<http://www.uvm.edu/police/?Page=reports%2Freport.php&file=sixYr%2FComplete_Listing.htm>.

This source is an electronic compilation of crime statistics over the last 6 years at the University of Vermont. It serves to illustrate that crime does increase over time and that emergency blue light phones should be maintained on campuses in order to provide security or a form of aid. Often times blue lights are the only resource in proximity to call for help or report a crime.

<http://publicsafety.syr.edu/display.cfm?content_ID=%23%28%281%2B%0A>.

This electronic source serves to indicate the use of emergency blue light phones as well as how they are strategically placed around campus. By doing so, an emergency blue phone will always be within eyesight and a reasonable distance while on campus. All college campuses model their placement of emergency blue phones in this manner. 

David Burns is the Emergency Planning Director of Santa Clara University. Through this phone interview I was able to understand the relevance and importance of emergency blue phones through campus safety's perspective.

<http://www.talkaphone.com/product/campus-emergency-phone>.

Talkaphone is the company used by Santa Clara University. Their website explains the functionality of the blue phone as well as a physical description of the tower. Additionally, the features, specifications and dimensions are outlined.      

Web. 18 May 2015. <http://www.dailyiowan.com/2012/02/22/Opinions/27123.html>.

This online article in The Daily Iowan explains why many schools are choosing to move away from emergency blue light phones as a primary measure of safety. This article provides a point of view that includes money and more advanced technology such as cell phones as reasons why the lights should be removed. Often, the emergency phones are not used and if they are, they are misused. The university wants to move away from these emergency phones and reallocate their resources to a more useful department.

Security, n.d. Web. 19 May 2015. <http://www.rathsecurity.com/campus.html>.

This website of a security company serves to illustrate the multiple uses the emergency blue light phone can have. This website also illustrates all the locations a blue light phone could be useful as well as the different types of emergency phones. There are towers, interior phones, call boxes, and call stations.    

 <http://university-operations.scu.edu/campus-safety/emergency-response/emergency_phones_campussafety/>.

This page from the Santa Clara University’s Operations website explains why Santa Clara chose to implement emergency phones around campus. This website also provides a map of campus that illustrates where each blue light emergency phone is located.

<http://blogs.burlingtonfreepress.com/highered/2010/09/02/uvms-blue-lights-undimmed/>.

This article discussing the University of Vermont’s safety phones illustrates that while they are costly to install and maintain, they are a necessity for the campus. Many parents and students depend on the university to care about safety and do all they can to provide avenues of security and peace of mind. Emergency phones are dependable and constant regardless of whether or not there is cell service, the charge of ones phone or the time of day.

<http://powertochange.com/life/personalsafetytips/>.

This article is indicative that by googling “women safety”, there will automatically be tips to help women be safer. This article outlines and explains ten ways in which a woman can be more cautious when alone and even prevent assault by being aware of her surroundings. It provides a premise of why emergency blue phones are necessary and why they should be maintained on all college campuses.

23 Mar. 2014. Web. 18 May 2015. <http://www.news-record.com/news/local_news/blue-light-phones-a-mainstay-of-campuses/article_0f487ee5-e056-5a21
-8a8b-0813499ddc82.html>.

This article found on News-Record.com provides examples as to why emergency blue light phones should be kept on campuses. They are above all else, reliable. Cell phones cannot always be depended upon. Additionally, emergency blue phones allow campus safety to know the exact location of the caller while cell phones are often hard to pinpoint or reach local police instead of campus safety, which can arrive sooner. Also emergency blue phones have a feature where someone can announce danger or provide instructions to the whole campus at once.

<https://colleges.niche.com/santa-clara-university/health--and--safety/>.

This website serves to illustrate the perceptions that students have about safety on Santa Clara University’s campus. Many students identify problems such as excessive drinking but others identify the aid available such as the emergency blue light phones, the availability of campus safety, the proximity of the local police and fire stations and the university physical and mental health center. Many articles regarding blue light phones focus on cost and usefulness and are from the point of view of an adult who does not attend the university. However, this website provides direct insight into the minds of students and their perception of safety on campus and whether blue lights are important to them.