Having someone try to break in was just one,” Alex said. “We’ve had so many problems with this house. This issue was not the first to create an unsafe feeling for Alex, Nicole, and their other roommates.
University Police Department’s Chief James Duckham said even this winter there were five burglaries off-campus, but this is a decrease from the previous year’s winter break. However, according to that same report, 41 percent of robberies were on campus, while 59 percent were off. According to the National Center for Victims of Crime’s website, of the burglaries to be reported for colleges in the Clery Act in 2010, 95 percent were on campus and only 5 percent off campus. Whether or not the unwelcomed guest was an attempted burglary is unknown, but an incident like this is surprisingly less likely to happen off campus than it is on campus. Packing her backpack before heading out for the day, Alex Tate, a junior special education major and Nicole’s roommate, found out that this attempted break-in was something she slept through the previous night. and there is someone banging on your door at your house on a secluded part of Beechwood, a resident assistant down the hall doesn’t sound so bad. Many students enjoy the freedom of not living in the dorms. News and World Report, 59 percent of students live in off-campus housing. Their first Thursday back at school in their new house on a remote side of Beechwood changed just how safe they felt living off-campus.Īccording to Ball State’s section on the U.S.
Both girls ran screaming to the nearest bedroom and called the police as the pounding of fists on their door got louder and louder. Reaching for the door handle, she jumped back as it suddenly started shaking with force on the other end. Shaking and clutching her arms over her chest, Nicole said she had never been more scared. Confused, they both waited for the bell to be pushed yet again, hoping that was all that would happen. Immediately jumping up, she and another roommate ran from their rooms and met at the front door. The 1950s tune came from the doorbell, an outdated ring to match a house that resembled the same time period. But just as she was drifting back to sleep, it played again. Nicole Glenn, a sophomore elementary education major, couldn’t decide if she had really heard this as she looked around her dark room. It was a haunting melody someone might hear escape the depths of an old music box in his or her grandmother’s attic. She couldn’t have been asleep for more than an hour when a quiet hymn played into her bedroom at 3 a.m., stirring her awake. The attempted break-in at one student’s house left her more conscious of the problems with off-campus living.
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