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Spring Break 2018 begins on this weekend at many state colleges & universities.

Many students will head home, but campus officials are asking them to follow safety tips if they are leaving personal items behind.

Sam Lathrop, Director of Safety and Security at Quincy University, urges students to take their valuables with them, if possible.

Lathrop says the campus is safe and quiet during Spring Break, but students can make themselves targets for theft by leaving their doors unlocked.

“Often times students do that, we could walk down any of the dorms right now, down the hallway and you’d find a lot of open doors,” Lathrop said.

Students who are staying on campus for Spring Break, are asked to contact security if they see anything suspicious.

(Information courtesy of wgem.com)