Violence inside and out the campus.

The purpose of this essay is talking about some of the environmental problems at Benfica UFC campus. We may realize or hear about many of them, such as trash inside that place or around it, violence against the undergraduates, professors and workers, insecurity to the people, not good illumination and so forth.  However, the main point that is going to discuss in this work is violence.

As we may realize, violence is a kind of theme that is discussed a lot all over the world. The manner to finish it is thought for many leaders of country governments, but the solution was not found by them yet. What to do? At Benfica UFC campus, many people have difficult to face that issue. There are some security guards, but it is heard that happens many cases of disorders inside or around it. It is possible quote some of them: robbery (mobile phone, money, cars and so on), attacked people, strange persons using drugs (probably may cause a type of violence because of the drug effect), and so forth. All that happen not only with students from UFC, but also with some students and workers that do not make part of the body of the university. That ones just work or study nearby it. The risk to be attacked increase because of some points: bad illumination, no supervision with who came in, free access inside the campus.  We can see how that type of environmental problem happens, according to the questions that were asked to a worker who passes inside UFC to go to his job. His name is Alexandre and he is 24:

§  What is your opinion about violence inside Benfica UFC Campus or around it? `Well, day by day the violence is increasing more and more near UFC. We can´t stay there in security any time of the day.´

§  Were you already robbed or suffered some kind of violence there?

      ´Not yet! But I had a problem like that but I could solve it.´

It is not simple think a solution for this environmental problem in our university, but we have to start thinking about it. The violence ends when all the people work together to find a solution for the matter. Talking with the authorities  is a good way to start. We have to know that violence does not go away fast but we have to try. 

Post Author: Ricardo Marques