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Geister wrote:Just seemed like there were more arguments and fights there than the other universities that my other classmates went to.

I just think if someone is picking a school with safety in mind, it would probably be a good idea to find one that has less incidents first

I've spent 22 years in Stephenville and 8 in Dallas. I've been in more not-reasonably-avoidable incidents in Dallas. The only physical altercation in Stephenville since about 9th grade was pretty minor. (For me, at least; I had a mild bruise, and his hand turned out to be broken when he sobered up enough to wonder why he couldn't make a fist anymore. Seems a haymaker isn't a good way to lead off a fight against a faster opponent.) I probably could've avoided that one pretty easily too, but I felt he really needed to teach himself that lesson.

The moral of the story is that, if you go looking for trouble, you'll find it anywhere. If you don't, it finds you a lot less often in some places.

Geister wrote:

srothstein wrote:You might want to look at Tarleton State University. I cannot find their policy on line, but they sponsor a college rifle team so some students definitely have access to weapons.

I'd avoid Tarleton. I've had friends that went there and there was way too many altercations up there for a university. Basically seemed like high school all over again.

Huh? I've lived here most of my life, and have a job where I spend a lot of time listening to the scanner; the bars (off campus, of course) have a lot of fights, but the campus is pretty quiet compared to the ones in bigger cities. They're pretty good about dealing with anything that happens on campus quickly and effectively. The city and county also seem to be pretty good about calling Tarleton's cops for backup whenever students are involved in something off-campus so that the school ends up with a complete report.

As far as weapons, the administration is as anti-gun as any other college, and AFAIK, all the rifle team stuff is done at TacPro. I wouldn't be surprised if they were required to store the rifles off-campus.