http://www.easternecho.com KANSAS CITY, Mo.— Tuition might not be the most troubling concern for parents sending sons and daughters off to college. A disturbing pattern of violent crime has erupted across the nation’s campuses – from Yale University, where a female graduate student was strangled, to the University of California at Los Angeles, where a chemistry student was stabbed repeatedly in a lab. While saying campuses almost always are safer than their surrounding communities, Jonathan Kassa of Security On Campus Inc. acknowledged the headlines can create the opposite impression. “This has been a very uniquely deadly and brutal first semester, so there is concern,” said Kassa, the executive director of the nonprofit organization, which seeks to reduce campus crime. This month at Sacramento State University in California, a student was beaten to death in his dormitory by a bat-wielding roommate. en-us Gryphon 2.3.1-dsw (pewabic)/Foundry5 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:13:09 -0400 webmaster@easternecho.com http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/209 It’s undeniable. Crime is on the rise on campuses across America. What can students do to protect themselves? Well, they can start by protecting their laptops. Our website is loaded with information and advice about how to protect your laptop at school. Check it out and be prepared. www.studentlaptopsecurity.com Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:10:27 -0400 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/209 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/213 There is also a new service that is perfect for college students and their parents. It is called Safecheckin.com. It allows students to have their privacy and yet if something goes wrong and the student fails to return back to campus on time, the parents and the dorm manager can be notified. Parents should check it out as a guardian angel so to speak while the kids are off in college.. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:13:09 -0400 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/213