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Hello and welcome to your news & Information headlines for
March, 2010

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Special Report

USFA Releases University Housing Fires Report
Occupational Health Safety
The report, titled University Housing Fires, was developed by the National Fire Data Center and is a part of the USFA's Topical Fire Report Series. ...

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Breaking News

Three Dead, 10 Wounded After Gunman Opens Fire At School In Alabama
Fox40
HUNTSVILLE - Three people have been killed and as many as 10 people may have been wounded when a gunman opened fire on the campus of the University of ...

Alabama university shooting: Professor charged over triple campus murder
Times Online
A biology professor who was denied a promotion has been charged with murder after three people died in a shooting at the University of Alabama. ...

AP U.S. NewsBrief at 11:39 p.m. EST
Insurance News Net (press release)
(AP) _ Authorities say a woman opened fire during a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama's Huntsville campus, killing three biology professors and ...

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UT student robbed; 2 arrested
MyFox Tampa Bay
Detectives say Griffin was able to make it to campus security where guards then tracked the two men to the Oakhurst Square Apartments just up the street on ...

Fire rousts WSU students; no one hurt
Seattle Times
The school and the American Red Cross are working to find new housing for the students. Pullman Fire Department investigator Rich Dragoo tells The ...

Campus Police Issue Alert After Armed Robbery
NBC4i.com
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS from campus police. Several victims said they were robbed at gunpoint at a location in the 200 block of E. 14th Ave. at ...

UMW releases Judy Hample's 911 call
Fredericksburg.com
Some audio during Hample's call, made during a campus safety walk Sept. 30 with students and administrators, is missing and university officials say they're ...

Evacuation at UTC
WRCB-TV
CHATTANOOGA (WRCB) -- UTC officials confirm that buildings have been evacuated on campus. Campus Police have ordered an evacuation of Holt Hall, ...

February, 2010

U Of M Lieutenant Orders Pot Be Flushed Down Toilet
Eyewitness News Memphis
MEMPHIS, TN - A campus police officer is in trouble for improperly handling drugs. Instead of sending marijuana that was found on campus to the Memphis ...

Students, staff evaluate safety at UNM
KOB.com
Police continue to investigate leads in the incident. Other students say they want to see a bigger police presence on campus. UNM Police Chief Kathy Guimond ...

Prosecutor seeking to try 4 men charged in fatal UCA shooting together
WREG
... when shots were fired into a crowd outside Arkansas Hall on the campus. Investigators say the victims weren't the intended targets in the shooting, ...

Small chemical spill, fire on Stanford campus
KGO-TV
PALO ALTO, CA (KGO) -- A building on the Stanford campus has been evacuated following a chemical spill and a small fire. Engineering staudents were using an ...

Late night fire disturbs students
Transcript
Cartier said this is not the first instance where dorm property has been damaged. "It's pretty common when people pee in the elevator, leave their trash in ...

Fire that killed Gunnison students accidental
Denver Post
Western State College of Colorado students Lucille "Lucy" Grace Causley, 18, of Harbor Springs, Mich., and Adam Michael Lockard, 21, of Bethesda, Md., ...

Capital University Officer Recognized For Alarming Family Of Fire
10TV
BEXLEY, Ohio — A Capital University police officer whose actions likely saved a family from a fire was recognized with an award on Tuesday. ...

SAE fire caused by damaged power strip
SDSU Collegian
The SAE fraternity members are now dealing with the damages of the house fire Feb. 15. Brookings Fire Chief Darrell Hartmann said that "the upper floor of ...

Lab school gets final payment
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
The fire was determined to be the result of arson. Three and a half years after a spectacular fire destroyed a wooden building at the University of Hawaii ...

CSU bans guns from campuses
The Coloradoan
CSU officials say they clearly have the right to regulate issues of campus safety. The Fort Collins campus ban gives the police chief the power to decide ...

Hazmat Crew Called to Fire on GSU Campus
MyFox Atlanta
ATLANTA (MyFOX ATLANTA) - Fire crews were on the scene of a hazmat situation at Georgia State University Monday night. Investigators said people were ...

NIU shooting suspect had assault rifles, ammo in frat room: prosecutors
Chicago Tribune
... resulted in a brief campus shutdown. Arguing against the bail reduction, prosecutors said police found at least one AK-47, a black metal assault rifle, ...

FIRST ON 3: Emergency drill to limit UNCW campus access March 9
WWAY NewsChannel 3
The full-scale exercise, aimed at strengthening UNCW's campus safety practices and preparedness, will include actors and real-time emergency response. ...

Fires at uni may have been arson
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
... investigated by police as possible arson. As many as five incidents have taken place in the same block of student flats at the university's Park Campus, ...

Howard council appears set to OK bill requiring fire sprinklers
Baltimore Sun
This is another pot of money adding to the cost of housing," he said. In response, Sigaty had a question that Harrison appeared uncomfortable answering. ...

Student Killed in Faculty Apartment on Manhattanville Campus
New York Times
A student at Manhattanville College in Westchester County was found dead on Monday in a faculty apartment on campus, and the police said they were ...

WVU Police Look for Information on Campus Robbery
WBOY-TV
The robbery happened between 2:50 and 3:15 am on the downtown campus, in the gravel parking lot behind Clark Hall, across from Nick's Canteen, police said. ...

Police investigating incident on Manhattanville College campus
The Journal News | LoHud.com
Harrison Mayor Joan Walsh said an "initial report" indicated that a body had been found on campus. She referred further questions to the local police. ...

Alleged ATO stabber released on bail Friday
SU The Daily Orange (subscription)
20 stabbing of three Syracuse University students outside their fraternity house, according to the records. Onondaga County Sheriff Department officials ...

Murder at Manhattanville College
7Online.com
PURCHASE, NY (WABC) -- The murder of a student has stunned a college community in Westchester County. Harrison police said a student was killed inside a ...

Alabama campus shooter packed a history of rage
Seattle Times
12, the campus police received a series of reports stranger than the shooting. Several people with connections to the university's biology department warned ...

PUSD to probe whether campus security cameras actually work
Pasadena Star-News
A security camera on top of a building on the Pasadena High School campus Friday February 19, 2010. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini) Such unapproved

Sketch Released Of Man Who Slashed UNM Student
KOAT Albuquerque
Officers said he came up on the woman from behind, stabbed her and then ran off with her phone. Campus police said they are doing everything they can to ...

$500000 Bond Set for 22-Year-Old in NIU Shooting
West Kentucky Star
... said that he was a junior, unemployed and lived at an off-campus fraternity. ... School officials say the Friday shooting was an isolated incident and ...

UH Accepts $7.3M Settlement For Fire
KITV Honolulu
HONOLULU -- Money from an insurance settlement, after huge fire that destroyed a building at University of Hawaii Lab School almost four years ago, ...

Report: alleged NIU shooter had 20 rounds, victim says gunman was trying to ...
Examiner.com
Mulder was shot in the upper leg early yesterday morning outside the Stevenson North residence hall on NIU's DeKalb campus. He tells the Herald he was ...

Damaged power strip to blame in SDSU frat fire
KTIV
The fire at Sigma Alpha Epsilon was reported about 12:30 pm Monday. There was damage to the south side of the house, but no injuries were reported. ...

Racial Tensions Boil at UCSD
NBC San Diego
He said the party was not racist and accused the media of trying to “start a race riot with people.” (Check out his website. ...

2 killed in Moorhead apartment fire
WQOW TV News 18
The bodies of 2 people were found in the building near the Concordia College campus Friday morning. Moorhead Fire Chief Joel Hewitt tells KFGO radio that ...

Police At Penn Seek Suspect In Random Stabbing
KDKA
The university said the stabbing was "unprovoked" and happened as the 41-year-old dental student was walking on campus. The student is in stable condition ...

William and Mary student found in her dorm room in apparent suicide
Daily Press
Three fire and rescue trucks sat outside for about a half an hour before leaving. Campus police remained on the scene. For about an hour, no students were ...

Communicate off-campus safety resources
Student Life
By Staff Editorial Off-campus safety has been at the forefront of students' minds this year. With a jump in crime last spring and the recent violent attack ...

NIU Shooting: One Injured on Northern Illinois University Campus
CBS News (blog)
The shooting happened near Stevenson Hall, one of the residence halls on campus. And police believe it was an isolated incident between two individuals. ...

Electrical fire evacuates freshman dorm twice
Technique
Twice this morning students in the Field dorm were evacuated due to fire alarms. Field residents were informed in an email from Joseph Slade, the residence ...

New digital clocks aid in campus security
Advance Titan
They resolved to use the dorms fire alarm system as a way to include the dorms and have decided to install visible speakers on the interior of some of the ...

Fire Sends Students From Trinity Dorm
NBC Connecticut
Firefighters have extinguished a small fire inside a dorm on the campus of Trinity College in Hartford that might have started in a chair. ...

Fire Suppression
A & T Register
All dorm buildings on the campus of North Carolina A&T are equipped with fire extinguishers in the event one would occur. Anyone is able to use the fire ...

Brookings frat house goes up in smoke
Brookings Register
No injuries were reported, but a fraternity house in Brookings sustained extensive damage in a Monday fire. The cause of the blaze at the Sigma Alpha ...

Fire at Salem International University Ruled Arson
WBOY-TV
SALEM -- A fire that forced students from Salem International University's Montgomery Hall dormitory to evacuate Sunday evening has been ruled arson, ...

College student charged in doorstep fire
Greeley Tribune
Had he been charged with arson, for which he was arrested, he could have faced prison time if convicted. Donahue is a freshman at the University of Northern ...

Fire inspections will restart under new contract
Winona Daily News
Other recommendations included urging Winona State University officials to develop more on-campus housing for students, giving incentives to convert rental ...

Champaign fraternities and sororities up to fire codes
Daily Illini
Last March, while being updated with a new sprinkler system, the Delta Tau Delta house caught fire while most members were away for springbreak. ...

Pipe bomb found on SoCal college campus
San Francisco Chronicle
Arson investigators are seeking details about a pipe bomb found on a San Fernando Valley community college campus. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's ...

SCCC dorm evacuated as power outage plagues building
Mid-Hudson News
LOCH SHELDRAKE – A power outage at the Sullivan County Community College Dormitory Monday night led to the evacuation of students, who have been put up at ...

HC Orders Police Out Of OU Campus
Fullhyd.com
S Satyam Reddy, the counsel for the 4 petitioners who moved a lunch motion challenging the entry of policemen into the campus, said that the police action ...

Fire Forces Fraternity Members Out Of Home
KELOLAND TV
By Nick Carbone BROOKINGS, SD - A fire at the SAE fraternity house on the SDSU campus destroyed the house's living area. Fraternity president Brian Diede ...

Campus Shooting Affects Other Universities
WTOK
Police say a teacher who had been denied tenure went on a shooting spree at the University of Alabama Huntsville campus, killing three professors and ...

UAH president addresses concerns about delayed notice in shooting
The Huntsville Times - al.com (blog)
Our campus police responded within minutes to the Shelby Center for Science and Technology on Friday afternoon, quickly apprehending the suspect and ...

Fire leaves students homeless
OSU - The Lantern
Campus fires “are not very frequent but when they do happen there is usually a lot of damage. “It was daytime. We got here early, attacked the fire early ...

Crews Contain Fire At SDSU Fraternity House
KELOLAND TV
BROOKINGS, SD - Crews are on the scene of a fire at the SAE fraternity house in Brookings. Fire Chief Darrell Hartmann says firefighters got the call just ...

Murder Suspect Was Questioned in Plot Against Professor
New York Times
Dr. Bishop was charged with capital murder; three charges of attempted murder were added on Sunday. Mr. Anderson said he did not know of any specific

UAH faculty background on suspected shooter & victims
CBS42
Madison County District Attorney Rob Broussard said Dr. Bishop is charged with one count of capital murder, and could have her first court hearing in ...

Two NC State alums among victims of Alabama campus shooting
WRAL.com
He said that the police had spoken with his son at length and that "they are doing a good job." Indeed, there were many things Bishop apparently did not ...

Police Investigate Suspicious Dorm Room Fire
WDTV
Police in Salem are investigating a Sunday night dorm room fire, on the campus of Salem International University, that officials are calling "highly ...

Student cooking causes small fire at San Jose State dormitory
San Jose Mercury News
Students cooking in a dormitory at San Jose State University triggered a small kitchen fire on Sunday afternoon, but residents were safely evacuated and the ...

Professor's arrest roils Alabama campus after shootings
Los Angeles Times
In this Southern city famed for its science and technology, residents are coming to grips with perhaps the most unsettling fact in Friday's campus shooting: ...

UAHuntsville Provides Counseling for Grieving Students & Faculty Members
WHNT
Professional counselors are on the campus to guide students and staff through the many stages of grief. Shock, sadness, confusion, and anger are just some ...

AP News in Brief
The Associated Press
(AP) — Students and staff at the University of Alabama's Huntsville campus gathered to comfort each other after news that authorities had charged a faculty ...

AP U.S. NewsBrief at 11:39 p.m. EST
Insurance News Net (press release)
(AP) _ Authorities say a woman opened fire during a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama's Huntsville campus, killing three biology professors and ...

Two Teens Arrested in University Christian Student's Killing
WOKV
"After they shot Makia, they left her for dead and returned to the University Christian campus." Police say Makia, Southern and Pridgen were all friends and ...

Man charged with assault at Utica College dorm
Utica Observer Dispatch
Utica College Campus Safety assisted with the investigation. Patafie was arraigned Friday on one count each of felony third-degree criminal mischief and ...

Four UMaine students displaced by Orono fire
Bangor Daily News
Among the support the students were offered were housing and meals on campus and help with replacing lost books and clothing, UM spokesman Joe Carr said ...

UW Lab Student Burned In Chemical Fire
WISC Madison
Madison fire authorities said a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student burned his right hand after a fire broke out at a laboratory. ...

Fire code violations affected by budget
Kansas State Collegian
“Because of the budget, we have a backlog of citations from the state fire marshall,” said Randy Slover, director of fire inspection. ...

Odor causes Marywood dorm evacuation
Scranton Times-Tribune
DUNMORE - About 400 Marywood University students were evacuated from Loughran Hall early Thursday morning after they complained of a foul odor. ...

Teen, man in custody for robberies, shooting at U of M
KARE
By Kyle Porter MINNEAPOLIS -- Police have arrested two people involved in a robbery spree on the University of Minnesota campus last month that ended with ...

University pays $10G for false fire alarms
UPI.com
11 (UPI) -- Canada's westernmost university on Vancouver Island paid nearly $10000 in fines last year because of students pulling residence fire alarms, ...

UA dorm temporarily evacuated because of smoke near elevators
Arizona Daily Star
A UA Police Department officer responded to a fire alarm at 11:11 am at Coronado ... The Tucson Fire Department responded but found no fire, TFD spokeswoman ...

Fraternity evacuated for fear of collapse in DC
WTOP
WASHINGTON (AP) - A fraternity house at George Washington University has been evacuated after the roof of the town house showed signs it could collapse ...

UNC student arrested in dog poop prank
Fox 31 KDVR.com
Andrew Charles Donahue was booked on charges of attempted first-degree arson, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and possession of alcohol by a minor ...

