Another important area of concern about the program is the undergradaute perception of the service. Some students feel uncomfortable or embarrassed when asking someone to accompany them at night. SafetyWalk should be working to promote their service, through student orientation meetings and postering on campus, thus assuaging students of this unfounded concern.
Student safety on and around campus should be a top priority, and undergraduates should never compromise safety for fear of seeming weak or experiencing embarrassment. Taking measures to increase safety awareness and advertising the program more effectively would certainly be preferable to compromising the programs effectiveness by changing its hours.
We encourage students to take advantage of SafetyWalk, and we hope that the leaders of SafetyWalk will rethink their decision to modify their hours of operation.