Crimes cannot go unreported by SHU

The recent release of the Safety Report, as reported on the front page of The Seton­ian, illustrates a trend of decreasing crime over the past decade. However, a glaring statistic which exists, but was not brought to light before the report, was the number of on-campus incidents, which the cam­pus community was not notified of.

The Setonian understands that the Uni­versity cannot notify everyone for every crime that occurs on-campus. However, crimes that are of a severe nature, such as sexual assaults, or that compromise an in­dividual's well being or sense of safety

need to be reported, whether or not a threat still exists.

If the University fails to notify the com­munity of these kinds of crimes, regard­less of whether or not a threat exists, it develops a false sense of security. Crimes against Seton Hall students, faculty, staff or clergy must be brought to the attention of the community.

Issues of privacy aside, The Setonian en­courages the University to understand that, no matter what, we can always be safer, and we should always strive to be safer. Aware­ness is simply the first step.