Many campuses ban smoking
V Spectator
According to an information packet for Valdosta State's Campus Fire Safety Month from September 2008, of the 66 fires on campus, in Greek housing, ...

Flint firefighters called to small fire in Kettering fraternity house
The Flint Journal - MLive.com
President of the fraternity, Tom Reineking, 21, said he was one of about 15 students inside of the home when the smoke alarms went off. "We do a fire drill ...

UC Berkeley police report rash of plumbing thefts
San Francisco Chronicle
Police say burglars have been using tools to remove brass hardware from bathrooms in buildings across the campus. Campus police Capt. ...

Man charged in UCF student's murder to go to trial
Orlando Sentinel
Nhat Anh Tran lived with two sisters and another roommate in an off-campus house on Cypress Trail Drive. They found her body the next morning along with Loc ...

Miami U rape investigation stalled
Cincinnati.com
Miami's last reported on-campus rape was in October in a residence hall, where a woman reported being raped by a male acquaintance, Spilman said. ...

19 UCI buildings have fire safety problems
ScienceDude (blog)
... fire alarm and suppression systems that are obsolete or deficient, says a capital improvement report submitted to the University of California's Board ...

Students get heated over Governors fire alarms
University at Buffalo The Spectrum
Due to the weather conditions, many students who live in Governors, instead of evacuating when the alarm sounds, have opted to stay in their dorm rooms to ...

UI Public Safety Officer Fires Gun in Office
KCRG
The Gazette reported last June that, excluding training, campus police had discharged their weapons only a handful of times and only to euthanize deer. ...

Rape charges ruled out for 3 Hogs players
Arkansas Online (subscription)
... seek charges against three Arkansas Razorbacks basketball players accused of raping a University of Arkansas student at a fraternity party in August. ...

Student stabbed inside dorm at Bentley University
NECN
As students arrived on the campus of Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, Wednesday, many had just learned that a male student had been stabbed ...

Man charged with setting fire in rest room
Alton Telegraph
... charged with criminal damage to state-supported property for allegedly setting a fire in a bathroom at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey. ...

Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Cal State Northridge
Los Angeles Times
A Cal State Northridge student's fear that someone had planted a bomb in his car triggered a campus emergency today, prompting the evacuation of more than ...

Johnson C. Smith names new police chief
CharlotteObserver.com
JCSU President Ronald Carter said the university is seeing substantial growth, which has put new demands on campus security. In December, the university ...

Fathers asks lawmakers to prevent police from releasing 911 calls
Pierce County Herald
The father of murder victim Brittany Zimmermann's fiancée asked state lawmakers yesterday to stop letting police release recordings of 9-1-1 calls. ...

TSU Students Shoots Himself In Leg
NewsChannel5.com
One person was injured Friday morning after a shooting on Tennessee State University's campus. The shooting happened around 3 am Police said someone in a

Bentley reassures prospective freshmen after stabbing
Boston Globe
He was able to describe the suspects, who were apprehended while running toward their car in a campus visitors' parking lot. In the police report, ...

Stabbing victim learns he was targeted
Marietta Times
... after he returned to the Marietta College campus and described the incident to a few people inside his dorm. In turn, those individuals called police. ...

Arizona May Allow Faculty to Carry Guns on Campus
ABC News (blog)
“My view, in fact, is really the opposite, in that it is likely to make the situation worse -- to throw gasoline on the fire, so to speak. ...

Threat clears campus No bomb found at Wayne College
Wooster Daily Record
The Orrville Fire Department was notified and Fire Chief Bob Ballentine went to the campus. "The fire service was not needed," he said. ...

Man charged with starting fire in college bathroom
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
An Edwardsville, Ill. man is in police custody after allegedly setting a community college bathroom on fire. According to the Madison County Sheriff's ...

South Carolina College Found Lax in Fire Safety
ClaimsJournal.com
Columbia's fire chief says there's more work to be done on fire alarms and sprinkler systems at a South Carolina college following a new inspection. ...

Columbia Police Investigating Alleged Rape at Tau Kappa Epsilon
KBIA
COLUMBIA, MO (KBIA) - Columbia police are waiting to investigate an alleged rape that occurred outside the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house late Friday ...

Body found in snow near campus
Minnesota Daily
This would be the eighth murder of the year so far for the city. There were 19 homicides in all of 2009. Miner said at this point, University Police are not ...

Fire shuts down Taco Bell on Indiana State campus
Terre Haute Tribune Star
At 9:16 am, campus police got a report of a grease fire at Taco Bell in The Commons. Employees activated a sprinkler system, and a fire extinguisher was ...

UTA Students Cautious After 2 Robbery Attempts
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
Campus police said the robbery attempts happened at about the same time of night in Lot 49. UTA police said a four-door sedan pulled up to a female student ...

Man Arrested For Bringing Loaded Gun To College Of San Mateo
FoxReno.com
While officers are investigating why the weapons were brought onto the campus, police said there appeared to be no direct threat to any students. ...

Extortion claim made against UGA worker
UPI.com
3 (UPI) -- University of Georgia police said an employee at the college is accused of extorting students over alleged computer violations. Campus police ...

Man Accused of Peeping on UNO Campus
Action 3 News
Campus officials and Omaha police say UNO student Frank Marescalco III was secretly taping young women as they went to the bathroom and showered in their ...

JCSU forum to address discipline and security
Charlotte Post
We expect them to protest in an orderly fashion and follow the instructions of our campus security.” However, Carter said in reference to the disciplined ...

MU student reports rape outside fraternity house
Columbia Missourian
BY Elisa Essner, Lindsay Ross COLUMBIA — Columbia Police made more details available Wednesday about a rape reported outside an MU fraternity house. ...

University of Minnesota student returns to classes after being shot on ...
Pioneer Press
A member of a campus gymnastics club, he will not be able to work out for the next five weeks. University of Minnesota police have said Schumacher was one ...

Fire chief: Benedict still has some work to do
WIS
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - Benedict College has responded to the latest findings concerning fire code violations on campus, saying the school "recognizes the ...

Campus Safety responds to criticism of alerts
Loyola Phoenix
By Mike Byra and Sarah Marbes Some students of color at Loyola have criticized Campus Safety for how crime alerts have detailed the race of offenders. ...

Philly dorm still closed after evacuation
phillyBurbs.com
The dorm was evacuated earlier this week due to of high levels of carbon monoxide. The Philly Department of Licenses and Inspections says the building's ...

Fire inspectors find 196 issues at Benedict
The State
The inspection was conducted after a dispute erupted last fall between the college and a former fire marshal. Of the deficiencies reported, 125 involved ...

Carbon Monoxide Closes 2 Philly Restaurants and a 550 Student Dorm, Injuries ...
InjuryBoard.com (blog)
Fire Department spokesperson Richard Davison revealed that the carbon monoxide readings varied from 120ppm (parts per million) to 3800ppm. ...

Western State College mourns 2 students killed in weekend off campus house fire
Fox 31 KDVR.com
(AP) — Students at Western State College of Colorado are gathering to mourn two classmates killed in a Gunnison house fire over the weekend. ...

Shooting at Jackson State University; campus on lock-down
KSLA-TV
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Jackson State University Campus Police at 601-979-2580. Stay with KSLA and KSLA.com for the latest on this ...

Deep fat fryer suspected in Greektown fire
WGNtv.com
Brent Sonin, a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, smelled smoke and walked over with friends from his residence hall. ...

College student from Harbor Springs dies in off campus fire
Petoskey News-Review
HARBOR SPRINGS — A Harbor Springs resident was one of two college students who died in a fire Sunday in Gunnison, Colo. Lucille "Lucy" Grace Causley, 18, ...

Campus police identify alleged shooter
Daily Mail - Charleston
West Virginia State University campus police have identified the alleged shooter in an incident that occurred after a dance last weekend at the Institute ...

Two arrested for November burglaries
Fiat Lux
Meetings are at 8 pm Wednesdays in Nevins Theater, Powell Campus Center. Alfred Police charged two AU students Dec. 4 and Dec. ...

UMaine student's body found in Orono
The Maine Campus
By The Maine Campus Police have identified a body found Saturday morning on Middle Street in Orono as University of Maine student Jordyn Bakley, ...

Transformer Fire at Texas A&M
KBTX
A transformer at Texas A&M caught fire just after 10 o'clock this morning. University police surrounded the power station located on Agronomy Road. ...

No Injuries in TSU Dorm Fire
MyFox Houston
Investigators believe a faulty electrical connection led to a dorm fire on the Texas Southern University campus. The fire was reported around 3 am Saturday ...

Focus On Safety Resources After 'U Of M' Shooting
WCCO
University of Minnesota Police are getting closer to arresting the two men responsible for the recent shooting and robberies on campus. ...

Fire sprinklers save lives
Exeter News-Letter
Recently fire officials in Hanover credited the installation of sprinkler protection within a fraternity house (a converted residence) with saving the lives ...

Three UConn Dorm Fires Might Be Related
Hartford Courant
... out at a University of Connecticut dormitory complex during the past few months ... prompted the evacuation of the Towers Residence Halls on Route 195. ...

Students react to on-campus shooting
Minnesota Daily
While many acknowledge the University's urban campus environment as a reason for high rates of petty crime, the shooting of a student outside a residence ...

Del. Officials Probe 4 Fires At College
WJZ
(AP) ― Delaware fire officials are investigating four fires that were set in different restrooms at the Delaware Technical and Community College Stanton ...

Chicago Police Search College Campus For Reported Gunman
KWTX
CHICAGO (January 27, 2010)-Police are looking for a man with a gun in his waistband on the Northwestern University campus in Chicago. ...

FIRST ON 5: Fire at AB College
WDTV
Mendi Simon, Director of Marketing and Communication at the college, says it was a grease fire, everyone inside was evacuated, and no one was hurt. ...

911 caller reported SMU student's death as a suicide
Dallas Morning News (blog)
The 21-year-old sophomore was pronounced dead at 12:36 pm Friday in his room in a former fraternity house on the SMU campus. As Staff Writers Holly K. ...

Alabama A&M attempted murder suspect arrested
WAFF
Those impacted were male students and the university says they all live on campus. Police charged 19-year-old Christopher Lofton Monday afternoon. ...

January, 2010

Officials Ramp Up Security After Racial Threat At College
NBC4i.com
People who spend time on the small campus said they're shocked and administrators are already trying to keep similar instances from happening in the future. ...
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Hocking College heightens security following threat
Columbus Dispatch
The FBI is investigating the incident as a hate crime and campus police are continuing to work the case, she said. Some black students have left campus in ...

Man charged in UM stabbing out on bail
Bangor Daily News
... 20-year-old male victim and several witnesses to the assault, but is allowing him to return to campus with a police escort one time to get his things. ...

Man Arrested in AAMU Shooting
WAAY
Huntsville Police have arrested a man in connection with this weekend's shooting near Alabama A&M's campus. 19-year-old Christopher Lofton has been charged ...

Fire at UConn Dorm Leads to Evacuations
WTIC
More than 300 students in the Towers Residence Hall at the University of Connecticut were evacuated after a fire broke out in the basement. ...

Hazmat Situation Caused After Fire on HCC Campus
WHAG
HAGERSTOWN, MD - After extinguishing a fire Sunday evening on the campus of Hagerstown Community College, hazmat crews were called to the scene to handle a ...

UNC Asheville residence hall fire ruled an arson
Asheville Citizen-Times
University Police are increasing patrols around campus, and housing staff have increased the frequency of building rounds, according to the university. ...

University of Minnesota student shot on campus
KSTP.com
University of Minnesota campus police say a freshman student was shot right outside Centennial Hall Monday night. It was part of two crimes that took place ...

FOI bill would exempt campus threat talks
Charlottesville Daily Progress
... state's Freedom of Information Act. UVa officials say the legislation is needed to allow the teams to openly discuss potential threats to campus safety. ...

UM Dorm Fire Displaces 8 Students
WDIV
Eight University of Michigan students who were displaced by a dorm room fire Sunday afternoon may soon find out when they can return home. ...

UNC Asheville residence hall fire ruled an arson
Asheville Citizen-Times
University Police are increasing patrols around campus, and housing staff have increased the frequency of building rounds, according to the university. ...

UConn dorm fire prompts evacuation; no injuries
The Journal News | LoHud.com
(AP) — A five-story University of Connecticut dormitory was evacuated after a fire broke out in the basement, but authorities say the blaze was put out ...

WVSU Police Pepper Spray Crowd, Shell Casings Found
WSAZ-TV
(WSAZ) -- Two separate incidents on West Virginia State University's campus kept WVSU police busy overnight. Campus police say a back to school dance at the ...

After Hospitalizing Three Rushees, Pike Fraternity Subject to Police Investigation
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
In the meantime, Pike is under temporary suspension, which means that they cannot hold any events on or off campus. According to Miller, the IFC, ...

Fire in residence hall room displaces 8 University of Michigan students
AnnArbor.com
Eight University of Michigan students were displaced for at least the night after a fire that started in a microwave in the Baits housing complex spread to ...

Water leak in Watt, smoke sets off alarm
CU Columbia Spectator (blog)
Five trucks from the fire department down the block were dispatched to the dorm. A firefighter said, “It was just a water leak.” Students headed back into ...

Man Charged With Stabbing At Maine Frat House
WBZ
Read more in our Privacy Policy ORONO, Maine (AP) ― A 20-year-old man has been charged with stabbing another man at a University of Maine fraternity house. ...

Stabbing at U-Maine Orono
WABI
Police were called to the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity a little after 2 am this ... Girouard allegedly stabbed the other student three times in the back. ...

Grove Apartment fire for college students
Examiner.com
College students of an entire apartment unit are spending Friday night at local hotels because of a fire on the third story of the north end at the Grove ...

Haze leads to evacuation
Albany Democrat Herald
All three classes that were in session at the time, around 5:30 pm, were evacuated for the night. The rest of the LBCC campus was operating as usual. ...

BRIEF: Trash can fire reported at UND dorm
FireEngineering.com
21--A fire in a UND dorm room trash can Thursday caused minor damage to the floor, and no injuries were reported. Fire alarms went off about 3:15 pm in ...

Police investigating false alarms at dorm
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette
... adding thtat transmitting a false fire alarm is a felony offense. Frost and Dilley said students were out of the dorm for only a few minutes. ...

Fire forces traffic helicopter down at Oakland County Community College
The Detroit News
Farmington Hills -- A news helicopter that caught fire was forced to land near the eastern edge of Oakland County Community College's Orchard Ridge Campus ...

Security alert on Carnegie Mellon University campus
Gather.com
There has been an unconfirmed security and safety threat to Wean Hall. As a precaution, we are evacuating and securing Wean, Doherty and Hamerschlag. Campus ...

UI police looking for person who pulled fire alarms in dorms
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette
Frost and Dilley said students were out of the dorm for only a few minutes. Firefighters had cleared the scene in about 45 minutes after walking through the ...

Fatal Alabama motel fire likely caused by incense
WRCB-TV
Four freshmen from the Mississippi University for Women died in the blaze at a Days Inn in Hoover on Saturday night. Someone from the students' second-story ...

Sprinkler system in campus dormitories up for BOT approval
Daily Eastern News
"Lincoln and Thomas will be the sixth and seventh buildings on campus to be retrofitted with sprinklers and fire alarm systems," Hanebrink said. ...

