Two well-known incidents of sexual assaults by a stranger have been reported on Michigan State University's campus since Halloween.
These incidents are separate from the "normal" amount of sexual assaults linked to known attackers and raise questions of safety at MSU.
According to the MSU Police Department, there were two reports of sexual assaults on Halloween weekend - one of which took place at Armstrong Hall in the Brody Complex and allegedly involved a stranger.
This past week, a 19-year-old female student reported a sexual assault between 4:30 -5 p.m. on November 12, 2011 between South Neighborhood and MSU's Main Library, according to MSU Police.
Due to the alleged involvement of a stranger, MSU Police Chief Jim Dunlap sent an email alerting all students to the danger.
The recent alleged stranger assaults are cause for concern for students.
“Statewalk,” a program where members of a coed service fraternity walk students home from the main library, had eight people ask to be walked the day the email was sent, according to their records.
This number is nearly three times the average number of “walkers” the group normally has each night – zero to three.
Some students using the program only needed to cross the bridge behind the Main Library in order to reach their car.
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