The pathway behind Adelphi holds a lot of mystery in its appearance. During the day, it is a beautiful, subtropical landscape that has the look of a possible scene out of a romantic movie. As night falls though, it is a dimly lit alley that looks like it could be the location of some violent crime. In fact, just a few weeks ago, around midnight, a flurry of police activity in the area arose, including a helicopter. The event turned out to be an armed robbery a mere block away from my building. Locations with occurrences like this can be found across the entire city of Tempe, including the campus area. No matter what is done to protect the students by putting them in dorms, there will always be danger in some way or another.
[Source: Ryan Rash]
Even though it would have made the work a lot easier, an isolated incident would not suffice to decide if dorms are unsafe or not. At Adelphi II, the dorm buildings are separated into sections called 'clusters'. I decided to ask ten students from the very northwest cluster (P) a question about their social life. First off, considering that ASU has a fully anti-alcohol campus, I am sure they would label partying with alcohol as a danger to their safety. I asked the unnamed students how many days they drank alcohol last week and 6 out of 10 students told me that they had consumed alcohol more than once in the previous week, not including the weekend.
Because there are so many opportunities to party and be mischievous in a college town, there is no way that endorsing the use of dorms can truly keep the students safe. Simply put, a kid is going to go out if he wants to go out.
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