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Re: CampusSecur i tyforStudent lstat f lFacul ty : f i ' i r ; , i ' i r. i r l .: l *j !Message: , 'There is one topic on student, staff and faculty safety that resounds throughoutnot only the Purdue Campus, but many locations around the world. It has manydifferent views from needing more, to using none at all but each view believesthat theirs is the best solution in making any campus a safer place for all. Thistopic has even been included in a report submitted to the U.S. Congress. Thetopic is lighting. Lighting used outside buildings, next to walk ways, parkinglots, and other areas needing additional visibility.Time has been the worst offender to improvements to the lighting problems thatexists, as evident by the report submitted to the U.S. Congress

In 1979, hepredecessorogencyof NIJ, the National Institute of LawEnforcementand Criminal Justice, reported on a review of 60lightingevaluations.In the 1980s,a borough in Londan upgradedall of its street ighting. Atkins, i ,Husain and Storey(1991)compared eportedcrimestheyear before therelighting to theyearfollowingfor 39 sectionsof the borough.In 1994 Painter undertook hreeseparateevaluations,with similar designs. She l ,examined ighting improvementson two separatestreetsegments nd afootpath,all located in crimeprone areas within LondonNot muchhas changedsince Tienand his colleagues 1979)gave their criticalassessment f the impact of lighting on crime.

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The lack of appropriate lighting has not changed even here on our owrr PurdueCampus as evider#'fiy the last Studentgovernment platform that was held inApril2008. As quoted by Barnard a Purdue Student Governmentofficial, "Atthe top of our priority list would be projects that we canhave immediate effecton over the summer - thesewould be things concerning campus bus routes,campus safety, sidewalk and lighting issues". Lighting was not an inside agendaof "campus safety" but a separate ssue.StuderyQarenot the only people on the Purdue campu:,with concernsabout ,lighti$, fhculty and staff employed by Purdue also hd$concerrrsabout the /lighting-on campus

i Lfi'{s4tt.From ]uly 18,2008 ill luty 24,2008a survey was conductedpoolinga smallgroup of Faculty,Staff,Undergrads, and Graduate Student. The 10 questions

1,,'"consisted f: l. Your itleon compuss?;2.Your ender?; . Areyouever n compus'.r, grounds t night?; . Doyou eelsofe n compus rounds t night?; . Doyou hink he' lighting n hecompus roundssodequote?;. ls he ockof lightlng n compusrounds' o foctor n not eeling ofeot night?; . Wouldyougiveup seeing lors t night or better' lighting?;. Wouldyouconsiderorrying {loshight orsofety hilewolking n compus

ot night?; . Doyoubelievehot ourcollege/Universitys heonlycompus ith ightingproblemsn hecompus rounds t night?;|0 .Doyoubelievehotpoorcompus roundlightingso foclor n compusrime?.While 47%of the Femalesansweredno to Q4,63% answered no toQ5,47o/"answered yes to Q6, and 84Y" artsweredYesto Q10. So even though almost 50%of the women surveyeddon't feel safeon the campusgrounds at night and thatthe lack of lighting on campusgrounds if a factor, an alarming percentilefeelthat the campusgrounds lighting is inadequateanf a factor in campus crimes.

/ . , , . :Now when viewing the men on the same btats;07" answered no to Q4, and 42"/"answeredno to Q5,42%answered yes to Q6, and 85%answered Yesto Q10. Soeven though men claim to feel safeon the campus grounds at nighf there still isan almost 50% hat fee the lighting on campusgrounds is inadequateand a factorin feeling un-safeon campusgrounds, while again an alarming percentile feelthat poor campusground lighting is a factor in campuscrimes.Now let's review the samestats with the titles of the pool. (Since nly oneFacultyresponded,his title will beremoved rom this portion of the documenfbut left in Table1Stats)For Q4 33"/"Grad,M"/" Staff, and29o/"Undergrads answered no. On Q555% Grads,S\Y"Stafl ar.:rd7lo/ondergrads, answered no. On Q6 55%Grad,

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33%o taff, arrd 57"/"Undergrads answered yes. And last,on Q10 88%Grad 88o/oStaff.,and7l"/oUndergrads,answered yes. Soeven though under s0%of eachtitle feelssafe on campusat nighg a high percentileof the titles feel that thelighting on the campusgrounds is iii;adequate and a factor in feeingun-safe.Again an evenhigher percentile feels hat poor campusground lighting is afactor n campuscrimes' .,,.ISo what do we do to improve thesestatistics? Put in more lighting? The ,. :' ,.,4nternanonal Dark-sky Association.(IDAffiekeves that this would be adejerrent to campus"uf"ty, #iftffi?"ot the quantity of lights but the placementflo*aofithat createssafety. Thuy are calling for whafs called a"DarkSky" policy; thisis wtrere there is just enough light to visibly seeyour surroundings. They believe ql,.ythat a "Dark Sky" poliry is the lnswer,as quoted in their #23 nformation Sheet, ,j r"

Theres good ightingand here s bad ighting. Bad ighting iscounter-productiaeoaddressingheneeds nd actuallydiminishessafetyandsecurity. It is not costffictiae either. Bad ightinghas otsof glare,andglarealanyscompromisesafetyand security,whilegoodlightingproduces o glare,and he ight distribution s weII-controlled,minimizingdarkareas ndallowingfor good transientadaptation" etu)eenit areas nd thedarksurroundings.

