January 26, 2001

Stalkers on the Campus Have an Extra Weapon

To the Editor:

What makes stalking so terrifying is not the individual acts (unless they are fairly egregious), but the accumulation of small, creepy acts ("In the Campus Shadows, Women Are Stalkers as Well as the Stalked," December 8). Most of the students whom I have worked with who have been stalked do not even realize what is happening (unless the stalker is an abusive former boyfriend) until several incidents have occurred. When the truth hits, they begin to question their own