(09-08-2022 11:57 AM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  

(09-08-2022 11:54 AM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  

(09-08-2022 11:51 AM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  

(09-08-2022 11:31 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  While there is crime everywhere, I feel that the image of crime in DeKalb has hurt enrollment. NIU officials should talk to parents to get a feeling of what are objections to sending their kids to NIU. Is it the crime, or is it an impression that ISU is a better school? I talked to a couple parents of college-aged kids, I talked up NIU, and I was basically told that they do not want to send their kids to DeKalb because of the criminal activity making it like Chicago west.

It's everywhere:https://www.wlwt.com/article/university-of-kentucky-shooting-students-shot-house-party/41115663

10 shot right outside U. of Kentucky

And look at what happened by Memphis's campus, twice.

I agree the issue exists on the majority of major campuses currently, makes it worse that some can market their way around the issue and NIU's leadership can't.

The city of Dekalb and NIU need to work together on this. First on the image issue, second, actually getting to the root of the problem, i.e., reducing crime. You can't stop it all, but DeKalb and the county need to do something about the blighted areas.