Also Known As, "Rape Alley"

In between Presidents’ Park and SUB II is a path that goes through a stretch of woods. This path does not have any visibility from the road, is completely unlit, and has a history of danger. Called “the Rape Woods” by many campus residents, the short trail is often avoided by students as they walk back to their dorms late at night.

One reason, aside from its ominous appearance, is that a few years ago, there were flyers posted up around that area warning residents that a number of pedestrians had been held up by knife-point and robbed there. The place serves as a perfect location for such activity, as there is a bridge where a would-be assailant could easily hide out, waiting for an unsuspecting freshman. An obvious resolution for Fairfax campus students would be to install adequate lighting, but thus far nothing has been done to change the name of the Rape Woods.

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