How safe do university students in Houston feel? What can be done to protect students better?
A homicide is being investigated at Rice University Monday evening, according to the Houston Police Department. (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)
HOUSTON – In light, of gun violence at Houston’s two biggest universities, KPRC 2 wants to know how you as a student feel about security.
RELATED: What we know about the Rice University student killed in an apparent murder-suicide on campus
On Tuesday, University of Houston students said they felt unsafe and called for heightened security after an armed robbery at a dorm room at one of the Moody Towers.
The armed robbery came as Rice University students continue to mourn the death of Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a junior from Maryland killed in an apparent murder-suicide in her dorm at Jones College.
So, what do you as a student feel can be done better? Do you believe enough is being done to protect you and your peers?
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If the answer is no, what would you, as a student like to see implemented?
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