Purdue Blackout?

So we all know what the Purdue blackout game is. But... that's not what my post is about today.  Today I have a question.  It goes out to the administration, staff, whoever is in charge of keeping campus fairly safe at all times.  Why aren't there more lights around; especially near the heart of campus? Recently I have noticed that campus is really dark at night.  Seeing as how this is a very large campus with about 40,000 students, it frightens me to walk through it when it is so poorly lit, especially by myself. You never know where someone could be hiding and just jump out and attack you.  I know, I know, this is a pretty extreme and irrational fear, but I know that I'm not the only one who has it.  I know most of the guys probably feel safe (because they're so big and macho and not afraid of anything, right?), but how many of you ladies can honestly say that if you were walking through campus at say 1a.m., that you would feel secure enough to walk alone, or at least without your phone in your hand.  I know I can't.  I think there should be a significantly larger amount of lights in the memorial mall, and in the engineering mall.  I don't know what makes people think that the lights on the side of buildings alone is enough to make people feel safe.  

I heard a story recently that a girl was walking around on campus, felt like she was being followed, and pressed the button on the blue light box.  At the time, that particular box wasn't working.  Luckily, the next box worked and the police came, but what if it hadn't?  It wasn't the middle of the night (just around 10 or so), so why wasn't there more people around?  This is something else I have noticed also; why are there no security guards around campus?  My small private high school of 500 even had security guards.  Reader's Digest ranked us 82nd out of 135 schools that they surveyed for campus safety.  THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!  Seriously, this has made me very concerned recently, and we don't need another Wade Steffey on our hands here, people.  

In my opinion, there needs to be more lights and, at the very least, some security guards on campus.  It is unfair to everyone who attends Purdue that they might even feel the slightest twinge of unsafety.  When looking for colleges, one of the main things my parents wanted for me was to be safe with no chance of being hurt.  Was I successful in choosing a school that met their expectations? I think not.