Withdraw police from OU campus
Express Buzz
The State Government stations paramilitary on the campus where students are peacefully carrying on their protest. The governments have no authority to ...

ID on TCU student off-campus death
Houston Chronicle
AP Texas News © 2010 AP FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas Christian University student found dead in her off-campus residence has been identified. ...

Solicitor, SLED looking into Benedict fire code violations
The State
On Tuesday, a former Columbia deputy fire marshal filed a lawsuit against Benedict College, its vice president for business and finance and three of his ...

Wheaton fire victim identified as college student
Chicago Daily Herald
By Jake Griffin | Daily Herald Staff A 28-year-old Wheaton College graduate student was identified by the school as the victim of this weekend's fatal fire. ...

Fire Alarms Being Tested At Benedict College
Firefighter Hourly
The tests come a day after a deputy fire marshal filed suit against Benedict College and his three supervisors. One question being asked in political ...

Benefit concert planned for UW Eau Claire fire victims
WQOW TV News 18
Eau Claire (WQOW) - Friends are coming to the aid of local college students forced out of their apartments following a fire. The fire happened on Niagara ...

City hall not aware of particulars in Benedict case
WIS
In September, we got copies of all the fire inspection reports at Benedict, reports that documented hundreds of violations. Those reports continue to be the ...

Man charged with arson in flag burning
UPI.com
19 (UPI) -- An Ohio man faces aggravated arson charges for allegedly burning a US flag flying from a house where University of Dayton students were sleeping ...

Tips sought in 2008 arson
Topeka Capital Journal
Officials from the Washburn University Campus Police, Kansas State Fire Marshal's Office, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Topeka ...

No one injured during small fire at MHS; students are evacuated
Marshall News Messenger
MISD Communications Director Brooke Paddie said school officials evacuated all 1600 students from the campus building after a fire had been ignited in a ...

Murder case sparks tougher law near schools
Hawaii News Now
What if two students get into a fight on campus, would they get jail time for assault? That is one of the area's lawmakers will have to iron out this ...

Remember - 10th anniversary of the Seton Hall dormitory fire
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Both dorm RA's (Resident Advisers) Lohmann lived in Boland Hall his freshman year and claims to have a close connection to the Hall and understand its ...

KPFA report on UC Berkeley student suspension
Bay Area Indymedia
by Josh Wolf ( hi [at] joshwolf.net ) Classes at UC Berkeley resume tomorrow, but the university has told a student who was arrested during a campus ...

UD Student Accused Of Setting Fire
WHIOtv.com
... pending the filing of a formal charge of aggravated arson. No one was injured in the fire. Farkas said despite the fire, she does feel safe on campus.

Southern Miss dorm fire contained
Jackson Clarion Ledger
No injuries were reported in a Monday night dorm fire that forced the evacuation of its residents, University of Southern Mississippi officials reported ...

Missouri Valley College in lockdown
KRCG
According to police, students quickly scattered to seek shelter and campus security initiated a lockdown. As of 7:30pm the lockdown was still in force as ...

Ala. blaze claims 4 MUW students
Jackson Clarion Ledger
The victims, all freshmen at Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Miss., were among those who made 911 calls to report the fire, Hoover Fire ...

Three Duke football players arrested on gun charges
News & Observer
The three players -- John Drew, Kyle Griswould and Brandon Putnam -- were dismissed from the team following their arrest by campus police. ...

Safeguard acquires fire-alarm installer
Arizona Republic
"You have to inspect fire alarms every year." Such merger activity is a positive sign for the local economy, said Arizona State University finance professor ...

Chemical spill at QU's north campus
ConnectTriStates.com powered by KHQA
The Quincy Fire Department was called to a chemical spill at Quincy University North Campus' A building shortly after 9:30 Friday morning. ...

Fire inspection slams L-Dub
Yale Daily News
Meanwhile, in Vanderbilt, the only Old Campus dormitory of similar size, 61 suites passed the inspection and only 19 suites failed. ...

Graduate Students Evacuated Due to Flooding
The Emory Wheel
By Kate Borger Posted: 01/14/2010 About 300 graduate students evacuated their apartments on Jan. 9 due to flooding at Campus Crossing Apartments, ...

Police Arrest Two In Connection With Duke Campus Robberies
MyNC.com
Police arrest a 17 year old male, who's name is not being released because he is a juvenile, and 22 year-old Keith Jennings. According to Duke Campus Police ...

Purdue student pleads guilty in accidental shooting death
Fox 59
Calderon, Siela, and Cory Lynch -- another friend -- were drinking at an off-campus apartment. Investigators say Calderon and Lynch decided to scare Siela ...

Citrus Heights college evacuation lifted
News10.net
... Heights college is over after five people were exposed to a chemical used for general anesthesia, according to Sacramento Metro Fire District officials. ...

Officials: Fire Upgrades Saved Dartmouth Students
ClaimsJournal.com
A sprinkler system in a 100-year-old Dartmouth College fraternity house is being credited with saving the lives of some of the students inside when the ...

Carbon monoxide leak sickens Ringling students
MyFox Tampa Bay
Six Ringling College students were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide leak inside an off campus house, firefighters said. ...

Arsonist sets six small fires today at Ventura College
Ventura County Star
Ventura city firefighters responded to a smoldering fire about 1:45 pm in a classroom file cabinet. They returned at 2:13 pm after some classroom ...

New arrest in murder of UConn student
Mansfield Today
Jamal Todd, 21, of Hartford, charged with falsely reporting an incident and reckless endangerment for pulling the fire alarm that led to the evacuation of ...

Armed campus officers at issue at Princeton
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com
Princeton senior Connor Diemand-Yauman, president of the USG, said in an e-mail exchange Sunday that he believes armed campus police officers could do more ...

UCLA police check suspicious briefcase in parking structure
UC Los Angeles
By UCLA Newsroom January 11, 2010 Category: Campus News The UCLA Police Department investigated and cleared a suspicious briefcase placed behind a trash can ...

Fire Dept: Fire upgrades saved Dartmouth students
Boston Herald
By AP HANOVER, NH — A sprinkler system in a 100-year-old Dartmouth College fraternity house is being credited with saving the lives of some of the students ...

Gun pulled on UO campus, school officials taking it seriously
KVAL
By Molly Blancett KVAL News UNIVERSITY OF OREGON -- University of Oregon campus security said someone pulled a gun on a group of students just after 2 am ...

Dartmouth frat damaged in fire
WCAX
No one was injured, but 25 men who lived in the Phi Delta Alpha frat house had to be placed in other campus housing. A fire alarm went off around 5:30 am, ...

No injuries, but extensive damage in Sunday morning fire at ...
Dartmouth News
The fraternity house is a three-story building located on campus at 5 Webster Avenue. The third-floor fire alarm in the house went off at 5:26 am The alarm ...

Gunman pleads not guilty to shooting
WIVB
BROCKPORT, NY (WIVB) - A suspected gunman pleaded not guilty Saturday morning in a double shooting that sent a SUNY campus into lock down. ...

 SUNY Brockport Shooting
Gather.com
This time it was at a campus in upstate New York near Rochester in a town called Brockport. This SUNY campus shooting took place around 1:20 pm. ...

Alarms mean fines
The Stanford Daily
“It tends to happen at frat parties or parties at general,” said Natasha Chu '10, a kitchen manager at Kairos House. Fire crews always respond to these ...

Lindenwood dorm evacuated early this morning after pipe bursts
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The problem caused water damage throughout half of the dorm. Most of the students left to stay with families or friends after the evacuation, ...

UT says no foul play in case of body found on campus
News 8 Austin
University of Texas Campus Police received a call about a deceased person at around 3 pm Wednesday. Police then discovered the body of a young woman at the ...

New engine gives a boost to University Fire Department
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
by Jeff Richardson / jrichardson@newsminer.com FAIRBANKS — The new engine at the University Fire Department might not literally have all the bells and ...

'Smoke' forces evacuation of Briar Cliff University dorm
KTIV
... A handful of Sioux City college students had to be evacuated, Tuesday night, after reports of smoke in their dorm on the Briar Cliff University campus. ...

Damage from fire minimal at CU-Boulder biology building, official says
Daily Camera
University of Colorado police and Boulder firefighters responded to a report of a fire in the Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Building on the ...

Sorority House Damaged in Brockport Fire
13WHAM-TV
It took crews from six different departments about two hours to get the fire under control. The house is that of an unrecognized sorority, also called the ...

Electrical Problems Cause College Station Duplex Fire
KBTX
College Station Fire Department spokesman Bart Humphreys says that at the time of the fire, the unit was unoccupied and the residents who occupied the ...

White Powder Forces Evacuation at UC Irvine
KCBA
(AP) - University of California, Irvine, officials say two campus buildings have been evacuated because two professors who work in the buildings received ...

Gas leak leads to evacuation at CSU Channel Islands
Ventura County Star
By From staff reports A gas leak led to an evacuation this morning on property ... Drive and Santa Cruz Island Drive near the campus outside Camarillo. ...

Early morning fire kills 1, injures 4 at apartment complex near university in ...
Los Angeles Times
The fire began around 3 am Saturday at the Cypress Pointe Apartment Homes, which are near the University of North Carolina Wilmington. ...

Female Reports Attempted Kidnapping On Campus
NBC4i.com
Campus police issue a crime alert Monday after an attempted kidnapping and a robbery over the weekend. By Donna Willis | Web Content Coordinator COLUMBUS, ...

University of Tennessee agricultural campus lab building damaged in fire
WHNT
(AP) — A building on the University of Tennessee's agricultural campus in Knoxville was damaged after a laboratory inside caught fire. ...

Aggie Students Sift Through Ashes After Devastating House Fire
KBTX
A day after a massive fire damaged a College Station home, residents are sifting through debris trying to salvage what they can. ...

December, 2009

Part of historic building on NDSU campus collapses
Grand Forks Herald
Campus police discovered the damage about 3:15 am Sunday. Officers noticed steam coming from Minard Hall and went to investigate. No one was in the building ...

Student-oriented apartments a magnet for burglars
Florida Times-Union
It was located close enough to Florida State College at Jacksonville's South Campus that TJ could walk to class. “Nothing stood out as bad about this place ...

Fire destroys temporary classroom at Jackson Community College
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com
By Jackie Smith A fire destroyed a temporary classroom facility early Saturday night on the south side of Jackson Community College's campus. ...

OU remains calm; students continue fasting
Express Buzz
Though the students remained calm and confined themselves to the campus, police kept a close vigil and additional forces were deployed on the campus and its ...

Police recover knife used in IIM professor's murder
Press Trust of India
The body of 32-year-old associate professor in Human Resources Management was found inside the campus on December 18 with stab injuries. Police have ...

Massive School Fire Ruled Accidental
Boston Channel.com
The main building on the school's 26-acre campus was engulfed in flames, and smoke could be seen for miles. The fire originated in the kitchen of the ...

Two suspicious fires being investigated in State College
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The second fire, believed to be arson, was reported at 8:30 pm at 653 Westerly Parkway, where police and firefighters found an older model Ford Explorer SUV ...

Suspect sought in holdup of student on UI campus
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette
By Tim Mitchell University of Illinois police are looking for a man in connection with an armed robbery on campus Friday night. According to a police report ...

Student arrested for armed robbery at MSU apartment
KPLC-TV
Campus police responded to a 9-1-1 call from man claiming he was robbed and roughed-up after being invited in the apartment by a tenant. ...

SRJC attempted rape still unsolved
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
10 case of an attempted rape of a staff member on campus. Maintenance crews have installed peep holes on office doors and changed a lock in Burbank ...

Grand jury refuses to indict UIS students for hate crime
The State Journal-Register
... to indict three University of Illinois Springfield students on hate crime charges in connection with an Oct. 3 altercation in a campus parking lot. ...

Fire Damages WCU Landmark
North Carolina News Network
(CULLOWHEE) -- A fire broke out Wednesday morning on the campus of Western Carolina University. No one was injured, but workers continue to assess the ...

Arson continues on campus
The Collegian
The Fresno Fire Department was dispatched to campus. There were no injuries or property damage in this incident. University Police Department and the State ...

Kitchen fire in dorm at SLU sparks student evacuation
WatertownDailyTimes.com
CANTON — A kitchen fire in Jencks Hall dormitory forced the evacuation of several students Wednesday afternoon on the St. Lawrence University campus, ...

UMSL campus on edge after two sex assaults in two days
Belleville News Democrat
Two women were sexually assaulted on the UMSL campus in just two days. Campus police are stepping up security, but the suspects are still at large. ...

U student banned from campus after Facebook posts
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Give me room, lots of aggression to be taken out with a trocar," according to a police report. The next day, she added: "I still want to stab a certain ...

Man stabbed on bus near PCC
Greenville Daily Reflector
Authorities responded to a stabbing on a Greenville city bus this morning on the Pitt Community College campus, officials said. According to PCC Police ...

Judge conflicted on validity of Tech shooting lawsuits
Roanoke Times
They were Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum, Dean of Students Tom Brown, General Counsel Kay Heidbreder, Cook Counseling Center Director Chris ...

Apartment Fire Near Campus
Ozarks First
A Springfield fire marshal is is investigating an early morning apartment fire near the MSU campus. Flames broke out at an apartment in the 900 block of ...

Three William and Mary students displaced by weekend fire
Daily Press
By Dan Parsons 247-7840 WILLIAMSBURG — Three College of William and Mary students were displaced from their off-campus rental home over the weekend after ...

Man, 22, accused of groping 10 women
Poughkeepsie Journal
A female student complained to town police Thursday at 9:30 am that she had just been grabbed by an unknown man on the Vassar campus. Police said two other ...

Torch-carrying protesters storm UC Berkeley chancellor's home; 8...
San Jose Mercury News
26, 2009 where he discussed budget cuts that will be affecting the Berkeley, Calif., campus this year.(Karl Mondon/Staff) BERKELEY — As many as 70 ...

Lockdown unlikely on BU campus
Binghamton University Pipe Dream
"It would be very hard to do this [lock down the campus]," said Lt. Madeline Bay of Binghamton's New York State University Police. "It is impossible to tell ...

Police Search For Shooting Suspect Near MTSU
WSMV
Campus police will only tell us right now there has been a shooting.. and won't release details about any possible victim. Check wsmv.com for further ...

UC police arrest 66 at Wheeler Hall
UC Berkeley
Campus police and security personnel are currently monitoring access to Wheeler Hall to ensure that only authorized faculty and staff are allowed in. ...

Disturbing report on campus rape
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
... and university leaders to follow Ball State's example and re-examine rape reporting procedures, student conduct policies and campus judicial systems.

ASU classroom evacuated after possible chemical exposure
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
Tempe Fire Department spokesman Mike Reichling said the student, in a Life Sciences classroom, was opening a box with 'neurotoxin' on it and thought she had ...

Ill. campus cop cleared of threat allegations
The Associated Press
DEKALB, Ill. — Northern Illinois University has cleared its tough-talking police chief of allegations he threatened an editor of the campus newspaper, ...

Student charged with arson at Daytona State campus
Daytona Beach News-Journal
By PATRICIO G. BALONA A Daytona State College student was arrested Thursday on a charge of arson for a fire in a women's bathroom at the Deltona campus, ...

