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From the shooting death of Washington Redskins' safety Sean Taylor to the alleged assault of three North Carolina football players, athletes have made headlines after becoming victims of crimes.

At N.C. State, the Athletics department provides its athletes with opportunities to learn about safety.

According to Tonya Washington, assistant athletics director for student-athlete development/community relations, said she was concerned when social Web sites, including Facebook, began to gain popularity.

"Student-athletes being a little more high profile, I just try to educate them [saying] let's not try to put our personal information on there," Washington said. "We've created a policy that our coaches hand out to our students and now we do a formal education session on Facebook and social networking sites for freshmen."

Washington said they also have programs that deal with all kinds of things that happen on a college campus. There are also other types of programs, including sexual assault, domestic violence and gambling.

Athletes provided with safety advice - Sports