Sacramento State dorm residents have mixed opinions about security at the residence halls after recent disturbances.

In the past three weeks, a man exposed himself to a woman in Jenkins Hall, a man was shot with a pellet gun in Draper Hall and a woman in Jenkins Hall was held against her will in her dorm room by her upset boyfriend, according to police logs.

Despite these crimes, students are not afraid.

“I feel pretty safe because so many people are around,” said Junior Leslie Vasquez, a liberal studies major.

Freshman dorm resident Jeff Fong said he has never had any security problems at the residence halls.

But other students like Melinda Schnell, a freshman majoring in kinesiology, think security needs to be improved.

“Just anybody can walk in,” Schnell said. “There are definitely weird people walking around sometimes.”

The online frequently asked questions page for housing issues states that to get into the dorms each resident is issued an access card for admittance to the building, as well as a key to their room.

It also states that students are not to admit non-residents who are not their guests in order to ensure safety and security of the hall community.

Sophomore Kaitlin Kaso, a dorm resident and graphic design major, said people are not happy when kept outside.

“If we don?t open the door for people we don?t know, they get pissed,” Kaso said.

Kaso and with other students such as criminal justice major Triana Luce said Desmond Hall ? which houses more freshman residents ? is where most of the disturbances occur.

Hazem Ibrahim, a graduate student studying intercultural communications, said that the age and maturity of older students in Sutter and Sierra Halls makes it less likely that problems will arise.

Security in the dorm parking lots is also a concern for students.

Tristan Mireles, a transfer student from Delta College in Stockton, said that someone stole his stereo out of the dorm parking lot on Valentine?s Day.

University police patrol the lots on a regular basis, but junior Scott De Medeiros, a dorm resident majoring in government, said the parking lot is really insecure.

University police community service officers also patrol the lots, the exterior building areas and grounds and assist University police if necessary.

University Housing Director Cynthia Cockrill was unavailable for comment on this story.