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Robert Gehrke: At the University of Utah, ‘Safety Is A Culture,’ so let’s hope the culture of complacency is no more

This week my daughter started college, attending the University of Utah, my alma mater, and I got to show her around the campus that is really barely recognizable from my days there.

Also a concerned parent. And I suspect among the nearly 12,000 young women attending the university, there are more than a few equally anxious parents out there.

The “what-ifs” in the back of those parents’ minds were powerfully driven home Monday, when Jill McCluskey, the mother of slain U. senior Lauren McCluskey reflected on her daughter’s first day of college.

“Lauren & I drove her Jeep to [the U.