Yale is SAFE.

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<p>I would like to emphasize that the two "murders" this year in New Haven have NOTHING to do with New Haven or Yale. As a student, YOU ARE SAFE, and I do not have any fear walking around the Yale campus and surrounding areas late at night, even alone.</p>

<p>The postdoctoral fellow at Yale was murdered in a PREMEDITATED act that had to do with his previous job (it was his first year on the job). Annie Le was murdered by one of her acquaintances-- a PSYCHOPATHIC lab technician-- NOT a random violent person in New Haven.</p>

<p>I cannot underemphasize how much effort (and how much success) Yale has put into making campus safe and secure. Anyone who claims otherwise is spreading outdated, 1980s myth. If you look at college safety ratings, Yale consistently outperforms Harvard, MIT, etc! Do not think otherwise!</p>

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<p>I’m sure that those two unfortunate victims would have disagree with you. Yale is not dangerous, but to call it safe is an overstatement too in the other direction. Yale is just a place like any other, and judging it by two high-profile cases as a dangerous hellhole is wrong. However, there is no reason to think that it is a perfectly safe place either; crime, illness, and accidents can happen anywhere in the world even at Yale. Stay safe.</p>

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<p>That’s reasonable. My point is not to overreact when you see a thing that says “Another Yale Medical Member Murdered,” which is sensationalist in my opinion, particularly the “another.”</p>

<p>That is all.</p>

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<p>[New</a> Haven Reels from 5 Murders | NBC Connecticut](<a href=“New Haven Reels from 5 Murders – NBC Connecticut”>New Haven Reels from 5 Murders – NBC Connecticut)</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/04/20/new-haven-murders-yale-students-remain-calm-as-homicide-rate-ri/[/url]”>http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/04/20/new-haven-murders-yale-students-remain-calm-as-homicide-rate-ri/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>actually the city is seeing a run of murders…since Oct 09… 17 homicides</p>

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<p>So does a high number of murders in NYC makes Columbia students more unsafe?</p>

<p>The argument is silly, really. The campus IS safe, and that’s what matters.</p>

<p>Let’s check some statistics:
Among Yale and it’s peer institutions(HPSM), during the last year:
-There has been NO manslaughter in any of them.
-Burglaries On Campus:
+Yale: 51
+Harvard: 230
+MIT: 86
+Stanford:174
+Princeton: 58
-Motor vehicle theft
+Yale: 4
+Harvard: 3
+MIT: 3
+Stanford:35
+Princeton: 3</p>

<p>You can also check the other types of crimes.
Here’s the source, The National Center for Education Statistics(NCES): <a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/[/url]”>http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>[Yale</a> Daily News - City crime hits 20-year low](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2010/02/19/crime-hits-20-year-low/]Yale”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/city-news/2010/02/19/crime-hits-20-year-low/)</p>

<p>Sax, there has been a slight uptick in homicides, but overall violence/crime is at record lows.</p>

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<p>Besides, look at the kinds of people who are involved in these incidents. These aren’t college kids in that situation. No offense, but there is a certain level of crime in every urban area because of a certain small but significant proportion of the population, and crime within that area elevates the homicide population unnaturally.</p>

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<p>To bump this, I’ll chime in with my quote from another thread:</p>

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<p>It is safe. If an ivy league college with $16B endowment and 300 years of history can’t protect its students, it won’t survive for long. One or two isolated incidents can’t talk for the entire university. Yale is the best. Just don’t second guess, if you like it.</p>