Security measures need to be heightened

Published in Long Beach City College's Viking newspaper in 2006. Letter to the editor.

I congratulate the entire staff on a beautifully produced Sept. 28 issue of the Viking, especially for the sexual assault coverage.
My stomach reeled while I thought of sitting under the same roof while the violation took place. There I was, safe in biology lab, listening to my teacher explain the nature of enzymes, while at that same moment a young woman was unwillingly having her life negatively changed by some scurvy savage who was lucky enough to evade immediate capture.
Most of us at LBCC are students, some are poor and others are already stressing about finals. To add the threat of sexual assault to the academic mix is unsettling, cruel and bordering a reality packed full of twitchy students constantly peering over their shoulder due to the unbearable stress.
To help possibly alleviate some of the stress, why can't we have cameras outside of the entrance to the restrooms? The Library has cameras and how often has a crime been committed there? Students are mostly sleeping or reading. At least the authorities would have a better chance in identifying the pervert rather than having just a sketched portrait of a random fellow exhibiting facial features similar to those of the actual criminal.
So many precautions could be adopted in the hopes of stifling the grim occurrence, but unfortunately humans are flawed so an absolute solution is pure fantasy.