<p>To me, although the individual victims deserve our concern, the overall story is “meh” to the extreme. This kind of story only feeds those of us already inclined to see the world in a certain way. Don’t get me wrong. I want to know if there’s a serial burglar (or worse) in my city. But I refuse to live in a bunker-mindset. The 24-hour news cycle of disappearing pretty blondes and missing housewives which upset our nice domestic routines perpetuates a lot of nothing IMHO.</p>
<p>I attended an Ivy in the late 80s where the city had a reputation for crime. Being the height of the crack wars was a bad coincidence too. The biggest thing that happened when I was there? It wasn’t some gangsta driveby shooting. Some deranged guy, hiding in the bushes, attacked an acquaintance in the middle of the main square with a hundred other people walking to and fro. He was quickly pounced upon but my friend suffered a cracked skull and other major injuries which caused her to withdraw. She was simply heading back from the main dining hall in the central part of campus.</p>
<p>It confirms that crime can happen anywhere. Frankly the majority of actual crime suffered by students on any college campus is larceny by other students and assault by other students.</p>
<p>In all that, I won’t hesitate 2 seconds to send my girls to my alma mater (nor Stanford either-- lovely weather!) Maybe I’ve had the Kool-Aid but I refuse to live in a bunker mentality.</p>