Smoke leads to dorm evacuation at JSU
Jackson Clarion Ledger
... morning to investigate a reported explosion that led to the early morning evacuation of more than 500 students. Campus police are investigating. ...

Students arrested for occupying campus building
San Jose Mercury News
Officers in riot gear arrested 12 people who locked themselves inside the building and cited them for misdemeanor trespassing. Eleven people who protested ...

Report: College Sexual Assaults On The Rise; Students Still Feel Safe
NBC4i.com
“Most of our sexual assaults are, I don't like to use the term date rape. I don't believe there's such a thing as date rape, but a sexual assault is a ...

Vigil Held for Murdered College Student
MyFox Atlanta
Davis' brutal murder shocked the community. News of Davis' death sent shockwaves through the McDonough community. Friends and family members gathered ...

Daytona State student charged with arson in campus blaze
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Clark was was arrested after Deltona and state fire marshals, and campus safety officers reviewed video surveillance.

Student faces arson charge in fire at Deltona campus
Orlando Sentinel
By Gary Taylor, Orlando Sentinel A student faces a charge of first-degree arson in a Monday fire at the Deltona campus of Daytona State College. ...

Fire displaces students from off-campus housing
Huntington Herald Dispatch
HUNTINGTON -- At least 20 people, including many college students, were evacuated from their apartments and displaced when an early morning fire on Tuesday ...

Student opens fire in Va. classroom; no injuries
The Associated Press
A 20-year-old student opened fire in a community college classroom, but did not hit anyone and was arrested in a hallway, police said Tuesday. ...

Two charged in Lynchburg College fire
Lynchburg News and Advance
Both have been charged with one count each of burglary and arson, said Lynchburg Fire Marshal Greg Wormser. The fire destroyed the storage building and ...

Ithaca College student charged with arson on campus
Ithaca Journal
An Ithaca College freshman has been charged with arson following an investigation into a series of fires in trash and recycling bins near residence halls, ...

Student charged with arson
Ithaca College The Ithacan
Carfi was a resident of Emerson Hall and was removed from campus. The Office of Public Safety and the Ithaca Fire Department are still investigating the ...

Fire displaces college students
WYMT
Some college students will have to find somewhere else to stay all because of an early Tuesday morning fire in Lexington. The fire started in the attic of a ...

Student charged with attempted murder at NVCC
Inside NoVA
Send it to us by email; By URIAH A. KISER A 20-year-old disgruntled student walked into a fourth-floor classroom at the Woodbridge campus of Northern ...

Train hits Goshen College student south of campus
Elkhart Truth
The Goshen Police Department and Fire Department responded just after 7 am According to a press release from the police department, the man was lying beside ...

'Upset student' opens fire in class; no injuries
The Associated Press
It's not immediately known how or why the shooting stopped. Provost Sam Hill says two shots were fired and police responded quickly. The campus was locked ...

Students displaced from off-campus apartments
Huntington Herald Dispatch
HUNTINGTON — At least 20 people, many college students, were evacuated from their apartments and displaced overnight when an early morning fire spread smoke ...

Fire in ISU dorm room prompts student evacuation
Bloomington Pantagraph - Bloomington,IL,USA
NORMAL -- Authorities believe an unattended candle is the cause of a fire Monday that caused about $12000 in damage and forced the evacuation of several ...

CU campus police shut down NERF game
Examiner.com
Students at the University of Colorado are being told by campus police that their planned game of "Humans vs. Zombies" must be canceled because of a campus ...

Driver accused of hitting 2 WSU students separately
Seattle Times
The vehicle stopped and the driver fled before being apprehended by campus police in the vicinity of McCoy Hall, Gardner said. The Moscow-Pullman Daily News ...

Prosecutor receives evidence from MSU fight; investigation ongoing
The Detroit News
In the first public statements by campus police, who investigate crimes on campus, since the start of the investigation, McGlothian-Taylor did not say if ...

Va. Tech officials waited to alert faculty, students of shooting
Washington Times
... than an hour before they alerted faculty and students to a shooting on campus, a supplement to the state's report on the April 2007 mass killing shows. ...

Student Voice: CU-Boulder's text alerts can save lives
Colorado Daily
For example, if we had a fire on campus, the safety alarms will alert the students on campus, but will leave students off campus oblivious of the developing ...

Fire breaks out on the third floor of New South
The Georgetown Voice
Sometime before 7:00 pm this evening, a fire broke out in an empty dormitory room on the third floor of New South. Department of Public Safety officers and ...

Winona State student attacked; school issues campus safety alert
La Crosse Tribune
A Winona State University student was attacked early Saturday morning, prompting school officials to issue a campus-wide safety alert. ...

ECSU cops respond to Microtel incident
The Daily Advance
Elizabeth City State University police responded to a reported armed robbery near the Microtel Inn last week because state law permits campus police ...

Campus in shock over professor's murder
WIVB
Police said 77 year old Richard Antoun was in his campus office when he was stabbed with a knife four times. A freshman, who is from East Aurora, ...

CSU board refuses students the right to carry guns
Examiner.com
The Colorado State University Board voted 9-0 in favor of banning students from lawfully carrying concealed weapons onto campus. Previously, the policy at ...

LUMS students set new standards in emergency response: 'Who you gonna call?'
Daily Times
These volunteers have already demonstrated their skills in different sports events on campus, mock drills as well as a professional competition of rescuers ...

Ole Miss ranked safest SEC campus
Mississippi Press
OXFORD The University of Mississippi has been ranked by StateUniversity.com as the safest Southeastern Conference campus in a new study of campus safety. ...

UCLA police tactics at protest investigated
Los Angeles Times
By Larry Gordon UCLA officials said Friday that they are investigating allegations that campus police used unnecessary force, including tasers and pepper ...

Emergency alerting system not activated after shooting
Beckley Register-Herald
Word of the shooting still had not spread campus-wide by Thursday afternoon, and those who had heard what happened said they only knew because they had ...

MSU basketball player shot outside campus residence
Beckley Register-Herald
According to Shumate, police are investigating a possible connection between the shooting and a verbal altercation involving Mitchell and a second person at ...

November, 2009

Student talks about near abduction at MDC
7Online WSVN-TV
Though the woman got away, the man still did not leave the campus. A security guard accompanied the girl around the campus and they spotted "Lazaro" with ...

Syracuse man indicted in attack at SU fraternity
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com
Cameron was arrested at gunpoint by a campus police officer a short distance from the scene. Cameron could face up to 25 years in state prison for the more ...

Report: Universities try to cover up rapes
Indianapolis Star
... of the US Justice Department, found that one in five women on a college campus will be the victim of rape or attempted rape by the time she graduates. ...

U - Cincinnati student robbed at gunpoint
Cincinnati.com
The student was not hurt, said Cincinnati police, who assisted campus police on the incident. An investigation is underway. University police would not ...

2 men charged with murder in Kent student's death
Plain Dealer
15 after a party off the Kent State University campus. Police said Kernich and friends were almost hit by a car pulling out of a parking lot on Depeyster ...

Fouled air leads to Fresno State dorm evacuation
Fresno Bee - Fresno,CA,USA
A residence hall at California State University, Fresno, was evacuated Sunday night after an unknown substance fouled the air in a third-floor hallway, ...

Fresno State Hazmat Evacuation
ABC30.com - Fresno,CA,USA
(KFSN) -- A Fresno State dorm was evacuated after a hazardous materials crew responded to a call. Graves Hall was evacuated for about two hours starting ...

Morgantown crime down, despite recent incidents
Charleston Gazette
On Oct. 18, 18-year-old WVU student Gregory T. Hansen was stabbed and seriously injured in a scuffle at the intersection of Grant Avenue and Third Street, ...

Explosives found in and near NAU dorm
FOX11AZ.com
... early Wednesday in and around a Northern Arizona University dormitory. Flagstaff Fire Department spokesman Mark Johnson says no students were injured. ...

Erie student, 3 others charged with Kent State robbery
GoErie.com
Campus police identified four suspects using surveillance systems and a tip from a student. Police later arrested Norton and Mykel Benson, 18, of Cleveland, ...

Fire at UW stadium caused by construction heaters
KULR-TV
... WYOMING - Laramie Fire Department officials say propane heaters started a fire that slightly damaged luxury suites under construction at the University ...

What's that smoky haze in the dorm room?
DavidsonNews.net
20, 1:20 pm, Davidson College Tomlinson dorm, 133 Glasgow St. – Fire alarm activation, panel showed smoke detector activated in student room. No fire. ...

Wren's Top 5 Ways Schools Can Use Video to Improve Campus Safety
PR Newswire (press release)
... many schools limit their use of video to post-event analysis, rather than utilizing it in a proactive manner to help improve campus safety. ...

East Lansing Police have released the name of the 22-year-old MSU student who ...
MSU State News
Environmental soil science and chemistry senior Brian McMillen was found dead at about 5:30 am Saturday at the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house, ...

UGF Rallies To Help Freshman Fire Victim
KFBB NewsChannel 5
After learning of the devastation, UGF's faculty and its students acted fast, providing her with a dorm room, a meal plan, clothing, and a new laptop. ...

MCTC campus evacuated after explosion scare
Morehead News
The building was evacuated but within an hour of extinguishing the fire, everyone was admitted back in. Maysville Community and Technical College-Rowan ...

Mandatory Meeting for U of M Fraternity Members
Eyewitness News Memphis
Also last month, a fire started at the Alpha Tau Omega house. No one was injured, but U of M officials say the fire is more proof that a safety workshop is ...

University of Arkansas suspends fraternity activities
Baxter Bulletin
At Phi Gamma Delta — where three athletes were accused of rape but never charged — the chapter had an exemption that allowed of-age students to possess ...

NC college student shot to death at off-campus party in Boone
WTKR Your NewsChannel 3
By AP BOONE, NC (AP) — Police in North Carolina say the shooting death of a college student at an off-campus party appears to have been an accident. ...

Arrest Made in Appalachian State Shooting Death
My Fox 8
Police said Derby, a sophomore business major, died after being shot once in the face while at an off-campus party at the Appalachian South Apartments on ...

MSU student found dead at fraternity house
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA
The Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity identified the student as Brian McMillen, ... After the roommate called 911, the East Lansing Fire Department treated him at ...

Student found dead at alpha gamma rho fraternity
MSU State News - East Lansing,MI,USA
East Lansing Police and Fire departments were called at about 5:39 am to the fraternity house, where they tried more than once to revive the student with ...

Student group summit to address campus safety
Daily Kent Stater
A group of student organizations are coming together at 8 pm tonight in the Oscar Ritchie Lecture Hall to address safety on campus. ...

More KSU students robbed in Kent Police probe Sunday assault, robbery; total ...
Ravenna Record Courier
Campus police declined to release details on the victims or the incident, and referred all inquiries to the department's media relations office. ...

Kent State Students Robbed At Gunpoint
Cleveland News - Fox 8
... on and around the KSU campus. Police arrested two suspects shortly after, but a third suspect, also described as a Hispanic male, is still on the loose. ...

Student Killed In Accidental Appalachian State Shooting
WXII12.com
BOONE, NC -- Boone police said an overnight shooting near the campus of Appalachian State University has left a 19-year-old student dead. ...

University of Miami All Clear After BB Gun Scare
NBC Miami
By TODD WRIGHT University of Miami police have re-opened campus after responding to a call that someone was shooting a BB gun on the Coral Gables campus. ...

Hazmat team called to University of Utah
Deseret News
The Salt Lake City Fire Department cleaned up a minor chemical spill Friday at the University of Utah. Two security guards checking an open door at the ...

Local Student Arrested After Evacuation At Purdue
WBZ
... from Massachusetts has been arrested after a suspicious package led to the evacuation of a visitor information center on campus earlier this week. ...

41 arrested in UC Berkeley protest
Los Angeles Times
Campus police entered Wheeler Hall about 5 pm, and the demonstrators were taken into custody without incident, campus officials said in a statement. ...

More than 50 protesters arrested at UC Davis
San Jose Mercury News
Dressed in riot gear, University of California, Davis police officers stand near the entrance of Mrak Hall on the UC Davis campus on Thursday, November 19, ...

Professor falls from U of U campus shuttle, dies
Examiner.com
Salt Lake police will conduct an investigation once campus police finish theirs. The woman's name is yet unreleased, as authorities are trying to notify her ...

California Students Protest, Riot Over Tuition Gouging
The Consumerist (blog)
By Phil Villarreal , 11:03 AM on Fri Nov 20 2009, 6172 views Responding to UC regents' efforts to slap students with a 32 percent tuition increase, ...

Miami Univ. Campus Police thwart rape in progress, battle attacker
Examiner.com
Nothing short of quick thinking, police instinct and heroic action led Miami University Officer Jay Young to save a coed from a sexual assault on campus ...

Wilkes freshman stabbed near campus
Wilkes Beacon (subscription)
Anyone with information regarding this event is asked to contact the Public Safety Office at 408-4999 or the Wilkes-Barre Police via 911. ...

Police Make Second Arrest In Shooting Of Local College Student
KWTX
Police are still looking for a third suspect in the shooting at a campus-area apartment complex that sent Jeremiah Blair, 21, to Parkland Hospital in ...

Fire Breaks Out At Morehead Apartment Building
LEX18 Lexington KY News
A resident of the building said that it housed mostly students from Morehead State University. It is unclear how many students lived in the building, ...

Lab fire on A&M West Campus
Texas A&M The Battalion
A rainy Friday afternoon meant a lower than usual number of students in the Herman F. Heep Building on West Campus when a fire alarm sounded. ...

Fire closes part of Century College
St. Croix Valley Press
The West Campus of Century College is closed after a small fire. The campus was evacuated at approximately 11 am do to an electrical fire. ...

Authorities still investigating Lynchburg College fire
Lynchburg News and Advance
Authorities are still investigating what started a fire at a Lynchburg College storage building that caused more than $130000 in damage. ...

Police suspect arson i Cal State Fresno fires
The Collegian
... 2009 (6 hours ago) Multiple trash fires set on the California State University, Fresno campus Wednesday night forced the evacuation of dozens students ...

Cops in riot gear keep an eye on protesters at UCLA
89.3 KPCC
About 100 University of California police officers tried to keep student protests under control on the UCLA campus today. Officers wore riot gear and used ...

WB police investigating apparent stabbing on Wilkes University campus
Citizens Voice
Maye told police he was walking in the area when two males approached him and asked him for money. After a struggle, one of the men stabbed Maye, ...

Firefighters investigating alarms, bathroom fire at NSU dorm
The Virginian-Pilot
When firefighters arrived at the dorm, they found a light haze on the third floor and found that someone had set fire to some food cartons inside the ...

Fire alarms set off at Norfolk State University dorm
WVEC.com (subscription)
Norfolk Fire Dept. investigators are questioning students about the incidents. The person who started the fire could be charged with arson.

Pascrell recognizes 'Campus Fire Safety Month'
NorthJersey.com
The provisions aim to address concerns relating to fires in college dormitories and off-campus student housing by requiring schools to report fire safety ...

OU Employee Charged With Arson
KOCO
A University of Oklahoma employee has been charged with arson in connection with three campus fires. Susan K. Lauterbach, 46, was formally charged in ...

False alarm sends mixed messages at CCC
Vineland Daily Journal
Beu said a cancellation call came within minutes, but officers continued to the campus to confirm with campus security that nothing was wrong. ...

