Hit or Miss: Student Safety at Case Western Reserve University

Just The Beginning

November 3rd. I was 482 miles away from campus, playing cards with my teammates of the Case Western Reserve University Women's Ultimate Frisbee team. Instead of sleeping and preparing for the long day of games ahead of us, we were busy laughing, shouting, and having fun. We were inhabiting a small, rustic hotel room in the middle of nowhere of Virginia, completely isolated by the usual academic and intense atmosphere of the Case Western campus. There was a light, cheerful mood filling the room, mixed with the excitement of the upcoming tournament the next day. 

Someone's phone rang. It was one of the older girl's. She answered, and her once cheery smile transformed into a grave and blank stare. We all heard the yelling of one of her friends in the phone as the room fell silent. 

"Okay, keep me updated." she quietly replies, hanging up the phone. One of her friends, a Case Western student, had been shot outside the South Side residential village, right where students walk up and down every day. Six other girls on the team know him, two started crying. About five minutes later, everyone in the room got the "CWRU alert." Everyone stopped what they were doing, the games and fun was over. It turned into a night of mourning and support. 

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