That's kind of funny.
Call me anal, but when I had to walk home in the dark by myself on campus I always had keys in hand.
Not at all. It is always better to prepare for the worst case scenario and have it not happen then to have it happen and not be prepared.
I am shocked that an event like that doesn't trigger off a campus wide alert especially after what happened with the missing ISU student. You would think that a story of potentially an attempted abduction on campus would set off all kinds of warnings due to recent events. I always thought an over abundance of caution was totally necessary in situations like this.
It wasn't that long ago if I remember correctly that there were several muggings late at night on campus and one with a gun involved (not 100% sure on that) that spurred DPS to have their officers carry weapons finally.