The State University of New York College - Cortland

I started Fall 2009 semester and I left after three weeks of unbelievable craziness. In that time I saw two floor mates taken to the hospital for intoxication and last Saturday, the RA was acting as a triage nurse in the common room asking nearly unconscious guys "do you need medical attention?". That same night (around 3am) the girl across the hall was screaming and accusing her on campus boyfriend of rape…the cops were chasing him down last I heard. I had a couple situations where, when walking across campus I was so scared I called my parents (very late at night) just to feel a little safe. It was then I realized that there are no external security cameras on campus that I could find. Off campus parties were too often and too dangerous. Jocks all pumped up starting fights and throwing rocks. RAs would be at the Dark Horse bar with us at night and turned a blind eye to the unlimited amount of alcohol in the dorms ("Just don't get caught"). I'm sure part of the tuition is going to the pounds and pounds of kitty litter used every night to clean up vomit. Take a look at the large blood stain outside Moffett right now where a kid busted his face open falling down last week. While I like to have fun, go out late and have no problem with responsible drinking, there's not enough governance. Now I know why we read and interpreted Lord of the Flies in high school! I withdrew last week and will be started late fall session at local 4 yr university on Oct 6th.

The good? My roommates were great (even though we were a forced triple) and the professors/classes were very good. Too bad everything else was so unsafe.