University of Detroit - Tower Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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DETROIT,S NEAR NORTHWEST GHETTOU: A SECOND LOOK

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students. At the start of the first semester, 12 concerts were planned by the Department of Performing Arts. The first concert, with folk singer Gordon Lightfoot, made a profit. However, after that, attendance decreased and several acts cancelled their engagement. The series was discontinued because Dr. James Rogers, Performing Arts director, felt it was too difficult to book entertainment in the Memorial Building. Noticeably absent this year was the publicity usually given to campus crime It was only a few years ago that the local newspapers were runnmg stories alluding to the terrible security problem With everything that was mentioned concerning muggmgs armed robberies rapes and car thefts it was no surprise to anyone that enrollment began to drop But the story was different this year Except for a few incidents involving thefts from Shiple Hall dormitory security received little attention The fences which were erected last year to completely surround the l campus seemed to reduce the number of cars stolen out of University parking lots. One theory explaining the rise of crime is that U-D itself was responsible for bringing this problem tothe area. The University, as the attraction for crime, was then an easy target for outsiders to prey upon the campus and surrounding area. Following this idea, the administration chose to increase campus security with the hope of improving the neighborhood situation as well Interestingly this 1S not the only explanation for the crime increase The city of Detroit was plagued with a high number of murders and police shoot outs and the neighborhood around U D was not able to escape this One shoot out that involved patrolmen from the undercover unit STRESS CStop the Robberies Enjoy Safe Streetsl occurred only a block from campus When Newsweek Magazine reported the story they referred to this area as the Near Northwest ghetto . . . . ' 1 , - - 0 . ' V , X ' . . . . 1 ' - Q , . . . . - 9 i , Y . . . 1 - , , ,X ' 5 . . . l ' . - I l l , I . . , - ' - -I 1 , l I I ' V- I Q - . . '. . V , ' ' . ' ca as N 4 ,AV ' W ' , 1 V, A I -, ,

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