Students disrupt UC regent meeting a third time
San Diego Union Tribune
They said officers dressed in riot gear stood in a row of 8 and slowly backed the crowd away from the building entrance.

LSU Baton Rouge stabbing now a hoax
KSLA-TV
BATON ROUGE, LA (KSLA) – An alleged stabbing on a Louisiana college campus is now being called a hoax. Reportedly a security guard on the campus of LSU in ...

Residents evacuated for Parklawn residence hall fire
Iowa City Press Citizen
Humston said a burning plastic smell would be common in any dorm room because of the prevalence of plastic materials in the room. Firefighters were able to ...

OU Employee Accused of Intentionally Setting Fires on Campus
news9.com KWTV
Lauterbach is accused of setting one fire in a closet in room 326 of the chemistry annex building that did $13000 worth of damage. ...

Up in smoke: SFA students reminded of fire threat
Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
A employees built a 10 by 10 room on the intramural fields, complete with dirty clothes and wall posters, to demonstrate how quickly a dorm room can go up ...

Students arrested for Lee Hall fire incident
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Online Edition
Schram is a student at Hampden-Sydney College. Anyone with information related to this event is encouraged to contact the Virginia Tech Police Department at ...

Purdue student charged in Elliott Hall fire
Journal and Courier
Peedin was charged today with four counts: two for arson, one a Class B felony and one a Class D felony; one for perjury, a Class D felony; ...

Fire forces 153 from Bucknell University dorm
Danville News
The displaced student, who was not identified, was provided with alternative housing. The damaged room was occupied by only one student. ...

Police seek armed robber on UT campus
Austin American-Statesman
... morning in a parking garage at 109 W. 27th St. The report filed by campus police does not provide a description of the weapon used by the suspect. ...

Pot of oil sparks fire at UNC dorm
WRAL.com
Chapel Hill, NC — A pot of oil sparked a fire Monday at the Ram's Village student housing complex, 520 Williamson Drive, on the University of North Carolina ...

Fire detected in college kitchen
Ipswich Evening Star
A BURNING smell reported at a college in Suffolk turned out to be a small fire in a light fitting. Firefighters were called to reports of a burning smell in ...

Two Separate Fires Reported At UNC Dorms
MyNC.com
Shortly after the dorm fire was reported, around 9:36 am, another fire alarm was received at the Hinton James Dormitory. Crews found a trash can had caught ...

'Suspicious' fires damage dormitory
UConn Daily Campus
"It's fair to say the fire is suspicious in origin," said UConn Police Major Ronald Blicher. According to Blicher, the fires began separately and set off ...

Penn State police probe suspected arson
Centre Daily Times
A student reported to Penn State police about 2:30 am Friday that they were assaulted on campus by a person known to them in the East Halls resident complex ...

Police: SC man molested teen on Clemson campus
CharlotteObserver.com
AP COLUMBIA, SC A South Carolina man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old while working on Clemson University's campus this summer. ...

Outraged police rally on UMass campus
GazetteNET
"It is shameful to have to relive this murder of Phil Lamonaco all over again because the University of Massachusetts, a public-funded institution, ...

Leave campus gun laws to university
North Wind Online
Some people believe arming students would prevent campus shootings. This is wishful thinking, and we need to leave safety up to those in charge. ...

USF police: Student disabled dorm alarm to smoke marijuana
Tampa Tribune
TAMPA - A University of South Florida student told investigators that he disabled a smoke alarm in his dorm room so he could smoke marijuana undetected. ...

Two Fires at San Jose State University Dorm
Fire Department Network News
Two small fires were extinguished at a San Jose State University high-rise dormitory Thursday, on the heels of another small fire there two weeks ago. ...

Sheriff: Alcorn State Student Shot To Death
WAPT.com
An Alcorn State University student was shot to death outside her off-campus home Thursday, campus police said. The Claiborne County sheriff said the body of ...

Suspicious fires at SJSU dorm
abc7news.com
SAN JOSE, CA (KGO) -- Arson investigators are examining two suspicious fires inside a San Jose State University dorm. Just before 9:00 Thursday morning San ...

Fire Prompts SJSU Dorm Evacuation
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
Harris said the building was evacuated about 10 am Firefighters appeared to have the situation under control as of 11 am A dispatcher said the fire was ...

Student Arrested, Person of Interest in Freeman Arson Case
MSU The Montclarion Online (subscription)
The 19-year-old was released on bail, set at $25000 and has been escorted off campus. Barrett added that Shinn was identified as committing this offense ...

Police Investigate Suspicious Package on UHD Campus
MyFox Houston
HOUSTON - A suspicious package has caused a partial evacuation at the University of Houston-Downtown, according to a school spokeswoman. ...

3 teens charged in armed robbery at UM campus
MiamiHerald.com
Two UM students were held up, sparking a manhunt campus police did not notify students and staff members about. Three teens were arrested. ...

Body found in lake off Loyola University campus
Chicago Breaking News - Tribune
Chicago police were notified about 11:20 am that the body was found by a student who initially called campus police about the discovery. ...

Woman reports rape at fraternity house
Columbia Daily Tribune
Columbia police are investigating a 19-year-old woman's report that she was forcibly raped at a University of Missouri fraternity house early Saturday. ...

University gunman sentenced to 14 years for shootings
WTKR Your NewsChannel 3
Maye plead guilty in August to shooting a pizza delivery man and a security guard on the campus of Hampton University before turning the gun on himself. ...

Cornell student robbed and stabbed
Ithaca College The Ithacan
Thomas Boyce, Cayuga Heights Department chief of police, said the victim claimed to be approached by two black males who forcibly stole his property. ...

Columbia fire chief explains dropped Benedict charges
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA
The same fire inspector fined Benedict 19 times for the same violations ... It's the same thing fire officials said after inspectors re-inspected the campus ...

Code Violations Force Students Out
WTVQ - Lexington,KY,USA
Back in October, Mayor Newberry began cracking down on fire code violations in neighborhoods surrounding UK's campus. This was one of the homes that did not ...

Woman charged with assault after Lexington stabbing
Kentucky.com
By Ashlee Clark - aclark@herald-leader.com A woman has been charged after a stabbing near the University of Kentucky campus Monday night. Police were called ...

Fire Alarm Etiquette
Carolinian (subscription)
It is a classic scenario discussed by many upon entering dorm life. At 3:30 in the morning or another horribly uncomfortable hour, bright lights begin to ...

Man who shot two in HU dorm gets 14-year sentence
WVEC.com (subscription)
by 13News HAMPTON – The man who opened fire inside a dorm at Hampton University in April was sentenced Tuesday to 14 years in prison. ...

Mayor continues fight against fire code violations
WYMT
Mayor Jim Newberry took his fight to address life safety fire code and zoning violations in the neighborhoods surrounding the University of Kentucky to ...

NJ man convicted in dorm fire won't seek parole
Philadelphia Inquirer
AP TRENTON, NJ - One of two men sentenced to prison for starting a fire that killed three students at a Seton Hall University dormitory has waived his right ...

Students ordered to vacate house due to fire code ...
Kykernel.com (subscription) - Lexington,KY,USA
... Mayor Jim Newberry's recent push to enforce fire code requirements in housing around campus ... contained 10 student tenants during a Oct. 2 inspection. ...

U of M Suspends Fraternities
WREG - Memphis,TN,USA
There was also a small fire recently at the Alpha Tau Omega House. Fraternity insiders have tipped us off to fights and large parties, but Dean Porter would ...

Administrators hold safety forum in response to hate crimes
The Georgetown Voice
CAMERAS ON CAMPUS: DelMonaco was asked why, since there is a camera near the site of the second hate crime, the camera hasn't been used in the investigation ...

2 charged in DePaul University student's murder
Examiner.com
Last week, 19-year old Narciso Gatica and 21-year-old Berly Valladores were charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder for killing DePaul senior ...

Student Group Pushes for Concealed Guns on Campus
Opposing Views
... is a graduate student at Virginia Tech who lost a friend in the Virginia Tech shooting and who now advocates letting citizens carry guns on campus. ...

Homeless man shot behind OSU frat decries 'light' sentence for shooter
KATU
... Rho fraternity, Josh Grimes, served 150 days in jail after he was convicted of assault and unlawful use of a weapon for shooting Sanderson in October ...

Fratman nabbed for 2-year-old murder case
Cebu Daily News
Liquin, a member of the Tau Gamma Phi fraternity, was the prime suspect in the shooting of Villeno, a member of rival Alpha Kappa Rho, on March 23, 2007. ...

Boozy culture nothing new at university colleges
WA today
Even if “fresher' indoctrination” is now no longer carried out, it seems that other aspects of the college fraternity routine are. ...

President Hogan: Despite tragedy, UConn must remain open campus
Mansfield Today
No, because what UConn needs is better police supervision. by: Caitlin M. Dineen | Staff Writer Monday, November 9th, 2009 Since the stabbing death of ...

Fire forces students out of dorm, water damages apartments
University of Pittsburgh The Pitt News
The sprinkler system seemed to have put out much of the fire in the dorm, which holds 197 students and is located near the intersection of Centre and ...

Public Safety investigates fire outside Emerson Hall
Ithaca College The Ithacan
It has classified the cause as arson. “We've had a number of fires on the campus,” Tier said. “They are looking into incendiary fire. ...

Charges dropped against Benedict College
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA
In the latest inspections, five of six on-campus dorms have deficiencies with their fire alarms, and three others under a 24-hour fire watch. ...

Smoke detector failed in Lincoln fire death
Lincoln Journal Star
... in her apartment at 2800 Woods Blvd. Ryan Stewart, 19, a Nebraska Wesleyan University student, dies after a fire at the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house. ...

SDSU brush fire investigated as arson
SDNN
The canyon belongs to the university and campus police are handling the arson investigation, Stafford said. Luque told the Union-Tribune that there is a ...

H1N1: MSU To Vaccinate Thousands On Campus
Baristanet (blog)
These individuals are trained to respond to major incidents on and off campus that affect the community, including pandemic medical emergencies. ...

CO leak sends three Warner students to LW hospital
Lake Wales News
... Hall said, so all of the girls were sheltered either in another dorm on campus or in a private home. The Polk County Fire Department responded with its ...

Trial postponed again in fatal stabbing at SDSU
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
... for three young men accused in the fatal stabbing of a college student on the ... getting kicked out of a fraternity party and went looking for a fight. ...

Sac State student charged with murder in death of roommate from Mountain View
San Jose Mercury News
Officers opened fire after they say Jones lunged at them with a knife. Investigators haven't released a motive for the killing, and relatives and roommates ...

BC, Fraternities Are Evacuated After Construction-Related Fire
The MIT Tech
By Maggie Lloyd A cloud of black smoke towered above the former Alpha Tau Omega fraternity on Wednesday morning after a fire broke out at around 8:15 am in ...

Parents of dead Spelman student file lawsuit
WMBF
... actions to properly secure its campus." The lawsuit claims that lack of security directly led to the Sept. 3 shooting death of 19-year-old Jasmine Lynn. ...

Police find no obvious motive in UCLA slashing
Los Angeles Times
UCLA police said Friday that there are no records of any complaints filed against Thompson and that he had no campus arrests. ...

Fire damages hotel at University of Iowa campus
Chicago Tribune
AP IOWA CITY, Iowa - Officials say no one was injured in a fire at the Iowa House Hotel on the University of Iowa campus. The fire broke out early Thursday ...

Residents ignore frequent GrandMarc fire alarms
TCU Daily Skiff
Allen said there is no difference in fire safety between the main campus or in the GrandMarc. "Students have to understand that any type of alarm is serious ...

Third Dorm Fire at MSU in Six Weeks
Baristanet (blog)
23 fire in Freeman. Three fires have been occurred in Montclair State University's dormitory, Freeman Hall in the past six weeks all on the sixth floor. ...

Money Down the Drain: Innocent students pay the price for dorm damage
Rider University The Rider News
By Jess Hoogendoorn Sometimes an exit sign is vandalized, a door is broken or maybe someone sets off a fire extinguisher. No matter what it is, ...

Student falls from fifth floor of Miller Hall
Montana Kaimin
Jim Lemcke, director of the UM Office of Public Safety, said the student was locked out of his dorm room at about 10 am and fell when he attempted to cross ...

MSU student charged in witness tampering
Montclair Times
A student at Montclair State University was arrested Thursday and charged with witness tampering in an investigation into recent fires at a campus dormitory ...

BRIEF: Fire smokes out MIT frat house
FireEngineering.com
5--A fire behind an MIT fraternity house sent students running for cover yesterday morning at several university residences. ...

Alarm at 'foam party' calls firefighters to campus
DavidsonNews.net
At one, firefighters found (and later cleaned up) a 6-foot mountain of foam in a fraternity house. Davidson firefighters were called to the Kappa Sigma ...

MTSU POLICE: Student stuck by needle on campus
The Tennessean
Campus police responded to the Middle Tennessee Medical Center Emergency Room, where the female told them she was getting change out of a vending machine in ...

Another arrest made in UConn stabbing
WTNH
Information was later received that showed Muhammad did have knowledge of the events that occurred outside the school-sponsored dance on campus. ...

VIDEO: Cambridge firefighters extinguish fire at MIT frat
Cambridge Chronicle
Firefighters were able to safely bring him down. Residents were allowed back into the fraternity house when fire crews left the scene.

University of Montana student injured in fall from dormitory roof
The Missoulian
Steve Paske of Missoula City Fire. Medical responders backboarded the student, but were unable to safely carry him off the roof, so firefighters summoned a ...

NJ college investigating 3 small fires at dorm
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Sprinklers put out the fire, and no one was injured, but about 300 students had to evacuate in the middle of the night. There were two small fires on the ...

SJSU dorm evacuated due to smoke
abc7news.com
Shortly before 11:30 am, a housekeeper on the 10th or 11th floor of Joe West Hall smelled smoke and pulled the fire alarm, spokeswoman Pat Lopes Harris said ...

YSU Alert System
WYTV
In the spring of 2007, the country watched as a 23-year-old student opened fire on the campus of Virginia Tech. Ever since, universities across the country ...

Fire in Purdue's Mechanical Engineering building
Journal and Courier
Purdue University's Mechanical Engineering Building was evacuated this afternoon due to a small fire that was caused by a chemical reaction. ...

Report of smoke at San Jose State high-rise dorm a false alarm
San Jose Mercury News
Lopes Harris said the dorm was evacuated around 11:30 am Fire crews responded to the report of smoke with a second-alarm response, according to a fire ...

Man falls from dorm window
Daily Kent Stater
The call to the Kent State Police Department came at 8:18 pm requesting an ambulance for an unconscious male. Monnin was transported by the Kent City Fire ...

Halloween Gopher Game Brings More Cops To Campus
WCCO
"They've banded together and they've got eight or 10 private security. It's mainly just managing their door," said Hestness. Extra Minneapolis officers will ...

Yale University Student Found Dead on Campus
FOXNews
Raymond Clark III, 24, who worked in the lab, has been charged with murder. Clark, who has not yet entered a plea, is due back in court Tuesday.

October, 2009

Safety fair to spread awareness of dangers on campus
The Daily Athenaeum
Several organizations including the WVU Forensics Department and WELL WVU also set up booths and games about campus safety and to help students become ...

