Walking around campus after about 7 p.m. is not exactly something that students consider a dangerous activity. In fact, since so many do it, most must consider it pretty harmless.

Granted, as the night creeps into the morning, our danger senses tend to be more active than the hours before, but for the most part, we students feel like walking from the library to our dorm after a long night of studying is safe.

Two students found out differently Friday night when they were robbed at gunpoint outside the tunnel across from Reynolds Coliseum.

And actions must be taken before the tally becomes four.

Particularly in the following areas: Reynolds Tunnel, the tunnel where Riddick Stadium used to be (which has seen more traffic since the Free Expression closing), the area between Broughton Hall and the train tracks on Yarborough Drive, a few areas around the Court of North Carolina, the area between Withers Hall and the 1911 Building — just to name a few.

These sections of campus have one thing in common — they are extremely under lit.

When walking through these areas at night, the dim, orange, poor excuse for fluorescent lights that are in the general vicinities do nothing but make shadows appear a little bit brighter.

Orange light against a dark environment is not enough to deter criminals and if that area of Reynolds had been lit with bright, halogen lights (or something similar to them), then those robbers probably would have thought twice about what they were doing.

Lights scare criminals. And it is time for campus security to rise a notch and make campus brighter.

The residence halls and the areas around them are bright enough for students to not think twice about walking from one hall to another. But the trip from Tompkins to Lee or the library to Bowen is a bit more intimidating. Students could use the escorts, sure — but they shouldn’t feel like they have to.

Because sure, there are the escorts, the emergency booths and both students and police patrolling the campus, but not every section of campus can be covered all the time. And it does not help when the lights in the tunnels are spray-painted — making the tunnel darker than it was before childish graffiti landed on the lights.

Until this improvement is made, it is imperative for Campus Police to make sure the darker areas of campus are adequately patrolled because these are the spots that criminals are attracted to.

No criminal is going to rob someone outside of Talley Student Center.