On my peaceful morning walk to campus, I watched as bikers rode past, noticed the students walking ahead and heard at least one other person walking behind me.

I slowly realized that the person behind me was getting progressively closer. I was walking at a leisurely pace, avoiding any chance of breaking a sweat, waiting for them to pass. Then, all of a sudden, I hear them, literally on my heels, breathing heavily. So I immediately turned around.

Right behind me was a man hunched over, reaching toward my rear, moments away from grabbing me. Instantly the man ran off in the opposite direction, as I stood shocked, looking for another witness disgusted by what had happened. This is why the power of the penis amazes me.

Imagine this scenario with a woman as the groper.

It sounds ridiculous. No vagina has ever convinced a woman to sneak up on and grope the fellow in front of her. Only a penis can drive a person to act so crude, juvenile and disrespectful.

There was a gorgeous guy in line for Burger King this afternoon. I may have lingered a bit and maybe stared a little excessively, but certainly didn’t let out a whistle or holler, “Nice package, give it to me baby!”

The penis, apparently, has all brain control. You men just hand it on over. The liver or the lungs never have that kind of responsibility. Only the penis, and it’s probably the least intelligent of all your organs.

It’s when your penis starts endangering women that things start getting ugly. This is my second too-close-for-comfort experience with a male predator and both have been on or around the Sacramento State campus.

The incident during my morning walk occurred on the same path that many students take to and from school past the American River and Alumni Grove every morning, noon and unfortunately, night.

An incident last semester occurred in the parking lot near the Public Services Building ?” you know, where University Police hang out. I can only imagine other women’s experiences on this campus.The University Police are on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so why is it that I saw more officers at last Wednesday’s Blackalicious concert than I have on campus after 7 p.m.?

Yvonne Dawson from the University Police Department said, “There are only between two and four officers on duty at a time, and they are out patrolling most of the day.”

When I called University Police to report the incident no one near the phone at the time was even sure if it was in their jurisdiction. Turns out, according to Dawson, that the path on this side of the river is University Police responsibility but officers do not typically patrol the area.

I certainly don’t doubt University Police’s commitment. I do hope that they’re truly doing the most they can for the students, whether it means hiring more officers for a campus of almost 30,000 or patrolling more frequently. It’s nothing personal officers; we’d just like to be protected from the penis.

Jen White can be reached at [email protected]