I have to admit that I’ve done the exact same thing, walked home by myself late at night, refused a chaperone or left a party filled with people who were too drunk to make it to my dorm and back.

This happened to Lauren Spierer just over two weeks ago AND SHE DISAPPEARED, and it’s made me think back on my own mistakes, think back on when I got older/wiser and began asking men to walk me home or to my car, think back on when I began carrying a flashlight in my purse, think back on the times I’ve warned my own students (men or women) never to walk home alone .

This, like many stories I’ve read about missing girls, has made me think that it could’ve been me. It could’ve been one of my students here in Milledgeville. And even though this isn’t Milledgeville, we need to care about what has happened to Lauren. We need to FIND OUT what has happened to her.

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