It’s amazing that some students are still making this stupid argument.

In this case, it’s an op-ed in Teen Vogue.

Why My University’s Campus Police Make Me Feel Less Safe

On Tuesday nights, I sit down with my family to watch TV. One Tuesday in early December, I settled down in the middle of The Voice and caught a performance or two before the commercials came on. We were a few minutes behind the live broadcast, so my aunt started to fast forward. I watched sped up images of cars with Christmas bows and smiling people drinking milk whiz by. Suddenly, I saw the words NORTHEASTERN and GUNS quickly flash in front of my face on a commercial for 7News Boston WHDH, and, considering I am graduating from Northeastern in May, I shrieked, “wait! Press play!” Teasing full coverage of the story at 11 p.m., the commercial reported that Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) officers are about to carry semiautomatic rifles. And that is how I discovered my campus cops would soon be heavily armed.

There was no community dialogue. Northeastern’s buildings and roads interweave with public space in Boston and Roxbury. We are not secluded in our own area; different neighborhoods, as well as other schools, are right in our backyard, and we are right in theirs.

There was no student consideration. We live here. We deserve to use our voices for discussion, not only for outrage. I was not the only student taken off guard by this news — not just news of the decision, but that the Boston Police Department (BPD) doesn’t approve. How are we supposed to feel when the city’s police force blatantly opposes the policy?

There was no plan or strategy with BPD. NUPD chief Michael A. Davis claims that the policy is an answer to the problem of proximity and time, which is understandable. However, not one, but three Boston police stations are in the surrounding area; one station is actually closer in distance to some parts of campus than NUPD’s headquarters is.