The Retreat at Columbia seemed like safe place to Bryson Sherill, fourth-year finance student and resident of The Retreat, said. .
After the shooting, ation as to whether they would work on rectifying their security systems and instead blamed the residents for the events leading up to the shooting. ..
The Retreat's management said in email to Daily Gamecock that security and well-being are our highest priorities, and enhancements to parking gates will be completed in coming weeks..
Jalen Miller Daily Gamecock Exterior of Redpoint Apartments, off-campus housing Columbia, SC on Oct 19, 2022.
By promoting new updates to housing and remodeling the pool and other amenities, Kate Stinson, student and resident of Redpoint Columbia said that management brushed the situation under the rug.
The university needs to step in to help students feel safe about living off-campus by sending USC patrol through neighborhoods and establishing safety and security plan with off-campus management. .
Cole Coffee, second-year chemical engineering student and resident of The Retreat said that he has seen the security gates closed maybe once or twice and has felt in his neighborhood more than three times month since he moved there. .
then it should at least be involved and honest with students about the safety concerns that most off-campus residents face.
On Oct 24, the office referred Daily Gamecock to communications and received no communications after from the office or communications representative. .
The university could help light fire under these companies, Coffee said, and help students feel more protected and supported.. should do their due diligence and helping to make safety plan or sending USCPD out here to patrol, . .
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