Campus Officials: USC Remains Safe Despite Crime

Despite high-profile shootings recently in the Five Points area of Columbia, the University of South Carolina campus remains safe, university officials maintain.

They said in a weekend article in The State that with tens of thousands of students, hundreds of campus buildings and three-square-miles of campus, there are always going to be crime.

But recent armed robberies, petty thefts, vandalism and trespassing are well within line for a campus of this size.

What do you think?

Is Columbia becoming a less-safe place?

What do you do to stay safe?