Swastika found on restroom wall at UM
MiamiHerald.com
School officials reported the hate crime to campus police, who launched an investigation. UM President Donna Shalala denounced the act in a statement issued ...

Students Escape Fire Near Upstate Campus
NY1
Three college students -- one from Manhattan and two from Brooklyn -- escaped an early morning fire Thursday near their upstate campus. ...

Cops: Student threatened 'snitches' in UConn death
The Associated Press
A University of Connecticut student committed an act terrorism by posting Internet messages telling people to "stop the snitching" after the stabbing death ...

Sprinkler Damages Gifford Dorm Rooms
The Breeze
Fire trucks showed up to Gifford Hall on Tuesday evening not for a drill or a fire but for a sprinkler accidentally set off. Around 7 pm, freshman Zac ...

Sac State RA: 'He's Stabbing Himself'
KCRA.com
... and saw an officer fire a shot at him. Higgins said several shell casings, blood and a "black handle knife" were found inside a hallway in the dorm. ...

Alfred fire destroys businesses, displaces 13 college students
Hornell Evening Tribune
By Staff reports Thirteen Alfred-area college students lost everything and at least two local businesses were destroyed in a early morning blaze today. ...

NYIT Student Arrested for Arson on Campus
LongIslandPress.com - NY,USA
You can leave a response or trackback to this entry An Oyster Bay man was arrested for setting fire to a garbage can at his college campus in Old Westbury ...

Disturbing statement found on UW-River Falls campus
WQOW TV News 18
River Falls Police, Campus Police and law enforcement officers from St. Croix County and Pierce County will all have a presence on campus Monday. ...

Man stabbed during a homecoming party
Famuan - Tallahassee,FL,USA
A 19-year-old man was stabbed several times late Saturday night at a private ... Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and was supposed to take place from 10 pm to 2 am, ...

YSU Fraternity House Evacuated
WYTV
Investigators say the fire started in one house and then spread to another. Fortunately both were vacant. However, people living in a fraternity house just ...

Fraternity house occupants perceive threat of arson
TheJambar.com (subscription) - Youngstown,OH,USA
He said many fraternity house residents left the house until the fire department assured them they were safe. Garcia said he was up until 5 am watching the ...

Fire-alarm check aimed at safety
Corvallis Gazette Times
... fire prevention officer, the door-to-door program is important because about 80 percent of fires involving college students happen in off-campus housing ...

PSU on alert after report of gunman
The Union Leader
She said her teacher called campus security and was told to keep students in class. "I think it was absolutely real," Mailman said of the threat. ...

Duke University officer charged with rape
abc11.com
Simmons is employed as a campus officer at Duke, but the university said he will be suspended pending further investigation of the case. ...

Police: NU Student's Rape Claim Was False
CBS2 Chicago
Read more in our Privacy Policy A Northwestern University student's report of being forced off a CTA train and raped on her way back to campus early Tuesday ...

Grad student kills self on campus
United Press International
Classes were canceled Monday in the College of Design building after the morning shooting. Officials said counselors would be available this week for ...

CU student suspected of threatening roommate with a kitchen knife
Daily Camera
... spokesman for the campus police. Jones was talking on her cellphone and threatening to stab her roommate in the throat, witnesses told police. ...

Dorm smoking rules may have been unclear
Yale Daily News
By Marcus Schwarz The cigarette that sparked a fire in Branford College last Thursday also shed light on a disciplinary ambiguity, which was the result of ...

Sprinklers May Soon Be Required In All New Homes
WJZ
A mother who lost her son in a dormitory fire without sprinklers is fighting for them. "It was just devastating to us, and to just do anything I could and ...

Agitated moose on campus killed to avoid run in with students
UAA Northern Light
UPD has the authority to use deadly force if there is a threat to campus safety. They do not however, have the means or training to use tranquilizers. ...

Friends, NIU open doors to students displaced from fire
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Initially, 24 students were displaced, said Joe King, assistant director of NIU Public Affairs. "Most found a place to stay that night with friends or ...

Campus Security Guard Injured
CBS42
"They were basically looking at a theft of property, but now it could be attempted murder fleeing the scene of a traffic accident with injuries and their in ...

UConn police give no indication arrest is near
Connecticut Post
State Police, who are working in conjunction with UConn police on the matter, searched a storm drain on the Storrs campus last week and divers were in Swan ...

ASU police investigating campus suicide
The Associated Press
Arizona State University police say a graduate student fatally shot himself in a professor's office. ASU police commander James Hardina says the shooting ...

Shots fired at Samford campus after shoplifting at bookstore, officer injured ...
WHNT
(AP) — A Samford University police officer has been injured while pursuing shoplifting suspects at the Homewood school. Officials said the incident began ...

Fire destroys SUV at Honolulu Community College
KHNL-TV/KHBC/KOGG
HONOLULU (HAWAIINEWSNOW) - An overnight fire gutted an SUV in the parking lot of Honolulu Community College.Firefighters found the vehicle engulfed in ...

Dive Team Searches UConn Lake for Evidence
FOXNews
Police have been searching storm drains and a lake on the University of Connecticut campus near where football player Jasper Howard was stabbed to death ...

Shots Fired Near WVU Dorm
WDTV
... several gun shell casings on the 200 block of Mclane Avenue, as well as bullet holes on Summit Hall, including one through a third floor fire door. ...

Student Robbed On UM Campus
WDIV
A University of Michigan student was robbed Saturday morning while leaving a campus building, campus safety officials said. Police said a man approached the ...

Student who called in Elliott fire arrested on suspicion of arson
Media Newswire (press release)
Purdue police arrested Isaiah T. Peedin, 22, on suspicion of arson and perjury. After allegedly setting the fires in the basement of Elliott, Peedin alerted ...

Reporting a crime? UM campus police now receive text messages
Detroit Free Press
AP University of Michigan campus police in Ann Arbor say students now have the option to text them -- at 377911 (DPS911) -- to report crimes in progress. ...

Police still trying to solve murder of NJ student
Philadelphia Inquirer
AP GLASSBORO, NJ - Two years after a 19-year-old Rowan University student died near the campus in southern New Jersey, investigators are still trying to ...

Witnesses threatened in Howard's stabbing
United Press International
STORRS, Conn., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Campus police say witnesses to last Saturday's stabbing death of Connecticut cornerback Jasper Howard have been threatened ...

Fire Proof-U 2009
WHSV
Members of the Harrisonburg Fire Department built two mock dorm rooms, one equipped with a sprinkler and the other without. The dorm rooms were then set on ...

Small fire spurs Yale dorm evacuation
New Haven Register (subscription) - New Haven,CT,USA
By Register Staff NEW HAVEN — A small fire in a dorm room at Yale University forced Branford College residents out of their rooms for more than an hour ...

Ga. Tech building evacuated after spill
WRCB-TV
... officials say emergency crews were able to neutralize a hazardous chemical spill that led to the evacuation of a building on the Georgia Tech campus. ...

U. Mich. students now can text crimes in progress
Fox 28
(AP) - University of Michigan campus police say students now have the option to text them to report crimes in progress. Police spokeswoman Diane Brown tells ...

FMU student at center of clash with guards was suspended
MiamiHerald.com
COM The student at the center of a clash between campus security guards Monday at Florida Memorial College and a crowd of students has been suspended. ...

Police: Assault At California University Results In Shooting
WIBW
(CNN) - An assault on the campus of California State University at Sacramento Wednesday resulted in a university police officer shooting the alleged ...

Virginia Tech police probe online shooting threat
Washington Post
AP Virginia Tech police are investigating threats of another mass shooting at the university in a YouTube posting. Police said in an e-mail sent to faculty ...

Renovations: a real reason for a party in the UFA
The Collegian — University of Richmond - Richmond,VA,VA,USA
... and I prefer our living arrangement to living off campus, ... apartment doors to accuse us of ignoring fire hazard warnings via e-mails that Residence

12 Things My Dorm Fire Inspector Wasn't Happy About
Oregon Commentator
12. The need for the replacement of signs reminding us not to smoke weed in our rooms This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 at 7:41 pm by ...

Waco HAZMAT Team Responds To Chemical Spill At MCC
KWTX
The temperature on campus when firefighters arrived was 65. It's the team's second response to a campus chemical spill in a little more than a week. ...

Arrest made in Purdue University arson
Fox 59
Police have arrested 22 year old Isaiah Peedin for setting the fires in the basement of Elliott Hall Monday night. Investigators say the suspect alerted ...

Purdue students react to arson arrest
WLFI.com
Now he's in jail, arrested for arson and perjury. Students on campus are stunned to hear someone who is suppose to keep them safe, put them in jeopardy. ...

UC Santa Barbara on lockdown as police check report of gunman on campus
Los Angeles Times
Students are allowed to return to class, according to campus police.] The officials were searching South Hall, which houses liberal arts and humanities ...

FMU Police-Student Scuffle Is Caught On Tape
CBS 4
A clash between students and campus security broke out Monday at Florida Memorial University, and students armed with cameras caught it on tape. ...

Texas college locks down campus
Houston Chronicle
Spokeswoman Donna Parish told The Associated Press that the shooting happened off campus Tuesday night and the unidentified student was life-flighted to a ...

Man stabbed at U of M
Winnipeg Sun
... stabbing on the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus late yesterday afternoon occurred over a “personal matter” between two men, a Winnipeg police ...

Suspect arrested in U of M stabbing
CBC.ca
Dennison called the incident a rare violent event on the campus in the city's south side. The U of M has great security and police are not often called out ...

Small fires prompt evacuation of Purdue music hall
Chicago Tribune
Campus Police Chief John Cox says the fires caused minor damage to a room in which band instruments are stored and around a bulletin board in a hallway. ...

Early Morning Fire In Ghetto Claims Life Of UD Senior
Flyer News
An early morning fire Dec. 10 at 414 Stonemill Rd. has stricken the UD campus with feelings of grief and loss. The fire claimed the life of senior Austin ...

Questions Raised Over Campus Security
WFSB
On Sunday, Howard was stabbed and killed on the UConn campus. At UConn, there are more than 250 emergency call boxes on campus as well as numerous security ...

Attacks at BSU Prompt Increase in Security
NewsTalk 1010 WCSI
Ball State University is boosting campus security after three attacks on students in the past week. BSU student Karina Villa says she was walking back from ...

Are we ready for a school shooting?
LSU The Reveille
By Lindsey Meaux On April 16, 2007, the single-most deadly shooting in the US occurred on the Virginia Tech campus, leaving 27 students, five professors and ...

UConn mourns stabbing death of football player
The Associated Press
Jasper Howard, 20, of Miami, and another student were stabbed during a fight after a fire alarm was pulled during a university sanctioned dance at the UConn ...

Police: UConn football player stabbed to death
CNN
During the dance at the university's student center, a fire alarm was pulled at about 12:26 am, campus police Maj. Ron Blicher told reporters. ...

Truck driver alerts college students to Westfield fire
MassLive.com
By Jeanette deforge WESTFIELD – A truck driver who spotted a fire on the porch of a local hotel alerted the three college students living there by blowing ...

Item on heater caused Elmen fire
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
By Friday, "the smoke damage was strong enough to hurt your eyes," said Bruce Conley, director of news and information at the college. The fire was ...

Fire On Augustana College Campus
KELOLAND TV
Around ten Thursday night crews were called to Augustana College for a fire at the Elmen Center athletic complex. Smoke was coming out of the second floor ...

Woman Slain, Another Critical In Shooting Near Ohio State Campus
10TV
COLUMBUS, Ohio — One person was arrested Saturday night, accused of shooting two women near the Ohio State University campus. The women were shot along ...

Public help sought to find missing college student
Northwest Cable News
CALDWELL – Caldwell Police and campus security at the College of Idaho are looking for a missing student. The student is 19-year-old Megan Clampitt who has ...

Two suspects arrested after alleged rape on McNeese campus
KPLC-TV
... State University Police arrested two suspects in connection with an alleged rape that happened in an on-campus residence hall early Friday morning. ...

Students Evacuated After Small Dorm Fire at CNU
FireEngineering.com
Oct. 15--NEWPORT NEWS -- Several hundred students were evacuated from a residence hall at Christopher Newport University when a small fire involving an ...

NIU police chief under scrutiny after interview with campus newspaper editor
Chicago Tribune
The Northern Illinois University campus police chief, who drew national attention in the aftermath of a 2008 campus shooting that left five students and the ...

FBI investigates Sukkah vandalism as hate crime
CharlotteObserver.com
... and now campus police and the FBI are investigating the incident as a hate crime. Campus police have no suspects and no witnesses in the case, ...

Crime Alert Issued for Shooting Near Campus
University Chronicle
"CRIME ALERT: At 2:09 am Thursday, Oct. 8, a shooting incident occurred on the 1200 block of 4th Street. The police report one victim and the suspect is in ...

350 CNU Students Briefly Evacuated for Dorm Fire
Industrial Laser Solutions
Oct. 15--Newport News firefighters worked to contain a fire at a dormitory on the campus of Christopher Newport University early this morning. ...

Fire Department: USC spill not hazardous
San Jose Mercury News
... campus was small and not hazardous. Los Angeles city fire spokesman Erik Scott says he is not sure what type of material spilled Thursday morning. ...

Firefighter burned during safety demonstration
WTOP
But when three firefighters tried putting the fire out in a mock dorm room --- plexiglass on the display melted onto their gear, setting them on fire. ...

Public Safety works to make college a better place
The Advocate
The lots and curbs are not marked by red paint because they are not fire lanes. No parking signs are not necessary for prudent and responsible drivers. ...

Union: DC Fire Chief Should Be Reprimanded
Washington Post
The fire was set at Gallaudet University as part of Campus Fire Safety Month, a national awareness event. In the demonstration, two mock dorm rooms were set ...

Everyone has an interest in what is going on off-campus
Foster's Daily Democrat
Durham Police Chief David Kurtz connects this incident with the growing number of students who live in off-campus housing. Off-campus living has been a part ...

Bomb squad investigates backpack at Drake
Chicago Tribune
While campus security officers kept people away from the backpack, members of the bomb squad took an X-ray of it, which showed the image of what appeared to ...

Firefighter Burned as Safety Demo Goes Awry
FOXNews
DC Fire and EMS Department Chief Dennis Rubin apologized for the incident, in which firefighters set a mock dorm room on fire in what was supposed to be a ...

Officials walk SIU campus looking to address safety issues
KFVS
This is the fifth year that SIU has hosted a campus safety walk at night. One of the key measures taken to increase safety on campus over the years has been ...

Atlanta police to beef up campus police presence
Atlanta Journal Constitution
These officers will help AUC and Georgia Tech campus police. The Atlanta officers will be paid overtime and work shifts from 6 pm to 3 am, assistant Police ...

Carnegie Mellon EHS sets mock dorm room on fire
CMU The Tartan Online
As part of the Emergency Awareness Day held by Carnegie Mellon Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), a mock dorm room was set on fire and extinguished by ...

Small Fire Forces Evacuation of Middlebury College Dorms
ClaimsJournal.com
Three dormitories at Middlebury College were evacuated when a small fire broke out in a dining hall kitchen. Spokeswoman Sarah Ray said two employees were ...

