Real Risk For Students Is Their Behavior Not Violence

College officials from around the country report that security has become foremost among the questions raised by applicants and their parents during campus visits and orientation sessions. Emotions tend to cloud the facts, and the truth is, the risk on campus of murder in general — and mass murder, in particular — is so low that you almost need a course in college math to calibrate the odds. The chances of being murdered on campus are about as likely as being fatally struck by lightning. The real dangers lie in risky behavior such as binge drinking. Read more at: http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/08/post-14.html?csp=34