Some students at the University of Idaho will be carrying mace and heavy flashlights when they return to campus this week for a new semester, less than two weeks after a suspect was arrested in the murders of four fellow students.
MOSCOW, Idaho —
“I’m already a pretty cautious person, so I think this is just going to reinforce my antisocial behavior,” she said jokingly. “Oh my gosh — that’s all I can say,” Heather Selph said as tears filled her eyes. “Kids just shouldn’t be afraid to go to school.University of Idaho sophomore Michaela Green, who recently transferred from Boise State University, said she intends to take a self-defense class offered by the school later this week.Green's mother, Jennifer, said she feels better knowing her daughter will learn how to protect herself should the unthinkable happen.
At WSU, where classes started Monday, freshman Brandon Moore said he plans to adjust his habits on campus, including walking with friends at night and always locking his door.Brandon Moore, a freshman at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash. "It’s important as a young woman in any scenario," she said."I also have mace and am just being really cautious and alert."Nygaard said that while she feels relatively safe returning to campus, her mother needed some convincing."I tried to console her," she said.
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