There are guests in her house most of the time. Even when no one is home. It is not uncommon for students living in the dorms to leave their doors unlocked while hanging out with friends in other rooms. A witness reported seeing a non-Hallett resident walking down the hall with a laptop. Apparently having neighbors who you trust not adequate protection against theft.
Students living off campus face a similar dilemma.
Sullivan s house is divided into four apartments. She and her roommates have a positive relationship with the other people who live in the house. Mills, on the other hand, believes that a good communal living situation can be the best protection. Mills now lives at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house. False sense of security is not simply a matter of youthful naivete and idealism.