<p>In light of the current tragedy, students at ND, do you feel safe on campus? It was something that we looked at as we toured college campuses with our own student across the country. Little did we know that there would be so much violence on campuses today. Our impressions are that ND is pretty secure--but, I certainly don't want our student to begin to feel that ND is completely safe. I just don't think any campus can encompass quite the task of a totally secure, safe environment. But, as our student continues this year as soph, I have been impressed with the safeguards that have been put into place by the University and continue to believe that ND is striving to provide its students with the safest possible environment. Any other opinions out there?</p>
<p>Barring the random, incredibly rare, occurrences of students getting mugged off campus or in the far, far outskirts of the parking lots, which occur with what is actually far less frequent than what I hear about at home (suburb of New York City), Notre Dame is incredibly safe.</p>
<p>The most recent thing I've heard was students randomly receiving racist letters in the mail from a random man in Minnesota. Not particularly violent, even though outrageously offensive.</p>
<p>Unless you go out walking by the lakes by yourself late at night, I've never heard of anything happening, and even then, you're probably OK. </p>
<p>Also, I thought those letters were from some guy in North Dakota? I'd hate to think they came out of my state...</p>
<p>My son graduated in '06 and my daughter is a sophomore there now. The campus is very safe. That being said, parts of South Bend are not. Common sense must be used in any city, including this one. There also have been some problems at nearby apartments, but once again, common sense if used, will protect you 99.9% of the time.</p>
<p>yea i recieved one of the letters it's from North Dakota.</p>
<p>the campus is completely safe.</p>
<p>unless it's a weekend it kinda creepy walking around by yourself around campus just because it's so empty (everyone is always studying).</p>
<p>But when it's the weekend you see people at all hours of the night and it's safe. If you're a girl, most ND guys will walk you back to your dorm at night, so that's pretty nice.</p>