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August 2010

20 years later, student murders are off the radar for many at UF (The Gainesville Sun; August 21, 2010)

Gunman dead after opening fire outside McKinney Police Department (Dallas Morning News; August 17, 2010)

Safety for college students (The Statesman; August 15, 2010)

Clery Compliance Part 1: Missing Student Guidelines (Campus Safety Magazine; August 10, 2010)

July 2010

Clery Acting (Inside Higher Ed; July 21, 2010)

A Criminal Oversight in College Background Checks (AOL News; July 13, 2010)

June 2010

Hidden Camera Investigation Reveals Potential Threats On UAHuntsville Campus (WHNT-TV; June 8, 2010)

May 2010

FIU's emergency response to football player's fatal stabbing criticized (Miami Herald; May 17, 2010)

Universities looking for answers to 'intimate partner' violence (Baltimore Sun; May 8, 2010)

Details emerging in lacrosse player's slaying as UVa. mourns (USA Today; May 7, 2010)

George Huguely charged in fellow U-Va. student Yeardley Love's death (The Washington Post; May 4, 2010)

April 2010

Dickinson killer's conviction upheld (AP; April 29, 2010)

Thomson student charged with armed robbery at college (The McDuffie Mirror; April 29, 2010)

Changing times: Pioneering women's center at UMass struggles to stay vital (Daily Hampshire Gazette; April 24, 2010)

Sex crime reports may soon change (The Daily Pennsylvanian; April 23, 2010)

Why You Never See a College Rapist’s Name in a Campus Crime Alert (Washington City Paper; April 22, 2010)

Fed bill may change UW sex assault reporting (The Daily Cardinal; April 20, 2010)

Highlights of Federal Study on Campus Targeted Violence (Campus Safety Magazine; April 16, 2010)

Watchdog Group Proposes Stricter Disclosure Requirements for Sexual-Assault Cases (The Chronicle of Higher Education; April 16, 2010)

April 16: Answers lie in wait (Collegiate Times; April 16, 2010)

CAMPUS ASSAULT: Continuing Impact From Center Series (The Center for Public Integrity; April 6, 2010)

Crime on Tennessee college campuses increasing (Knoxville News Sentinel; April 1, 2010)

March 2010

Arrest made in death of Florida International U football star (NECN; March 27, 2010)

Men get jail time for sex assault on WCU student in dorm (The Delaware County Daily Times; March 26, 2010)

FIU steps up security after football player Kendall Berry stabbed to death on campus (Sun Sentinel; March 26, 2010)

Miami student convicted of assault (Cincinnati Enquirer; March 25, 2010)

Ex-Miami student convicted of sexual assault (The Oxford Press; March 25, 2010)

Alleged Miami rape victim says she doesn’t remember meeting defendant (Hamilton Journal-News; March 24, 2010)

Janitor at Lehigh U. charged with theft (The Morning Call; March 24, 2010)

Judge sends Alabama prof's shooting case to grand jury (CNN; March 23, 2010)

NIU Had ‘No Reason’ to Suspect Gunman Had Mental Health Issues (Campus Safety Magazine; March 21, 2010)

UCA holds active-shooter exercise (Arkansas Democrat Gazette; March 18, 2010)

Miami, defense wants transcript barred from trial in campus sexual assault case (The Oxford Press; March 18, 2010)

Campus crime statistics open for analysis (Central Florida Future; March 17, 2010)

Ex-Harvard student indicted in dorm shooting death (AP; March 16, 2010)

1 killed, 2 hurt in shooting at Ohio State (CNN; March 9, 2010)

Judkins: USU not immune in Starks death (Cache Valley Daily; March 5, 2010)

Myths That Make It Hard To Stop Campus Rape (NPR; March 4, 2010)

Confessed rapist will remain at UMass due to failure of oversight (Mount Holyoke News; March 4, 2010)

February 2010

Drexel drop in crime accredited to its police force (Philadelphia Inquirer; February 27, 2010)

Lax Enforcement of Title IX In Campus Sexual Assault Cases (The Center for Public Integrity; February 25, 2010)

