Jessica Williamson is taking 12 hours at the University of Houston, working toward a degree in public health, but she doesn’t hang out on the campus after dark and she shies away from large outdoor gatherings.

Williamson is a nontraditional student. She’s 50 years old and a single mother. She works as a dental assistant and doesn’t have much time for or interest in student activities. But in the wake of conservative Christian activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University this month, she and other students say their awareness is heightened.

“At U of H, there are no metal detectors, there’s no nothing,” Williamson said. “And everything is in a separate building, so you have to walk across campus from class to class. The school of education is in one building, science

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