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[quote=Anonymous]I went to Penn. Orientation included a session with an officer (pretty sure from the actual city police, not just like campus security) who gave pretty straightforward, common sense advice. It wasn't anything I didn't know having always living in a city, but I think it was helpful for some of the suburbanites. Main points were -keep your head up (i.e. don't be absorbed in your phone and head phones on) -project confidence and make strong eye contact if you are concerned about an individual in your vicinity/approaching you -don't bother with pepper spray, you're as likely to pepper spray yourself as any attacker -don't resist/be a hero if you do get held up - just give up the goods and live to see another day But, ultimately a lot of it comes down to luck. I was on foot alone a lot at Penn and in several much worse areas of Philly due to my internship assignment. Nothing ever happened to me, but I am aware it could have, it just didn't.[/quote]
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