A Lack of Consequences for Sexual Assault (The Center for Public Integrity; February 24, 2010)

Campus Rape Victims: A Struggle For Justice (NPR; February 24, 2010)

NIU shooting suspect had assault rifles, ammo in frat room: prosecutors (Chicago Tribune; February 24, 2010)

Federal April 16 findings under wraps (Collegiate Times; February 23, 2010)

Mother strangled daughter, a Manhattanville College student: Sources (The Journal News; February 23, 2010)

Tech keeps report on massacre secret (Richmond Times-Dispatch; February 23, 2010)

Murder at Manhattanville College (WABC-TV; February 22, 2010)

NIU Shooting Leaves 1 Hurt, 1 in Custody (CBS News; February 19, 2010)

Sorority Hazing Increasingly Violent, Disturbing (ABC News; February 17, 2010)

I-Team: Campus Sex Assaults in Wisconsin (TMJ-TV; February 16, 2010)

UAH president addresses concerns about delayed notice in shooting (The Huntsville Times; February 16, 2010)

Professor charged with murder in Alabama university shooting (CNN; February 13, 2010)

3 killed in Alabama university shooting (CNN; February 12, 2010)

Changes to Clery Act impact emergency plans, require drills (Security Director News; February 9, 2010)

Access to crime logs denied (SDSU Collegian; February 3, 2010)

The right to remain informed (The Marquette Tribune; February 2, 2010)

Reported campus crime up 25 percent (Washington Square News; February 2, 2010)

Failure in alerting students of reported CAS assault may violate Clery Act (The Daily Free Press; February 2, 2010)

JSU researcher in ICU after campus shooting (The Clarion-Ledger; February 2, 2010)

January 2010

Rutgers sorority hazing was on campus, officials say(MyCentralJersey.com; January 29, 2010)

Cops: Remains of Missing Va. Student Found (AP; January 26, 2010)

Student shot on U's Twin Cities campus (Star Tribune; January 26, 2010)

College student stabbed to death (The Boston Globe; January 25, 2010)

Hocking College heightens security following threat (The Columbus Dispatch; January 25, 2010)

Police, Hopkins to share surveillance video (The Baltimore Sun; January 24, 2010)

General Assembly notebook: Bill would require schools to conduct emergency drills (The Roanoke Times; January 22, 2010)

December 2009

Zhu pleads guilty in Va. Tech killing (The Roanoke Times; 12/22/09)

Rape victims offer advice to today's college women (CNN; 12/15/09)

Details emerge as NVCC reopens (News and Messenger ; 12/10/09)

In last week, UNH sent out 7 emergency alerts (New Hampshire Union Leader; 12/10/09)

Editorial: Hush-hush subject (Philadelphia Inquirer; 12/07/2009)

Va. Tech officials waited to alert faculty, students (Washington Times; 12/05/09)

Sexual Assault on Campus: A Frustrating Search for Justice (Center for Public Integrity; 12/01/09)

November 2009

College police have varied responsibilities, jurisdiction off campus (Waco Tribune-Herald; 11/30/09)

Six fraternities charged with hazing in past year (The Kentucky Kernel; 11/29/09)

A Fine Education (Fort Worth Weekly; 11/11/09)

Tarleton told of $137,500 fine for inaccurate crime reporting (The J-TAC; 11/12/09)

October 2009

Colleges, Universities Face Difficult Decisions To Keep Open Campuses Safe (Hartford Courant; 10/24/09)

Alert system leads to arrest in beating at UNH (SeacoastOnline.com; 10/24/09)

No sign of conflict before CSUS killing (The Sacramento Bee; 10/23/09)

Violence shocks CSUS (Sacramento Bee; 10/22/09)

Police Set Up New Tip Line in Morgan Harrington Disappearance (UVA Today; 10/21/09)

Judge denies bond in fatal student shooting (AP; 10/21/09)

A sense of safety shatters at colleges (The Boston Globe; 10/21/09)

Police Working Leads in Search for Missing VT Student (WHSV-TV; 10/20/09)

UConn Football Player Killed In Campus Stabbing (Hartford Courant; 10/18/09)

