.</p>
<p>^ Then it must have been a long time ago, because according to the YDN, she had been dating her fiance for 5 years or something. </p>
<p>This is so terrible, I still can’t believe it. :(</p>
<p>It is possible that fewer irrational people will apply to Yale this year.</p>
<p>I looked at her facebook and it appears she got engaged in June 2008. As any bride-to-be would, she has lots and lots of posts on her upcoming wedding (getting makeup for her best friend Janice and Jon’s mom, hotel arrangements for guests, wedding menu and dessert selection, flowers and photography etc.)</p>
<p>her profile is open so anyone in her networks would be able to see all of her private info. To add to the fire of speculation, it probably was another grad student, lab tech or even her professor (the Anton Bennet lab page is down, curiously…)… it may have happened during the fire alarm if she and her attacker were alone in the basement. To hide a body in a wall, undetected for five days, requires quite masterful knowledge of the building- hence the university’s view that other students are not at great personal danger.</p>
<p>Even if they catch this guy, which of course we all hope they will- unfortunately nothing can bring her back- what a tragic loss for her family (Chris Le is at UC Davis) and fiance (who may never find someone as bright and attractive as Annie was).</p>
<p>This is a sad story. :(</p>
<p>“Super scary considering it has happened in a Ivy League school!”</p>
<p>There are psychopaths and murderers everywhere. You’re kidding yourself if you think that attending an Ivy League school protects oneself from those kind of people.</p>
<p>It appears that the police investigation is focused on a lab tech who had scratches on his body and halted a lie detector test before completing it.</p>
<p>[Annie</a> Le Prime Suspect Had Defensive Wounds - ABC News](<a href=“Police Release Ray Clark, 'Person of Interest' in Yale Grad Annie Le Murder - ABC News”>Police Release Ray Clark, 'Person of Interest' in Yale Grad Annie Le Murder - ABC News)</p>
<p>Is it true that there is not one security camera inside that research building? Although the President of Yale refers to this building as having “state of the art security”, I read that there is not one security camera inside. Does anyone here have any first hand knowledge as to the truth of them not having security cameras inside the building and only having them outside the building and at the entrance to a parking area? Geez, you would think that “state of the art security” would include cameras inside the building.</p>
<p>I can understand not having cameras inside the lab. Researches are being done on animals in the facility, so perhaps it is better not being on record. Also, researches, especially successful ones = big money, so maybe another reason to preserve the element for privacy. However, like I wrote in another post, so many thing could have been done to increase security BEFORE a crime occurs. I read now that when the lab reopened, extra security will be added.</p>
<p>It’s ridiculous that they do not have security cameras inside that building. I don’t care what they’re researching in there. That does not excuse the lack of proper security INSIDE a research center.</p>
<p>In all fairness to the Yale, entrance to this specific lab requires an extra security card, cutting down on the number of individuals allow in the lab. What is the point of having cameras inside the lab if noone is monitoring them? The culpid would have been cut sooner, but the crime still would have occured.</p>
<p>So, you’re saying that there was basically no state of the art security within this building other than card swipes–no cameras and no security officers monitoring cameras.</p>
<p>I don’t know because I have never been to Yale, and my D does not attend this university, but I have been following the story very closely (for reasons of my own), and I have yet to hear there was cameras INSIDE this specific lab. I hope someone will prove me wrong. Not that it will change anything. My reasonning is that if there was cameras, everything would have been cut on tape, and it would not have taken 5 days to find her body.</p>
<p>You’d think there would at least be cameras in corridors or something if not in the lab itself?</p>
<p>[Yale</a> Daily News - Levin addresses shaken medical school community](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/scitech-news/2009/09/15/levin-addresses-shaken-medical-school-community/]Yale”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/scitech-news/2009/09/15/levin-addresses-shaken-medical-school-community/)</p>
<p>^mentions the additional lack of security regarding limited cell phone coverage and landlines in the basement of the research center.</p>
<p>"Many among the audience spend their days in and around the Amistad Building, and some had even met or worked with Le. Several people raised specific concerns about their safety on the medical school campus, saying they had always felt uncomfortable walking the often-deserted streets between various research facilities and office centers, and now were more nervous than ever.</p>
<p>One woman earned nods of agreement from other audience members when she asked what could be done for scientists who work with animals, and are required to transport their subjects from building to building using underground culverts instead of coming up to street level.</p>
<p>Theyre these surreal, artificial, sci-fi tunnels, she said, adding that these subways are usually empty.</p>
<p>The audience applauded another woman who brought up the lack of cell phone service in basement research facilities, many of which also do not have landline telephones. Previously a nuisance, this fact is unsettling now that Les body has been discovered in a basement, she said."</p>
<p>75 cameras is on the external building only, Yale could at least put some cameras in the hallways, it doesn’t have to be in the Labs. My child 1st year at Yale, IDs & keys is NOT enough security to prevent crimes from happening on or off the campus, gates, doors, etc… is left open throughout the day, anyone could enter anywhere at anytime.</p>
<p>Cameras do not prevent crime. They just make it easier to make an arrest. However, now security at the building will be increase, I read. So, they probably will used more cameras.</p>
<p>But if there were cameras inside, not necessary in the labs due to privacy reasons, it would make it much easier in any crimes.</p>