It is not uncommon for students living in the dorms to leave their doors unlocked while hanging out with friends in other rooms. According to the information compiled by the US use periods. Mills was one victim. Last year, after having left his Hallett Hall room unlocked and returning momentarily, he found his laptop stolen. A witness reported seeing a non-Hallett resident walking down the hall with a laptop.
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. Sullivan said she found the fact comforting, but admits to being more than just a little disturbed that she will wake up in the morning and find strangers on the couch, which sometimes occurs after they've had a lot of company the night before. 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.