NIU police chief's job on line (Chicago Tribune; 10/18/09)

Atlanta police to beef up campus police presence (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; 10/13/09)

Two BU students robbed outside dormitory (The Daily Free Press; 10/13/09)

4th person charged in alleged Copiah rape (The Clarion-Ledger; 10/12/09)

UCLA student brutally attacked in chemistry lab (Los Angeles Times; 10/09/09)

University completes Treanor review, adjusts alcohol policies (The GW Hatchet; 10/08/09)

Clery Act changes require colleges to provide more info in security report (The Daily Pennsylvanian; 10/07/09)

Campus Access Varies Widely (The New York Times; 10/06/09)

USF student arrested, charged with making false bomb threat (News & Tribune; 10/05/09)

Abroad reports remain flawed (Washington Square News; 10/05/09)

Saint Mary's receives federal grant (South Bend Tribune; 10/05/09)

High numbers may mean strict policing (The Roanoke Times; 10/04/09)

Colleges warn of acquaintance rape (Times Herald-Record; 10/04/09)

UC Davis Over-Reported Forced Sexual Offenses For 3 Years (Campus Safety Magazine; 10/01/09)

UC Davis: We Thought Those Sex Crime Stats Seemed High... (Fox 40; 10/01/09)

September 2009

Feds say WVU violated crime report law in '01, '02 (AP; 09/28/09)

Rider settles hazing lawsuit (Times of Trenton; 09/25/09)

Messiah reconsiders safety alerts (The Patriot-News; 09/25/09)

CUNY faces 6-figure fines for hushed-up crimes (New York Post; 09/23/09)

CUNY schools underreport crime: state (New York Post; 09/22/09)

EMU Gets Safety Makeover (WMYD-TV; 09/22/09)

Attempted sexual assault investigated at Kutztown U. (The Morning Call; 09/22/09)

Missing Penn State Student Joe Dado Found Dead (AP; 09/22/09)

Common sense, neighbors keys to safety (The Daily Pennsylvanian; 09/21/09)

Increase in surveillance could reduce campus violence at a cost (New Mexico Daily Lobo; 09/20/09)

Texas colleges fall short in tracking, reporting crime (Austin American-Statesman; 09/19/09)

Police Arrest Raymond Clark III In Slaying Of Yale Student Annie Le (Hartford Courant; 09/17/09)

DNA matches; Arrest appears likely (New Haven Register; 09/16/09)

Hofstra Rape "Victim" Recants Tale, Suspects to be Released: DA (WNBC-TV; 09/16/09)

Yale student strangled to death, medical examiner's office says (CNN; 09/16/09)

Police Detain Yale Employee Suspected In Killing (Yale Daily News; 09/15/09)

Hofstra Gang Rape Suspects Stole Vic's Phone: Cops (WNBC-TV; 09/15/09)

Lab worker possible suspect in Yale student's death (New Haven Register; 09/14/09)

Fatal shooting at UC Irvine housing (KABC-TV; 09/14/09)

Police: Body in Yale building assumed to be missing student (USA Today; 09/14/09)

Yale University Offers $10,000 Reward for Help Finding Missing Grad Student (Fox News; 09/11/09)

Slain TSU research worker was beaten, stabbed (The Tennessean; 09/10/09)

As colleges welcome new students, security is emphasized (Poughkeepsie Journal; 09/06/09)

Three People Shot After FAMU's Season Opener (WCTV-TV; 09/06/09)

Stray bullet kills college student on Ga. campus (AP; 09/03/09)

No classes at Skyline today; search for gunman continues (San Mateo County Times; 09/03/09)

UT to hold Safety Day to educate students (TN Journalist; 09/02/09)

City councilman’s nephew held in VUU shooting (Richmond Times-Dispatch; 09/01/09)

