Nightmares

I had a nightmare last night, but my conscious self woke me up knowing it was a dream. Most dreams do not stick with me. This one has.

I am sure it is a combination of concerns, conversations, and the news. The nightmare prompted this post because of something I briefly mentioned in my book about a missing college student.

First my dream: As I was walking along, I passed two people hanging out. I discerned in my dream, they were unsafe so I crossed the street after acknowledging them.  Green trees lined my new path. In my dream, I walked but also could look down upon myself. As my dream was coming to an end, so was my path. It narrowed and ended up at a concrete wall. It was not big enough to turn around. I could not climb up it as it was much higher than my reach. Could I get out or would someone find me?  I woke up before I could take any action in my dream and with concerns from my dreams still with me.

Sometimes our chosen paths lead us into living nightmares.

Doing deeper dives again on The Clery Act because of UVU, I am looking at different aspects of it to post. Some naive people have no idea of the teeth that The Clery Act holds.

If you read my book, you may have read the chapter on our connections to one another. It is not just Kevin Bacon to whom we are connected. If you have interactions with any human, we are connected. Sometimes our connections are not just direct or one off, but they are a lot less than six. I wrote about a tragic missing college student in my book.

Did you ever wonder why the news can go viral when a college student goes missing? When someone goes missing, it is a nightmare.

In 2008, The Clery Act had something added about missing students.

Copy and paste this link:

Federal Requirements for Missing Student Notification | United Educators https://share.google/TQa2hC0TewBvUJrGS

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Campus Security | U.S. Department of Education https://share.google/N2vdVDBpUK3PYoJ5e

cleryappendixfinal.pdf https://share.google/wM1FlaZfdkilBG9R0

Examples of fines and a few short videos to research more to learn about your college campus or one near you. I live near several in my city.

Examples of colleges which received fines, not necessarily related to missing persons, but thes are important to get a glimpse of how the world of college campus safety works.

MSU

https://youtu.be/mRnBFp1bcEM?is=IT5eWpPAK7rywtgi

Paine College: (also see OPEN Access on this blog)  This brief report is from 12 years ago.. and the point is?

https://youtu.be/mt6kWDuVTUU?is=qMYeQEU7McpuOnxf

Baylor: 5 years ago

https://youtu.be/WOrjknrdpbs?is=SlUFZtX0Fyt0DWk_

Liberty University 2 years ago:

https://youtu.be/g3erRBsboyw?is=vC0y6eAjYBYdIfd7

The Clery Act is provided for prevention. Unfortunately when an incident is at rescue and recovery, that is when colleges wake up. However, their nightmare may never end.

Marian R. Carlino

September 29, 2026

Trending news: Three college campuses

Trending in the news now, besides UVU, is another college campus, Cornell University. Neither schools are getting accalades. Their reputations are in question because of crimes,  one death and one sexual assault case. Podcasters have caught on.

I believe The Clery Act will come into play. I heard a lawyer centered podcast this morning speak of Title IX. The two work together. There will be copy and paste links below.

Politicians are talking, be careful. They will use these opportunities to cloud the issues or to benefit themselves. AOC is out there.

This is a blog that tries to bring awareness on prevention. Lawsuits, legitimate,  factual, fictious. false, can be eyes and ears opening and informative. Discernment is important.

Lawsuits can be a dime a dozen. Someone is paying and sadly, it is not always the murderer or rapists. The victims pay and so do you.

Lawsuits brought under false pretensing can damage worse than lawsuits that seek the truth. I know personally just how that works.

If you were ever a college student before these laws were enacted, you may think, "how did we survive?". I bet most of us never thought outside certain boxes. I am not sure I ever thought the college was not  legally responsible for safety in the early '70s. I went to a college campus that was not free of crime. I never felt unsafe. That being said, one girl was raped, the freshman boys' dorm had constant fires, we had liqour at parties on a "dry" campus, and one fraternity got busted and ousted for drugs. We had no sororities are that time.

Below are links: 

Since the top 10, Commandments that is, did not seem to be clear enough, there are now millions of laws. When they are broken, we all pay a price.

I show the links with a description because I like to know myself where the links take me.

The Clery Act and Title IX:

This link is a pdf so copy and paste:

intersection-titleix-clerychart.508.pdf https://share.google/FwQf94O8gQQy0iD6l

Copy and paste.

Building Safer Campuses: The Legislative Journey of the Clery Act - SAFE Campuses, LLC https://share.google/FAZhWMrPmXc77JCi8 

For those do not think there are consequences to staff :

https://youtu.be/0qnso9G7EeQ?is=KWh7ATxBZaBrIQrV

The Clery Act and Brown University:

-https://youtu.be/Gq4E-QjUA-8?is=P8Ce90SndSQ9ezzE

Next up: Colleges responsibilities when students go missing. If you read my book, you have a clue to the next blog post. 

Remember, warning people of danger is the law. The messengers are not always on top of the law. Then there are some messengers whom are just not believed. Listeners need to know the law besides "Though shalt not kill." The devil is in the details.

Discernment, rinse and repeat. 

Marian R. Carlino

September 29, 2026