INVOLVED. NOW, ON TO OUR OTHER TOP STORY. AND THAT IS SAFETY AROUND THE U OF M CAMPUS. POLICE ARE UPPING EFFORTS TO KEEP STUDENTS SAFE EVEN WHEN THEY'RE OFF CAMPUS. FOX NINES MARY MAGUIRE JOINS US NOW. AND, MARY, THEY'RE OPENING A NEW SAFETY CENTER. WELL, KAREN, THE SCHOOL YEAR HAS JUST BEGUN HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. BUT CONCERNS OVER CRIME ARE STILL TOP OF MIND FOR MANY OF STUDENTS HERE IN THE DINKYTOWN AREA. TODAY, A NEW OFF CAMPUS SAFETY CENTER OPENED UP WITH THE GOAL OF BRINGING A VARIETY OF RESOURCES UNDER THE SAME ROOF. YOU CAN STILL SEE A FEW REMINDERS OF WHAT THIS BUILDING USED TO BE, BUT THE FORMER KITTY CAT CLUB IS SERVING A VERY DIFFERENT PURPOSE FOR STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. THIS YEAR. ALL RIGHT. THE OFF CAMPUS SAFETY CENTER IS DESIGNED TO BRING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY CLOSER TO DINKYTOWN, BUT IT WILL HOUSE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SERVICES FOR STUDENTS, LIKE A DEDICATED STUDY SPACE, LEGAL SERVICES, AND A CLASSROOM FOR SAFETY EDUCATION. IT WILL ALSO SERVE AS A HOME BASE FOR DINKYTOWN SAFETY GUIDES. SOMALI YOUTH LINK AMBASSADORS AND UMPD OFFICERS WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS HERE, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME LEVEL OF PARTYING AND THINGS HAPPENING LATE AT NIGHT AND ON THE WEEKENDS. WE'RE JUST WE JUST WANT TO CONTROL SOME OF THE SOME OF THE DISORDER, SOME OF THE CRIMES THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING THIS SPRING. FOX NINE REPORTED ON THE VIOLENT ROBBERY AND ASSAULT OF A FEMALE STUDENT, AND LATER THIS SUMMER, DOZENS WERE ARRESTED AFTER FIREWORKS WERE THROWN AT PEOPLE AND AT BUILDINGS ON THE 4TH OF JULY. FOR THE SECOND YEAR, IN A ROW, LEADERS HOPE THE PHYSICAL PRESENCE OF THE SAFETY CENTER, ALONG WITH THE RESOURCES INSIDE IT, WILL HELP TACKLE AND DETER CRIME. I WANT TO BRING ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, BRING THEM TO THE DINKYTOWN AREA. BUT SENIOR STUDENT SOPHIA SCHACK SAYS WHAT CAMPUS POLICE HAVE DONE REGARDING CRIME SO FAR HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH. SOMEBODY JUST GOT ROBBED RIGHT BY MY FRIEND'S APARTMENT EARLIER TODAY. SHE THINKS INCREASED RESPONSIVE PATROLS COULD BE THE ANSWER AND SHARED SOME SERIOUS DOUBTS ON HOW EFFECTIVE A SAFETY CENTER WILL BE. TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S SAFE. AND I DON'T THINK THE POLICE PRESENCE HAS REALLY HELPED THE ISSUE. NOW THE SAFETY CENTER WILL BE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO 11 P.M. ON WEEKDAYS, BUT THOSE HOURS COULD CHANGE. THEY'RE FLEXIBLE DEPENDING ON WHAT'S HAPPENING ON CAMPUS. I'M TOLD THAT THE SAFETY