July 2009

Tech shooting victim families want investigation reopened

Southwest Fla. college campus closed after assault

State Looking into SUNY Geneseo Underage Drinking Enforcement

Drive-by Shooting at Texas Southern Injures 8 People

Va. Tech Shooter's Mental Files Turn Up

Violence Knows No Gender on Campus

A Privacy Law that Protects Students, and Colleges, Too

Lawsuit against DSU charges civil rights violations

CAU police wound off-campus gunman

An Uphill Fight for the Right to Carry Guns on Campus

June 2009

UA fraternity's hazing documented: Sigma Phi Epsilon was out of control, investigation found (6/28/09)

Drugs, violence and UT: Robberies, sales and homicide incidents dismay authorities (6/28/09)

Stretching the Security Blanket (6/26/09)

Right to Remain Silent (6/26/09)

3 teens arrested in attack on Tech student (6/23/09)

Campus crime stats don't tell whole story (6/22/09)

Brown wants student-privacy limits (6/17/09)

College drinking problems, deaths on the rise (6/15/09)

After Allegations of Underreporting On-Campus Crimes, Dominican Agrees to Reform Procedures in Order to Ensure Accuracy and Oversight (6/11/09)

Eastern Michigan University Newest Safety Tool is Crime Mapping (6/10/09)

Second New Yorker Arrested in Harvard Slaying (6/10/09)

Reports differ on WVU sex assaults (6/10/09)

Wesleyan shooting suspect pleads not guilty (6/9/09)

Privacy law kept son's woes secret (6/7/09)

URI students released on bail after rape indictment (6/05/09)

Frat brothers plead not guilty to hazing death (6/05/09)

Witnesses: We Broke Up Gang Rape of Girl, 17 (6/05/09)

UVA Student Pleads Guilty to Drug Charge (6/05/09)

Toy Gun Sparks Lockdown At Princeton (6/03/09)

University of Wisconsin System report sees some progress on safety (6/02/09)

University Of The Pacific Claims That Date Rape Isn't "Outright Rape" (6/01/09)

May 2009

Secrecy 101 (5/31/09)

Graphic testimony heard in Va. beheading case (5/29/09)

Possible Sexual Assault at LU, Sketch Released (5/27/09)

Autopsy says KU student died of alcohol poisoning (5/27/09)

DA: Drugs 'common denominator' in Harvard slaying (5/22/09)

Witness in DSU shooting found (5/22/09)

Sentencing for man who planned campus shooting (5/21/09)

Judge orders MSU to give The State News police documents (5/20/09)

College gun bill is revived (5/20/09)

Glitches plague Harvard U.'s text alert system (5/20/09)

Charges dismissed in shooting at DSU (5/20/09)

Man dies after being shot at Harvard (5/19/09)

Sex offender who dumped San Diego State student's body in ocean gets 5 years in prison (5/18/09)t;/p>

Shooter gets to graduate from college (5/18/09)

College gun bill fails to beat the clock (5/15/09)

Wesleyan Wins Praise For Its Handling Of Fatal Shooting And Its Aftermath (5/13/09)

Authorities: Body of UGA professor identified (5/9/09)

Man arrested for shooting death of college student (5/9/09)

Police Believe Body Found is Zinkhan (5/9/09)

Suspect In Wesleyan Slaying Turns Himself In (5/8/09)

New video warns college coeds about sexual assault (5/7/09)

Wesleyan student fatally shot at bookstore (5/7/09)

Connecticut college on alert after nearby shooting (5/6/09)t;/p>

KU to Notify Parents of Alcohol & Drug Violations (5/6/09)

University Criticized For Reporting Crimes Late (5/4/09)

April 2009

Alert's timing defended (4/29/09)

NYU says crime stats from abroad were wrong for years (4/28/09)

UGA Delayed Alert So Professor Wouldnt Get It (4/28/09)

Hampton University officials waited nearly two hours to alert students of shootings (4/27/09)

Professor suspected in killings leaves no trail (4/27/09)

Eight Arrested in VSU Hazing Incident (4/26/09)

Citadel Says Student Beaten During Hazing (4/26/09)

3 Virginia men hurt in shooting at Hampton University (4/26/09)

Professor sought after 3 shot dead near UGA (4/25/09)

Tiffany Souers' Killer Finally Sentenced (4/22/09)

Campus working to comply with Clery Act (4/19/09)