DC Fire Chief Takes Responsibility for "Comedy Act"
NBC Washington
On Wednesday, during National Fire Prevention Week and a week after Campus Fire Safety Month ended, the DC Fire Department set fire to two mock rooms at ...

PBCC students warned about armed robbery on campus
Sun-Sentinel.com
The woman, one of 16299 attending the school's Lake Worth campus this fall, reported the crime to security Thursday. Campus security alerted the Palm Beach ...

NIU University Police Chief Under Fire
WIFR
Last week the campus newspaper called for Grady's removal, saying Grady threatened the paper's editor. Dekalb Police Chief Bill Feithen has since come out ...

Officials: Fire Violations Found at Benedict, School Working to Repair
WLTX.com
You may remember that more than 200 students were evacuated from the Travelodge hotel that had been turned into a dorm in September. ...

Video: Firefighters Catch Fire During Demo, Stay Calm
Government Video
According to a local TV station, the fire came during a demonstration of a sprinkler system in two mocked up dorm rooms outside Gallaudet University in ...

Student admits to lighting fire in elevator
Centre Daily Times
Deinema was arraigned before District Judge Allen Sinclair and sent to jail on $10000 bail. He is charged with felony arson and risking catastrophe along ...

3 Still Sought In Campus Robberies
10TV
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man was arrested over the weekend in connection with a robbery and abduction near the Ohio State campus, but police are still searching ...

BSU building evacuated after shotgun scare
KPVI-TV
That's after a student called campus police to report that a man had carried a "long gun" into the building. A male student later told officers who were ...

Student housing plan comes down to city being irresponsible
Kykernel.com (subscription)
... a Monday Kernel article, Lexington Fire Marshal James Branham said in a random inspection of about 14 houses in residential neighborhoods around campus, ...

Three UCLA Students Arrested For Stabbing
LA Canyon News
Robert Naples, UCLA associate vice chancellor and dean of students, stated that the fraternity had already been on suspension for previous incidents of ...

Lit Roman candle tossed into frat house
Corvallis Gazette Times
A different house, a different situation ... it could have had a different outcome." Quick action by fraternity house residents and fire officials kept ...

City fire marshal, Newberry inspect houses around campus to address ...
UK The Kentucky Kernel
Smith said the university is involved with the housing proposal and the recent fire safety inspections to some degree, but its involvement “boils down to” ...

Fighting flames with batteries and detectors
Oshkosh Northwestern
In 2008, the department targeted the off-campus housing area near the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and found that 28 percent of the smoke detectors were ...

U Of M Student Robbed At Gunpoint
WDIV
The University of Michigan campus police have put out a crime alert after a student was robbed at gunpoint early Friday morning. The student told police ...

Northern Illinois U. Police Chief Allegedly Threatened Student Journalist
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
The editor in chief of The Northern Star, Northern Illinois University's student newspaper, is accusing the campus police chief, Donald Grady, ...

3 charged in alleged Co-Lin rape
Jackson Clarion Ledger
The alleged sexual assault occurred Tuesday evening at Ellzey Hall, a male dormitory on campus, college President Ronnie Nettles said. ...

Student booked for attempt murder in UCLA stabbing
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — A UCLA student has been booked on suspicion of attempted murder in the stabbing of a fellow student in a chemistry lab on campus. ...

Police: Student lit dorm elevator on fire
The Daily Collegian Online
By Kevin Cirilli A Penn State student was arraigned today on felony charges in connection with lighting an elevator on fire in the lobby of a South Halls ...

Some student housing declared to be "death traps"
WYMT
In a recent inspection of several area homes fire and code enforcement authorities found so many violations the fire Marshal described some places as "death ...

New initiative to recruit firefighters: College tuition
Wellsville Daily Reporter
As a result, the ranks of volunteer fire departments have been dwindling. But a new partnership between Mohawk Valley Community College, Oneida County, ...

USG safety walk tracks down potential campus hazards
UConn Daily Campus
"I think it is a good idea for students to show their interest and concern with campus safety," said Maureen Armstrong, the executive assistant for ResLife. ...

Event promotes campus safety
UT The Daily Texan
UT had one of its greatest turnouts Monday at National Night Out, an annual event that promotes neighborhood and campus safety. The Oktoberfest-themed party ...

Police: Student set off explosives on campus
Atlanta Journal Constitution
AP A 21-year-old student has been arrested after homemade explosives were detonated on the main campus of Columbus State University. University police ...

Washburn University campus locked down after suspect runs from authorities
KTKA.com
When deputies tried to serve the warrant, Lowery ran away to the Washburn University campus. With help from the Topeka Police Department, campus police and ...

Police: Report Of Shots Fired Near NC A&T University
WFMY News 2
That's near Frazier Hall on campus. Police they have reports of shots fired but they are still investigating. They say no one is injured at this time.

Alakas wants city to clamp down on off-campus housing
Welland Tribune
At the start of the meeting, Welland firefighters made a presentation regarding their efforts to ensure the safety of students in off campus housing through ...

Firefighters Push Benefits of Home Fire Sprinklers
News Channel 8
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Standing in front of side-by-side demonstration homes, Maryland state Fire Marshal Bill Bernard watches as the one without fire ...

Two Families Say Frat Hazing Killed Their Sons
Courthouse News Service - Pasadena,CA,USA
In December 2008, older fraternity members took Carson and his fellow initiates to a ... that had moved out after a drunken student died in a house fire. ...

Police seeking man posing as an ASU safety escort
AZ Central.com
by Lilibeth Montijo - Oct. 7, 2009 09:21 AM Arizona State University police are seeking a suspect who has been posing as a campus safety escort. ...

Greensboro Resident Arrested For Firing a Gun on Campus
Carolinian (subscription)
UNCG police thank students for providing information on the incident and would like to remind them that campus safety is the department's top priority. ...

UT Campus Confused During USF Lockdown
Minaret
While USF was on lockdown, UT Campus Safety and Security was busy inspecting the Macdonald-Kelce Library. Howell said starting around 2 pm the security ...

Second arrest made in USF bomb scare
ABC Action News
... a false report of a bomb/arson on state-owned property. Investigators believe Innocent made the original threat against at the main campus library. ...

Clery Act changes require colleges to provide more info in security report
Daily Pennsylvanian
... now publish a statement of current campus policies regarding immediate emergency response and evacuation procedures in their annual security report. ...

Fire on Fourth Floor of Cory Hall Leads to Evacuation
Daily Californian
Campus Fire Marshal Tony Yuen said that no injuries were reported and the building was reopened at 5 pm. He added that the cause of the fire is currently ...
 

Hate crime rocks UIS campus
Examiner.com
Three men were arrested at the University of Illinois-Springfield campus for an alleged hate crime on Saturday night. The three were at an off-campus party ...

Campus Lockdown: Murder suspect possibly on UWF campus
Corsair (subscription)
Police are trying to catch a murder suspect in the woods by the UWF campus. The entire UWF campus is on lock down until further notice. ...

Domino's Pizza Delivers On Fire Trucks
Earthtimes (press release)
As college campuses around the US celebrated Fire Safety Day and executed mock dorm room burns, Domino's delivered pizza with dorm room fire safety tips. ...

Rape alert at university campus as two freshers are violently attacked on same day
Daily Mail
Police believe the man may have entered the campus with the intention of carrying out a sex attack. He was armed with a knife and wearing a hooded top and ...

Police: CSU student set off explosives on campus
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
University Police Cpl. J. Brett Stanelle approached Miller on campus Tuesday to question him about the latest incident. In his report, Stanelle indicated ...

Fire Safety Carnival to become annual event
GSU Signal
Brundage has been in his position for a year and monitors fire safety for all of our campus, even the Alpharetta campus. Building inspections, fire ...

National Fire Prevention Week starts
Kansas State Collegian
This week's activities for fire prevention week will take place on the K-State campus Monday through Wednesday. On Monday the events were located south of ...

SU architecture student charged with arson in fire inside campus ...
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com
... with felony arson Monday following a fire in the architecture labs on the fourth floor of Slocum Hall on the SU campus, a city fire investigator said. ...

Report of armed intruder on the University of South Florida campus ...
CNN
(CNN) -- Campus police at the University of South Florida were questioning two men in connection with back-to-back incidents on the school campus Monday. ...

Man taken into custody after reports of gunman at USF Tampa campus
Tampabay.com
No bomb went off. Nobody was hurt. Ignoring threats is never an option for campus police. Not after the 2007 shooting rampage at Virginia Tech. ...

4 Akron University Coeds Escape Fire
NewsNet5.com
AKRON, Ohio -- Firefighters are investigating the cause of a blaze near the University of Akron campus. Firefighters said the home on Sumner Street caught ...

UA Fraternity Fire
Arizona Daily Wildcat - Tucson,AZ,USA
UAPD officers responded to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house on Sept. ... UAPD notified the Tucson Fire Department and emergency medical personnel ...

Keeping Students Safe Off Campus
The Heights (subscription)
Other issues that students must be cautious about, Chebator said, were fire issues. He said that ODSD and the Boston Fire Department have a strong ...

Safety measures increased on University of Louisville campus
WHAS 11.com (subscription)
(WHAS11) - With a recent increase in crime reported around the University of Louisville campus, safety measures are being increased. ...

Fire sprinklers soak historic documents
Columbia Daily Tribune
Columbia firefighters responded at about 5:30 pm to the University of Missouri's Ellis Library for a report that an automatic fire alarm system was ...

Fire code expert discusses Benedict violations
WIS
By Jody Barr - email COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - Columbia fire officials do not have a date set to re-inspect dorms and buildings at Benedict College. ...

Increase in College Dorm Fires Prompts Officials to Issue Warning
South Carolina News (blog)
Don't use combustible materials and never block access to safety devices, doors, etc. Know your building's evacuation plan in case something does go wrong.

KU police conducting criminal investigation into campus fight
Kansas City Star
... three brawls involving University of Kansas basketball and football players has become the subject of a criminal investigation by university police. ...

Arrests in stabbings of 2 UCLA students
San Jose Mercury News
UCLA spokesman Phil Hampton said two students were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder Thursday on campus. Another was arrested on suspicion of being ...

7 Arrested in Stabbing at UCLA Frat Party
LAist (blog)
One student was stabbed in the abdomen, requiring surgery, and another in the arm. A third student was hit over the head with a bottle. Campus police ...

Shed fire put out at UNL's East Campus
Lincoln Journal Star
Firefighters put out a fire in a shed on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's East Campus Friday morning. Lincoln Fire & Rescue was dispatched to a grass ...

Students displaced by Prince Edward apartment fire
Charlottesville Daily Progress
Poplar Forest's residents include some students at nearby Longwood University, although it was not known how many students were among the displaced. ...

Shots fired Monday on Langston University campus
NewsOK.com
16 campus shootout that left four non-students wounded. No one was injured in the latest incident, said Langston University Campus Police Chief Michael ...

CH fire ends arson siege with arrest of teen
Yucaipa/Calimesa News Mirror
Two firefighters sustained minor injuries and students from the adjacent Crafton Hills College Campus were evacuated. The campus remained closed for 24 ...

Former VSU Resident Assistant Indicted for Arson
WCTV
Prickett is not allowed back on VSU's campus or into Langdale Hall, where the fires were set. She's facing almost a century behind bars and up to a $250000 ...

UH student injured in dorm fire evacuated with others
Houston Chronicle
The fire broke out about near midnight in Bates Hall, university officials said. Houston firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze, which was contained to ...

Fire marshal: Problems still remain at Benedict dorm
WIS
We reported that Columbia fire inspectors found nearly 100 fire violations at the college's English Meadows apartment complex alone. ...

Lab fire at CU-Boulder chemistry building doused by sprinklers
Colorado Daily
The fire occurred in a fume hood in Lab 120 of the building, said campus spokesman Bronson Hilliard. Though the cause of this morning's fire is still ...

Documents show 500+ code violations at Benedict
WMBF - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
Each campus building has an assigned building manager and fire safety officer ... A January 2009 fire inspection shows out of 111 smoke detectors tested ...

Dorm fire alarm, sprinklers set off fights at Bethune-Cookman
Daytona Beach News-Journal
"When you come to college you have got to get rid of that thug mentality," Gort said. "We are here to learn." Bethune-Cookman University spokeswoman Liz ...

UPEI Student Union says campus security 'stretched too thin'
Charlottetown, The Guardian
Tim Cullen, president of the student union, said the number of students on campus has grown in recent years but security has not grown with it. ...

HSU faculty member resigns after hate letter found
Contra Costa Times
According to UPD, from September 2008 to September 2009, there were two hate incidents and one hate crime involving criminal threats in a note at the ...

CCTV examined after campus rape
BBC News
Students are being urged to stay in groups around the campus at night. Vice chancellor Professor David Halton said full support was being offered to the ...

Duke sees shift in campus crime
Durham Herald Sun
The report includes only crimes committed on Duke's main campus and immediately adjacent to it. It doesn't include, for instance, the murder of Duke ...

Riot breaks out at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach
WPEC
Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood said the incident began when a student set off the sprinklers at Bronson Hall, a campus dormitory that houses 276 ...

September 2009 

Fire displaces students at Roanoke College
Roanoke Times
By Jorge Valencia | The Roanoke Times Twenty-five Roanoke College students were displaced from their dorms Monday night when a small cooking fire triggered ...

Lory Student Center evacuated
The Coloradoan
By Bobby Magill • BobbyMagill@coloradoan.com • September 28, 2009 Poudre Fire Authority evacuated the Lory Student Center on the CSU campus just before 2:30 ...

UA police make second 'chalking' arrest on campus
Arizona Daily Star
By Brian J. Pedersen A second University of Arizona student in less than a week was arrested for “chalking” a portion of campus. Evan Lisull, 21, said he ...

WVU violated crime reports law, DOE says
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
He is the director of public policy for Security on Campus, a campus security watchdog group. “No institution has ever been terminated or had a suspension ...

Dorm security breached at U. of O.
KMTR NewsSource 16
During move-in day on Friday, campus security says a man made his way into one of the dormitories, likely through a propped-open door. ...

Two Rape Reports At Local College
CBS 21
One of the incidents allegedly happened on campus. According to York College officials, last week a student came into the campus security office and said ...

Purdue did offer alternative housing for fire victims, but at a price
The Exponent
So yes, Purdue has offered us temporary housing, but for a hefty price that nobody can actually afford right now because we're poor college students. ...

USCB evacuates both of its Beaufort County campuses
Hilton Head Island Packet
... were led off campus at about 1 pm and that a city of Beaufort police officer working the scene confirmed the evacuation was because of a bomb threat. ...

Campus emergency alerts not sent during most destructive protest
University of Pittsburgh The Pitt News
Pitt Police used the Emergency Notification Service to warn students twice on Friday and once on Saturday, but did not use it Thursday — the only day that ...

Police Investigate Shooting on ICC Campus
Central Illinois Proud
EAST PEORIA - East Peoria police are investigating a shooting on a local college campus after a fight broke out. East Peoria's Police Chief says four people ...

IU plans emergency drill on Bloomington campus
Chicago Tribune
Emergency personnel will respond to a mock incident that might involve fire, chemical spills, biological incidents, flooding or gas inhalation. ...

