By mid-semester, housing in Muncie, whether on or off campus, starts to seem like home. In the residence halls, students have formed a sense of community - people trust each other.
And then students relax, sometimes forgetting that not everyone can be trusted. Little security details, like locking their doors or not propping doors open, are forgotten or ignored.
And that's where problems happen.
It's easy to leave your door unlocked while you run down the hall to talk to a friend or check your mail.
It's also easy for someone to go into your unlocked room and take your cell phone, laptop, camera or other valuables while you're out.
The Office of Student Affairs suggests that students in residence halls carry their keys and identification cards with them at all times, lock doors whenever they leave their rooms and never let strangers past checkpoints.
That's good advice to follow, even for students living off campus.
Sure, it's easy to develop a sense of security and stop thinking cautiously - but it doesn't take a long amount of time for that sense to be proven false.
Not everyone has good or friendly intentions.
Take the extra 15 seconds to lock your door. Make sure your valuables aren't out in the open. If you see someone suspicious or even someone you know acting suspiciously, let someone know.
It could be your valuables thieves want to steal.
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