New web page ranks the campus among the safest

by Matt Tholey

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Now and again, one might find him or herself asking themselves if their college of choice is really as safe as other local and surrounding colleges and universities.

If one questions the safety of their college and its surrounding environment, all he or she has to do is log on to APBnews.com.

APBnews.com is a website and source for news, information and data on crime, justice and safety. It contains a college and university survey that lists both a rating and rank for crime risks on campus.

APBnews.com is dedicated to providing the news, information and data necessary to make one's community and surrounding environment safer.

APBnews.com is the first centered network of programs exclusively dedicated to everyone for crime, justice and safety. It is an eight channel, 23 program web site covering

According to APBnews.com, Cabrini ranks 1,389 out of a 1,497 school crime survey.

Cabrini has a crime risk rating of two, which basically means that statistics for the college's crime rate are onefifth to less than one-third the national average.

Rosemont College, which is located precisely four miles from Cabrini in Bryn Mawr, ranks 1,332 and has a crime risk rating of three, or one third to less than one half of the national average.

Temple University, situated in North Philadelphia ranks 11 and has a crime risk rating of ten, which means that Temple has a crime rate of ten or more times the national average.

Senior Tony DiMarco, an accounting major, thinks that the school should have more public safety officers scheduled on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. "

I think that more lighting around campus would also help to make the campus a little more safer," DiMarco said.

Greg Kulnis, a sophomore biology major is not surprised by the safe rating that Cabrini received. Eastern College ranks 1,368 and also has a crime risk of two.

Villanova University ranks 748th and has a crime riskof six, or one and one fourth to less than twice the national average.

'That does not surprise me, because the campus seems like a safe environment. There is no bad karma," Kulnis said.

Jeff Booth , a sophomore business administration major feels that public safety uses extreme measures in minor situations. "I think public safety sometimes goes overboard in

Two of the highest-ranking schools are located within the tri-county area. The University of Pennsylvania, located in West Philadelphia ranks 41 and had a crime risk of nine, or minor situations," Booth said. five to less than IO times the national average.