You are offered these few quick tips for personal safety and property security:

• Be cautious of strangers.
• Avoid getting into vulnerable no-exit places.
• Do not hesitate to call police when confronted by unknown persons.
• Keep your house or residence hall room locked.
• At night, walk in groups of at least two.
• Walk with confidence, and avoid walking near bushes and parked cars.
• Familiarize yourself with the location of emergency telephones.
• When parking, remove valuables from plain view and lock your vehicle.
• Engrave your valuables with your driver's license number and record serial numbers.
• Make copies of credit cards and other valuables in your wallet.
• Write your name and ID number in several places in textbooks.
• Lock your bicycle in a bicycle rack.
• Report all incidents and losses to police immediately.

When serious crimes occur on or off campus which are considered to be a threat to the campus community, such information will be provided to faculty, staff, and students. The medium for this information dissemination will be the campus newspaper, faculty/staff newsletters, or in special instances, specific notices to on campus residences. Such notices may be posted on residence hall entrance doors, in residents' mail boxes, or placed on electronic voice mail.

Persons may dial campus phone number 744-6063 and make voice mail access to crime tip information, crime update, crime prevention tips, and parking information.

As set forth in local, state, and federal laws, and the rules and regulations of the university, Oklahoma State University prohibits the unlawful possession, use, or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol by students and employees in buildings, facilities, grounds, or other property owned and/or controlled by the University or as part of University activities.
Note: Under OSU regulations, no 3.2 beer or other alcoholic beverage is allowed in OSU housing, including fraternities and sororities, except for married student housing, no matter your age. Furthermore, under the same regulations, the possession/consumption of 3.2 beer or alcohol by those of legal age (over 21) is allowed only in certain designated, non- public places on the OSU campus, properties, and facilities. For further explanation, see the pamphlet "OSU Dangers of Drugs and Alcohol Abuse."

Drug and alcohol laws are vigorously enforced on the OSU campus. Violators are subject to criminal prosecution in the District Court of Payne County. The enforcement techniques can range from plain view violation to long-term undercover investigations by local, state, or federal agents and agencies.

University Counseling Services and the Employee Assistance Program have counseling and rehabilitation programs for students and employees, respectively. Should these programs not meet your needs, there are other programs in the community or nearby that may better suit your needs. A number of such programs are listed in the OSU Dangers of Drugs and Alcohol Abuse pamphlet.