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SCSU students should learn to appreciate public safety
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Monday, April 28, 2003
Though the campus community may seem like a sheltered life of safety and goodness compared to the "real world," SCSU and other colleges alike must, just like in the real world, be kept safe no matter how innocent or not so innocent the atmosphere may seem.
Just as any other group, organization or force gain recognition for what they do, public safety deserves a turn to be recognized for the altruism, dedication and hard work that keeping the campus community safe demands.
The officers of public safety are not to be ignored. They are the people who, around the clock, work to ensure the safety and protection of the campus community. They are the individuals to whom we turn for campus-related safety issues. They are the people who give rides home to appease a sense of fear or danger. They are the figures of authority who attend to the various needs of the lives of many in the SCSU community.
What's even more respectable is that they are relatable figures of authority. They are students who, off duty, go out with friends, study at the library and stay up too late. They are the people who worry about grades, friends, after-college life and other such concerns of the average college student.
These same students that we see walking around Atwood Memorial Center or drinking coffee at the Meeting Grounds coffee shop are the same people who, when we are in trouble, go to great lengths to help us.
They are the people who have gone out of their way, over the years, to further ensure that people not only feel secure walking the streets of the campus community, but are actually safe as they tend to their daily lives. They are the "everday students" who are up at odd hours of the night to make sure that if a problem arises, someone is there to resolve it.
Just as a campus group who advocates diversity should be commended for their campus-wide enlightenment, or just as the various sources of media should be appreciated for informing our student body, public safety ought to be recognized and appreciated. As students prepare for the "real world," there must be some people to keep these well-informed, enlightened individuals safe and secure.
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