A Critical Analysis Of The Rebel Yell

In 1992, the Rebel Yell released an article that stated that crime on campus was increasing. This was the first time that the amount of crime was finally pointed out and as the article acknowledges that students and parents needed to be aware of what occurs on the campus. This is especially important because if a student is coming from out of town, they should know that the resident halls have the largest amount of crime such as stealing (Raymond 1992). Many families while considering colleges are not concerned with the crime on campus because it is not something that is easily found out or brought up when they are touring or considering colleges. Unless there is an issue of imminent danger or someone of high status was injured, the issue of
The building’s structure, the lack of lighting, and the lack of security leaves the students’ security at risk. When conducting an interview, one of the residents said that while walking alone at night to go to the store there were a group of men sitting at the table outside of the dorm. One of them asked to go with her and she was scared to say no so she said yes, and through walking she found out that he does not go to UNLV but likes to come hang out here with his friends (Lavine). Based on the circumstances, this student could have been met with an even worse fate. With things being missed and no one to catch it at the door then anyone just on the campus, many students may have been in this situation or may find themselves in this situation because of people who shouldn’t be on campus but they are. Because it is so dark in the area where many people such as that man and his friends sit they go unnoticed by security or anyone
A solution would be to fix how the landscaping is done because the landscaping creates several problems with dark spots especially near Williams where all the landscaping is placed in the center creating more dark spots. Another possible solution could be to work out a way to light the dark spots that there are around the building by adding more light so that anyone can see if someone is there and what they are doing. Another solution would be to have someone stay in the front of South and monitor everyone who comes in to make sure that they are supposed to be in that resident hall. A final solution would be to have the police get out of the car and patrol the areas instead of just driving around in their car, because when they are driving around they may miss something because there are so many dark spots anything is unnoticeable at many areas around