Stalking behavior often creeps up on students
By Kelsey Gunderson and JoEllen Amato | Jan. 23, 2011It's a familiar scenario: After a rough break-up, your ex-boyfriend or girlfriend repeatedly sends you unwanted text messages and shows up unannounced in unexpected places. Soon, this behavior makes you feel uncomfortable, but you shake it off and probably do nothing about it. Although this situation is considered common, what most people do not know is that this type of behavior, a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear, is a form of stalking and is illegal in all 50 states.