WVU Police Look for Witnesses to Campus Robbery
State Journal
... area or activate one of the 37 Blue Tower Emergency Phones located on campus. Don't be afraid to call the police if you suspect you are being followed. ...

Armored Police Seize University of Pittsburgh Campus, Attack ...
Prison Planet.com
Then riot squads came running up behind us and forced us into the Litchfield Towers Lobby. People who did not make it into the lobby before the riot squads ...

Hofstra false gang-rape accuser won't be charged
Newsday
... student who lives in this Manhattan apartment building on Riverside Drive falsely accused five men of gang raping her after a campus party, the DA said. ...

Fire demonstration at University of Guelph
CKCO
Firefighters put on a so-called "live burn" demonstration for students at the University of Guelph on Thursday. The demonstration was to show them how fast ...

'Suspicious' Fire Damages Vacant Xavier Building
WCPO
Firefighters are investigating the cause of an early morning fire in a vacant building owned by Xavier University. The fire started around 5:30 am Friday in ...

UC Santa Cruz students remain barricaded in commons as part of protest
San Jose Mercury News
Another participant said he slept on the floor Thursday night before getting up early for "guard duty," to watch for campus authorities. ...

Fire breaks out in Hokona Hall
UNM Daily Lobo
Dorm residents and staff evacuated the building, and no one was injured, said Kerry Horton, Albuquerque Fire Department battalion commander. ...

Durham residents look to curb problems with student renters
UNH The New Hampshire (subscription)
The permit system would require the properties to pass a fire inspection and fit certain criteria that the town board would come up with, ...

Explosive device found at St. Louis Community College
News-Leader.com
Police said the bomb and arson squad was able to remove the explosive device Thursday morning after it was found in a basement restroom stall. ...

Four students arrested for explosions in Newberry College dorm
WMBF - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
The dorm was evacuated as agents from the State Law Enforcement Division searched the building with police dogs and a robot. SLED found several of the ...

9 Cal Poly Pomona students suspended for fraternity incident ...
Los Angeles Times
During a fraternity bonfire ceremony in the high desert, a member splashed gas onto the fire for "dramatic effect," injuring a new member, said university ...

Minor fire evacuates Grace Baptist College building
Gaylord Herald Times
By Michael Jones, HT Staff Writer Firefighters with the Otsego County Fire Department extinguished a small attic fire at Grace Baptist College Wednesday ...

St. Paul college under lockdown after reports of man with gun
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The main building at St. Paul Technical College is under lockdown because of the possibility that a gunman is on campus, police said. ...

Montclair State on edge after two dorm fires
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
She said MSU students were given fire safety training before the semester started and fire drills are conducted regularly. The student who reported the ...

Fire Victim Parents Lobby To Change Ohio Smoke Detector Law
WCPO
Fire in off-campus housing in Oxford took students' lives in May 2005, just before spring commencement. Dean Dennis of Madeira and Doug Turnbull of Milford ...

Plea Issued For Parents To Give College Kids Smoke Detectors
WCPO
Authorities determined it was arson, though there was no conviction in the case. Kyle Raulin of West Chester Township was also one of the victims. ...

Plea Issued For Parents To Give College Kids Smoke Detectors
WCPO
Authorities determined it was arson, though there was no conviction in the case. Kyle Raulin of West Chester Township was also one of the victims. ...

'Prank' explosive devices disrupt Newberry College
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
After the third blast, students in the dormitory were evacuated, and the State Law Enforcement Division bomb squad was called. Bomb-sniffing dogs and bomb ...

Chemical leak prompts evacuation of campus buildings
Minnesota Daily
By Hongfei Bi A chemical leak at the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center prompted an immediate evacuation of the facility this morning. ...

Campus Fire Safety Month Recognized on Capitol Hill
Firehouse.com (subscription)
The fifth-annual National Campus Fire Safety Month launched in Washington, DC last week. The contingent of college students, parents, advocates and

FBI sends out terror warning for sporting events
KFOR
"The safety of our campus is a top priority at all times and OSU takes extra precautions when we have major events. We work with state, county and local law ...

Sprinklers control LU dorm fire
Jefferson City News Tribune
Fire crews reached the dorm four minutes later, and were on the scene for just over an hour. "All in all, it was a good ending to what could have been a big ...

Fire Factor teaches college students fire safety
KRCG
Fire officials say these types of events have a larger impact on college students than pamphlets and slogans. Columbia Fire Department Battalion Chief Steve ...

Dorm fire ends in fairy-tale romance
Echo Online (subscription)
A student who sustained minor injuries from a dorm fire in the UTC Place Walker apartments was rescued by her boyfriend, who proposed later that morning. ...

Dorm Fire Demonstration Shows Destruction and Consequence
Trinity Tripod (subscription)
In accordance with National Campus Fire Safety Month, the Hartford Fire Department (HFD) and Trinity College co-sponsored an event to demonstrate the ...

Fire training scheduled for students in OSU's Greek system
Corvallis Gazette Times
The purpose of the academy is to educate fraternity and sorority leaders on fire safety practices to protect themselves, their houses and their residents. ...

State Fire Marshal urges Ohio's College students to be mindful of ...
Jackson Times Journal
In connection with National Preparedness Month, the Division of State Fire Marshal encourages Ohio's college students, parents, landlords and school ...

Northwestern to buy firetruck for Evanston
Chicago Tribune
... $550000 to buy the Evanston Fire Department a state-of-the-art pumper truck. "It's good for the city, and it's good for the university," Tisdahl said. ...

SC college moves students to apartment complex
Myrtle Beach Sun News
AP COLUMBIA, SC -- A South Carolina college is moving students to an apartment complex, after local fire officials said a dorm was unsafe. ...

Fire breaks out near Moorpark College
Oxnard Colleges
By Brennan Whitmore A vegetation fire has broken out in the city of Bardsdale, northwest of Moorpark College, according to campus police. ...

38 College Students Involved In Bus-Versus-Dump-Truck Crash
NBC4i.com
Emergency Medical Service units from SEOEMS and Hocking County EMS were on scene along with firefighters from York Township volunteer fire department, ...

NL college evacuated after spill of picric acid in laboratory
The Canadian Press
The school was evacuated and the St. John's Regional Fire Department's hazardous materials team handled the situation. Supt. Don Byrne says it was a small ...

Xavier University Police Officer hit by fleeing vehicle
Cincinnati.com
By Jennifer Baker •September 22, 2009 NORWOOD – A Xavier University campus police officer suffered a minor injury overnight when he ...

Notification - NFPA Journal®, September/October 2009
National Fire Protection Association
The shootings made the school realize that, despite all the technology, the emergency notification plan itself needed work. Campus officials needed a better ...

Shots Fired At Dona Ana Community College Campus
KFOXtv.com
The Shots rang out sometime before 2:30 pm in one of the Dona Ana Community College's main parking lots. Police said according to witnesses the shots were ...

IU, police work together to track sex offenders
The Herald-Times (subscription)
“A more common question is about campus safety in general. Many families ask basic questions about campus safety and Bloomington as a whole.”

Fire tears through Cape Girardeau apartments near SEMO campus
KFVS
(KFVS) Cape Girardeau fire fighters fought a fire in the attic of an apartment building near the Southeast Missouri State University campus Sunday night. ...

Student missing after visiting fraternity on Sunday
The Daily Collegian Online
By Kevin Cirilli A Penn State freshman is missing, and friends and family are joining campus police to find the student who was last seen leaving a ...

Burglary is top crime problem at UH
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
... the Program Against Violence to Women at UH-Manoa, said rape statistics are not necessarily a reflection of the actual number of sex assaults on campus. ...

Three Syracuse University students stabbed by intruder at frat house
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com
Syracuse police arrived at the scene, and Cameron was charged with three counts of second-degree assault and a count of fourth-degree criminal possession of ...

Fire safety can save lives on, off campus
Leader-Telegram
Cooking safety: According to the United States Fire Administration, cooking fires are the No. 1 cause of fire injury on college campuses. ...

National Campus Safety Experts Concerned About Campus Violence..
PR Newswire (press release)
18 /PRNewswire/ -- Two of the nation's leading experts in campus safety and security have issued a statement today regarding the recent instances of campus ...

Benedict moving students out of dorm
The State
By DAWN HINSHAW - Benedict College is moving students out of an off-campus dormitory that Richland County fire officials consider ...

BU medical student dies in fall from Fraternity House.
Boston Globe
On March 1, 2008, Massachusetts Institute of Technology senior Robert M. Wells, 22, fell from a fifth-floor window at the Delta Upsilon fraternity house on ...

Cornell fire blamed on electrical problem
Ithaca Journal
An electrical short caused an early morning fire at Cornell University's Wilson Synchrotron on Wednesday, Ithaca Fire Department officials said. ...

Extra Cops On Patrol Disperse Rowdy 'U' Students
WCCO
Police said they believe the problems began at a fraternity house, where there have been more than four parties since the start of classes that have gotten ...

Fire Ravages Purdue Student Apartments
Fox 59
WEST LAFAYETTE - At least a dozen apartments were damaged or destroyed in a late-night fire at a student apartment complex near the Purdue campus. ...

Purdue students displaced by apartment fire
Muncie Star Press
Purdue officials offered to put up evacuated students in university housing. But Tony Hawkins, Purdue dean of students, said displaced students seemed to be ...

Police arrest suspect in 4 killings in central Va.
The Associated Press
Longwood did not issue an alert after the bodies were discovered because it happened off campus, Caldwell said. She said the 4500-student school and the ...

UTC Student Hurt in Dorm Room Fire
WTVC
Quick work by UTC security personnel helped avert tragedy early this morning when fire broke out in a student's apartment in the 4000 Building at UTC Place. ...

Home Invasion Near DU, Serial Burglar Suspected
cbs4denver.com
... University of Denver campus early Thursday morning, the 14th or 15th such crime in the last nine months according to DU's director of campus security. ...

UA Imposing Restrictions On Frat Parties
KHBS/KHOG 40/29
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Rape allegations against some Razorback basketball players weren't pursued by the local prosecutor. But in response to the allegations ...

Univ. of Minnesota checks student BAC before admission to stadium
DUIAttorney.com
The 2003 riot alone is believed to have caused over $150000 in damage to property. The administration believed a new policy was needed to prevent these ...

3 Hill College Students Charged With Campus Rape
CBS 11
... who said a female student had been repeatedly raped while in a campus dormitory. Police confirmed the rape and arrested three men. ...

New Mexico Campus Fire Called Arson
Firehouse.com (subscription)
... according to crime statistics released this week by UNM. In 2006, there was one arson reported on campus compared with five in 2007 and eight in 2008.

Police arrest 14 at UC regents meeting
San Francisco Chronicle
When some refused to leave, campus police made arrests for civil disobedience. Fourteen people were arrested. When the meeting resumed, Yudof offered a ...

None injured in campus housing fire
KRQE - Albuquerque,NM,USA
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Arson investigators are looking into a suspicious fire at student housing on the University of New Mexico campus. ...

Murdered Yale Student Didn't File Stalking Complaints
Bloomberg
Staff and students arriving at the Amistad Street building are being escorted to their offices by police officers, and patrols by city and campus police ...

Yale Student's Death Cited as Case of Workplace Violence
Workforce Management
The arrest of a co-worker in the strangulation death of Yale University student Annie Le has led police in New Haven, Connecticut, to portray the killing as ...

Police: Md. student swordsman didn't mean to kill
The Associated Press
Police also revealed that Pontolillo and his three roommates, all Hopkins students, had been warned by a city officer and a campus security officer late ...

DA: Hofstra student lied about rape
Newsday
Officials said the woman had immediately reported the incident to campus security. Hofstra then notified Nassau police. Within hours, four men were arrested ...

FAMU police on high alert for Thursday's game
Tallahassee Democrat
5 when a shooting occurred on campus within an hour after the season opener. FAMU Police Chief Calvin Ross said officers have been vigilant about keeping ...

Kennesaw State dorm evacuated by fire
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By Mike Morris A dormitory at Kennesaw State University was evacuated Wednesday morning after a small fire broke out in a stairwell. ...

Three UNH dormitories evacuated for propane odor
Foster's Daily Democrat
The students were evaluated on scene by medical personnel and did not require treatment, according to Durham Assistant Fire Chief Jason Cleary. ...

County Orders Evacuation of Benedict Temporary Dorm
WLTX.com
Richland County (WLTX) -- According to Richland County officials, the fire marshal has issued an Order of Evacuation for a former hotel that is being used ...

Daylight Assault On Pitt Campus Has Students On Alert
WPXI.com
University of Pittsburgh police are asking anyone with information about this crime to contact them. Campus police are telling students to travel with a ...

College student with sword kills burglary suspect
The Associated Press
Campus security officers and an off-duty city officer who were in the area responding to a suspicious person report also heard the screams. ...

Three Hill College Basketball Players Charged In Alleged Campus Rape
KWTX
The three were detained Monday night after the coed said she was raped repeatedly in a campus dormitory room. They said the victim and the three basketball ...

Cops: Hofstra student lured into dorm, raped
Newsday
Police saw a man who matched a description of the suspect exiting the dorm during a fire drill. After questioning, he led the police to a second suspect, ...

Students learn a lesson in fire prevention
Brock Press
The site is the result of a joint effort between the Niagara Regional Fire Chiefs Association, Brock University and Niagara College. ...

Toy gun prompts emergency response
San Matean
5 shooting at Skyline College, administrators were relieved the incident wasn't serious and commended campus security and SMPD for their fast response.

Grant To Strengthen Campus Emergency Management
Georgetown University News, Calendars & Events
... director of emergency management and operations continuity -- to fund training for various departments all over campus on evacuation processes, ...

Yale Campus Baffled by Pharmacology Student's Murder
Bloomberg
14 (Bloomberg) -- Yale University students and faculty, stunned by the murder of Annie Le, a pharmacology graduate student, say they are baffled how a crime ...

Woman fatally shot on UC Irvine campus; grad student arrested
Los Angeles Times
The shooting occurred outside the suspect's residence in graduate student housing. Police did not identify the suspect or the victim

Fire in Notre Dame's golf maintenance building
WNDU-TV
Only a few weeks into the semester, this is the second scare for students seeing fire trucks on campus. On August 28th, a fire started in an underground ...

Gas Leak Causes Dorm Evacuation
Harvard Crimson
The gas concentration was low enough to not constitute a serious fire danger, according to officials at the scene, and the gas company, NSTAR, ...

College Rape Victim Found Nude, Crying in a Canyon
San Diego 6
The victim says it happened right outside the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house on the 5000 block of College Place. It sits above a canyon over a SDSU ...

Student injured in on campus shooting
WZTV
(AP) -- Police say a 20-year-old Alabama A&M University engineering student is in good condition after being shot on campus Sunday morning following an ...

Two arson attacks in Earley
Reading Post
Shortly before the incident the crew were called to The University of Reading's Sibley Hall after a campervan was set alight close to the halls of ...

Scandals prompt UT System to review police departments
Brownsville Herald
By ANA LEY, The Monitor EDINBURG — A recent series of shakeups has prompted the University of Texas System to conduct a review of its 14 campus police ...

OSU 'Fire Academy' shows how to keep the flames at bay
Corvallis Gazette Times
Drew Desilet, safety and inspection coordinator with University Housing and Dining, said OSU has been doing RA training with the fire department for about ...