Ahem. SMU may have been #16. That’s sweet. But UT is #6. And it’s also by far the largest school out of the entire 135.
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And A&M is #132.
Here’s a toast to TCU — unranked, dangerous and proud.
@ 5:31 pm on February 7, 2008
Funny that it says _all_ UT students live in dorms with cameras, self-lock doors, etc. Because _most_ UT students don’t live on campus. Even most of the dorm dwellers live in private dorms that aren’t on campus.
@ 5:37 pm on February 7, 2008
Interesting list, but as always, statistics can’t paint any story you like.
I went to a non-Texas school that’s up on the list (in the 60s), and it doesn’t have dorm attendants or cameras simply because crime doesn’t happen (call us naive). Our library isn’t protected by security sensors because they determined that to install and maintain a system would be more expensive than simply replacing the very few books which go unaccounted for each year.
And it’s not unusual to see a sign affixed to the sidewalk which reads: “money found here yesterday afternoon… call XXX with amount to reclaim”.
And we have unproctored, self-scheduled final exams.
The beauty of an honor code in which students believe.
(Oh, and yes, my institution did have the distinct safety advantage of being situated in a small town and away from the very real crimes of the city.)
@ 5:42 pm on February 7, 2008
WTF does UT have to do wsith Dallas, exactly?
@ 7:57 pm on February 7, 2008
SMU is safe unless you’re an underaged drinker.
@ 9:13 am on February 8, 2008
The same article has a chart showing safety when measured by actual crime rather than preventive measures. SMU ranks 74 on that list, I wonder why SMU’s website didn’t mention both charts.
@ 9:42 am on February 8, 2008
By “all UT students live in dorms with cameras, etc.” simply means that -of- the students living in the dorms, all live in dorms where those things are present.
@ 1:10 am on February 19, 2008
FrontBurner® launched in March 2003, the first blog in Dallas run by a media organization. This is where the editors of D Magazine come to waste a tremendous amount of time.
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And A&M is #132.
Here’s a toast to TCU — unranked, dangerous and proud.
Funny that it says _all_ UT students live in dorms with cameras, self-lock doors, etc. Because _most_ UT students don’t live on campus. Even most of the dorm dwellers live in private dorms that aren’t on campus.
Interesting list, but as always, statistics can’t paint any story you like.
I went to a non-Texas school that’s up on the list (in the 60s), and it doesn’t have dorm attendants or cameras simply because crime doesn’t happen (call us naive). Our library isn’t protected by security sensors because they determined that to install and maintain a system would be more expensive than simply replacing the very few books which go unaccounted for each year.
And it’s not unusual to see a sign affixed to the sidewalk which reads: “money found here yesterday afternoon… call XXX with amount to reclaim”.
And we have unproctored, self-scheduled final exams.
The beauty of an honor code in which students believe.
(Oh, and yes, my institution did have the distinct safety advantage of being situated in a small town and away from the very real crimes of the city.)
WTF does UT have to do wsith Dallas, exactly?
SMU is safe unless you’re an underaged drinker.
The same article has a chart showing safety when measured by actual crime rather than preventive measures. SMU ranks 74 on that list, I wonder why SMU’s website didn’t mention both charts.
By “all UT students live in dorms with cameras, etc.” simply means that -of- the students living in the dorms, all live in dorms where those things are present.