Drama hits the Drama Department!

Last week, two students, were rehearsing at the Drama department, when they were mugged. Get this, there are CPU guards outside the entrance 24/7. Yet, the girls were still mugged inside the department by two street kids. This makes you wonder what these guards are doing, because they are obviously not doing their jobs - protecting the students. How are we, students, expected to feel safe walking around campus, if we are not even protected inside?

A few days ago, I went to the computer labs, which is on the other side of campus for me, and as I was walking back, the streets were deserted. It was pitch-black and there wasn't a soul nor a panic button in sight. I could have been mugged or raped, and probably no one would have heard me because the wind was howling so loud. I was so freaked out. I got back to my residence, red-faced and out of breath!

Now I realise what the students who don't have laptops or computers have to go through: constant paranoia and a hardcore workout. No seriously, it's very scary to think that you could be a victim of a crime in a place that is said to be safe: campus. It is also not cool to live your life in constant fear, it's enough to have to deal with all the academic stress; we don't need all this other crap.

So basically, a few words of advice, don't trust anyone and don't go anywhere alone!
I would just like to add that taking it from the street kids' point of view, they're starving and desperate, and often we see them as a nuisance, forgetting that they actually are human beings too. They're just trying to survive and maybe if we helped them a bit, by getting involved with the local community, supporting societies like G.R.A.S.S and Masincedane, or just giving them a bit of food; that would ease the tension between us 'rich brats' and them. Or is that too much to ask?