And the IDA continuesto emphasize heir "Dark Sky" within the #54Information Sheet,

Canoentional isdom uggestshat ight reducesrime. That'swhyoutdoor ights areoftencalled Security ights' . School istrictsacrossthe U.S.are urning conoentional isdomon its headby urning offlights onschool rounds.The esultshaoebeenmpressiae. nnualenerrysaaings anaddup tohundreds f dollarsperschool.Significantdecreasesn aandalism aae een ocumentedince he"Dark Campus"policies aue one nto ffict.

So s this the answer to our problems here at Purdue University and othercampuses?Do we changeand eliminate our already existing lighting oncampus?Lefs review the survey results. In order to get the point across, phrasedquestion 7 tnmy own view point of what a "Dark Sky" would entail,what

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removing lights would do to the sky and I cameup with the visibility of thestars. So I asked;would you give up seeingstars at night for better lighting?And a resoundingpercentilesaid yes,79"/"of the females,42o/of the males,677oof the grads, 89o/o f the staff, and 43%of the undergrads. This made it anaverageof 69%of all surveyed giving up seeing he stars at night for a safercampus.Sowhat do we do? Adding lighting, or removing and improving lighting for a"Dark Sky" would take years whichever way was decided. But we needsomething now. Do we wait for a thousandmore rapet thefts or battery andassaults? So what solution is there?FLASH LIGHTS! Yes,small flash lights that fit on a keychain. They provide asurprising amount of light for a dark area. And even though my survey pointsout that A%of the men would carry one,58%of the women would, and56"/oofthe grads and 55% of the staff.The costof providing a small flash light would be 82 centsper person, whichwould cost$245,000FaIl2007Purdue FastFacts hat included undergrads andgrads,and staff f3'1,'186+6,994+3,665-41,845Jnd consider the percentileof thosewilling to use a flashlightl69%1,which makes he total 28,873),making the finalcostabout$24,000.Small black key lights can be found at" A Bettei ldea!"(iltp*':_l,o_gl.,ighgltende.*"{gryd.hePurdueP"conqlsobe odded, hebelow s usionun-officiolexomple.

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For the cost of one undergrad student attending the Purdue University for oneyear,undergrad, gtad, and staff could have one small item in their possessionthat would provide a large amount of security in the form of additional lightingas needed.So now we decide. Do we grve up fixing the problem of unsafe walkways on thePurdue Campus or do something about it as easily as offering flashlights to theincoming frshman at the upcoming BoilerRush. For that feeling of safety that 1 )costsonrv50centq-TT,*tit-*"t

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Table1lf . Your itle on campus s?Faculty _1Grad IUnderorad 726

7. \lVould ou give up seeing starc at night forbefter ighting?Yes No N/A

Il+. Ooyou feelsafe on campusgroundsat night?

J2. ourgender?Female 19Male 726

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lqe!4ql l 4| 8. Wouldyou considercarryinga flash ight forI safetywhile walkingon campusat night?

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I13.Areyou everon campusgroundsat night?I tYeslNoiN/A

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Table1lg. Ooyou bclieve fratyour cotlege/UniversitysIthe only campuswittr lighting problens on thel*rp* groundsat night?F

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Citations:Sherman,L.W.; Gotdredsoo D.; MacKenzie D.; Eck,I.; Reuter, P.; Bushway,S.(no date provided). Report to the U.S. Congress:PREVENTINGCRIME:

WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T, WHAT'S PROMISING. Retrieved fromhtq> Lwww.ncj s.govlworkslUnknown author (0U2000).Campus Lighting and Other SuchApplications,Information Sheet#23 Retrieved fromhttp://www.darksky.org/mc/pae.do?sePa eld:630i4Unknown author (0U2000).Dark CampusProgramsReduceVandalism and SaveMoney. Information Sheet# 54,Retrieved fromh tp://www.da ksky.org/mc/page.do?sitePageld:63014Purdue University (retrievedon7l24l08) Fast FactsRetreivedfromhttp ://www.purdue.edu/datadige stlp agesfastfacts/f st2.htrn