To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff &
           All Undergrad Students & All Grad Students <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Chancellor Nancy Cantor" <chancellor@uiuc.edu>

Reply-To: chancellor@uiuc.edu
 Subject: MASSMAIL - Recent Campus Attacks

Don't Become a Victim!!

	If you walk alone after dark, you are at risk for becoming the 
latest victim in a string of attacks against students in the University of 
Illinois campus area.  Since the start of the fall semester nearly two 
dozen women-many of Asian heritage-have been attacked and robbed while 
walking alone at night.
	In most cases, the attacker or attackers approached the woman from 
behind and used a silver handgun demanded money.  While police work to 
solve these cases, it is critical that you use extra caution to protect 
yourself.  NEVER walk alone after dark.  Instead, use the campus resources 
designed to keep you safe:

*Find a friend to walk with you and always use well-lighted routes.
*Call the recently enhanced SafeRides (at 265-7433), which will now 
offers door-to-door service from 5:30 p.m. until 6:00 a.m.  The service 
also will be in operation the week of fall break, except for Thanksgiving 
night.
*If you must be out after dark, call campus police at 333-1216 to 
arrange for an escort to walk with you. 

Do your part to help protect yourself:

*Pay attention to your surroundings: check out stairways and 
building entrances before entering them.
*Always be alert: remember to look behind you occasionally, never 
use headphones while you walk, and conceal your purse whenever possible.
*If you have a cellular phone, always carry it with you, and be 
ready to dial 911, if you have an emergency.
*If you are attacked, turn over whatever property the attacker 
requests, then call 911 as soon as you can get to a telephone.
*Take a Rape Aggression Defense course to learn to self defense 
tactics and techniques.  Call Officer Ortiz at 333-1216 for more 
information or to enroll.

Do your part to protect your fellow students:

*Keep your porch light on from dark till dawn and encourage your 
neighbors to do the same, to ensure that others have a well-lighted route.
*Call 911 immediately, if you notice any suspicious activity or 
people.
*Use the blue emergency phones across campus to reach police, if 
you do not have a cellular phone.  To learn the locations of the emergency 
phones along your route, call Mark Briggs at 333-4660 or look at page 102 
of the Student-Staff Directory.
*If you hear a whistle being blown, call 911 immediately, and blow 
your own whistle, if you have one.  To get a whistle, call the Office of 
the Dean of Students at 333-0050.
*If you're interested in joining the student patrol division, call 
Officer Johnson at 333-1216.

University police have increased patrols in the campus area and have 
formed a special task force with Champaign and Urbana police to 
investigate the recent attacks, but it is vital that each member of the 
campus community do everything he or she can to be safe.
 
This message is sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor.
This mailing approved by:
The Office of the Chancellor

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