USC frat suspended after alleged sexual assault (4/17/09)

Hazing Death Suit With National Chi Psi Fraternity Settled (4/16/09)

Families Of 2 Slain At Va. Tech File Lawsuits (4/16/09)

U of Texas students rally against campus guns bill (4/16/09)

New details on sex assault near Haverford College (4/14/09)

Man shot and killed at Northwest Florida State College's Chautauqua Center (4/10/09)

2 killed in Michigan community college shooting, lockdown lifted (4/10/09)

Local Student Charged with Ex-Girlfriend's Murder (4/9/09)

Delaware student's killer seeks new trial (4/8/09)

Student facing criminal charges sues school (4/8/09)

;College hockey: Vermont overcomes hazing scandal, back in Frozen 4 (4/8/09)

Deputy charged in GVSU shooting (4/6/09)

Despite federal law, ACC not reporting timely crime info (4/6/09)

KY: College sorority suspended for hazing (4/6/09)

Man Charged In Radford Shooting (4/6/09)

University re-examines privacy policy (4/6/09)

Staying silent: A rape victim's story (4/3/09)

Police Lifts Lock Down After Radford Shooting (4/3/09)

Behind Yale’s crime e-mails (4/3/09)

Judge sets 2010 trial in AU freshman slaying (4/1/09)

Sexual assault in ECU dorm reported (4/1/09)

SGA discusses campus violence (4/1/09)

March 2009

3 in banned frat charged in student's death; blood alcohol was 0.55 (3/31/09)

Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Coed, Drives Off With Other Student on Hood (3/30/09)

Drug scandal rocks Hofstra U. (3/27/09)

6 charged after probe of UD student's death (3/27/09)

Beefed-up security cuts campus crime (3/26/09)

Student sues GW for readmittance (3/26/09)

Students who drink to cope drink as adults (3/25/09)

Student pleads guilty in fatal hazing (03/25/09)

Police mount spring offensive against underage drinking (03/25/09)

Alleged gunman eludes sweep of KUC (3/24/09)

Student banned from UNCG For thoughts of mass violence (3/23/09)

Healy to leave post at end of academic year (3/23/09)

DPS fails to report 65 crimes: PSAs never issued to campus community (3/23/09)

Security cuts at high-volume dorms, some concerned about safety (3/22/09)

College freshmen major in booze (3/22/09)

School privacy law made worse (3/20/09)

A mission to educate others (3/20/09)

College students' right to privacy often at odds with parents' need to know (3/19/09)

Coroner: Dead student in IUP dorm drank heavily (3/19/09)

SAE death shakes KU (3/17/09)

After 80-minute delay, U. alerts campus to gun threat (3/9/09)

RAINN's 2009 spring break tips for college students (3/6/09)

Emergency crew holds active shooting drill (3/6/09)

Mount St. Joe arson suspect arrested (3/6/09)

Student found dead had at least 0.39% blood-alcohol content (3/6/09)

February 2009

Judge: John Fallon must pay Eastern Michigan University's legal fees (2/28/09)

Spring break: Don't go south of the border (2/27/09)

Ex-student sues University of Portland over alleged rape (2/26/09)

Press Release: Security On Campus, Inc. Launches New Web Site As College Admissions Decisions Roll In (2/25/09)

EMU suspends fraternity after alleged gang rape (2/25/09)

UTPD teaches self-defense class for women (2/24/09)

But was it rape? (2/22/09)

3,500 sexual assaults reported every year (2/22/09)

LHU students relieved at rape suspect's capture (2/20/09)

Woman reports rape at EMU frat house (2/20/09)

A year later, no final report on Northern Illinois University shooting (2/14/09)

Tracking campus crime (2/12/09)

Penn is in the clear with the Clery Act (2/10/09)

Sexual assault goes underreported (2/5/09)

Police at RI's public colleges say they need guns (2/5/09)

House approves national center for campus crime (2/4/09)

Rep. McCarthy supports the CAMPUS Safety Act of 2009 (2/3/09)

VA Tech's warning was too late (2/3/09)

ASU settles rape lawsuit (2/3/09)