Representatives at the University of Southern California (USC) have confirmed the campus is taking steps to ramp up security.

This, according to campus officials, is linked to gunfire that took place this time last year after a Halloween party.   Since that time, campus perimeter gates have been closed after dark and an additional law enforcement presence has been added.

Proponents of this change also point out that two graduate students were shot and killed in their car in an area not far from the school.

Undergraduate students said they had been wary about whether they'd be safe on the University's grounds, but …