Lock Up!

• Lock your residence hall door, even when you are home. Lock your car. Lock your bike. Lock your purse or wallet in a lockable drawer in your office, if applicable. Keep your belongings in lockers which can be locked while participating in athletics at Storzer Center.
• Lock your door when you leave, even if you're leaving for "just for a minute." It takes a thief only 10 seconds to take something from your room or office.
• Lock your door when you sleep, even in a residence hall.
• Don't hide the key to your room outside of your room. Thieves are more experienced than you at thinking up and discovering such hiding places.
• Don't leave your property unattended in the library, dining hall, classroom, restroom or any campus facility. Theft of backpacks is growing more common. The resale value of books makes them attractive targets for petty thieves. If you are leaving an area even for a minute, take your things with you.
• Don't leave notes on your door announcing that you aren't home. Don't leave things in the laundry room unattended.

Identify Your Belongings

Put your name and address on textbooks -- inside the cover and on an inside page or two. Engrave your Social Security number on items that might interest a thief -- television sets, stereo equipment, radios, cameras, computers, appliances, sports equipment, bicycles and anything else that is portable and valuable.

Be a Little Suspicious

You may know your neighbors in your residence hall are fellow students, but what else do you know about them? At best, most of the people in your building will be acquaintances. Until you know them well enough to be friends, don't take chances.

• Don't lend your keys, student ID, driver's license or meal ticket to anyone.
• Don't open a building door for a stranger who doesn't have a card for card access. Don't prop open a door, either. If you see a door that is propped open, close it.
• Report suspicious behavior immediately to campus security!