If you were making frequent trips to IIT, I'd guess you were a ROTC guy, which may indicate you have a somewhat different view of danger than we civilians.
I still recall vividly a comment by the woman who conducted my alumni interview for admission oh so many years ago. Commenting on the safety issues, the interviewer (Class of '70 or so, I think) said that the campus and surrounding neighborhood were safe, but you had to be careful where you went. "There's this great Chinese restaurant on 63rd Street," she said, "but if you go there, you will be mugged. People thought they could go if they were in a large group, but no, they would all be mugged."
I never tried to find the restaurant; years later someone told me it had been closed a long time ago.
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Date: 2004-03-01 09:36 am (UTC)I still recall vividly a comment by the woman who conducted my alumni interview for admission oh so many years ago. Commenting on the safety issues, the interviewer (Class of '70 or so, I think) said that the campus and surrounding neighborhood were safe, but you had to be careful where you went. "There's this great Chinese restaurant on 63rd Street," she said, "but if you go there, you will be mugged. People thought they could go if they were in a large group, but no, they would all be mugged."
I never tried to find the restaurant; years later someone told me it had been closed a long time ago.