Way I see it, you've got several potentially favorable options:
1) stop going to classes and notify the administration as to your intent, until the situation is remedied to allow you to protect yourself. Maybe, in the light of said situation and recent situations elsewhere resulting in a high body count, you could attempt signing petitions. (If campus CCW wouldn't even be a possibility, seriously consider tranfervering to a different school, if you can.)
2) Consider purchasing a Taser or similar projectile weapon. It is a "non-lethal" weapon and they are often (as far as I know)
suggested to women as a means of self-defense (or, at least, they used to be), and would less likely to be
3) A a protective/"bulletproof" vest costs several hundred dollars $450 or so for IIIA concealable, I think), which is likely what you're paying for books (or would be, in a Humanities major where there's a lot of fluff reading) each semester and will last you until the end of your education career, if that's such a concern. You can also can older, though likely at least marginally effective, kevlar panels to line things like, oh, backpacks.
Take a look.
4) A college student on a college campus has an ideal method of concealed carry with him at all times: his backpack. When I was on a college campus, I didn't go anywhere without my bag - and it very rarely had course books in it unless I was on a study date.
Additionally, something cheap (yet still effective) like a S&W Sigma would fit nicely in this
sling bag with easy-access conceal carry pockets and a hydration pack pocket.
If preservation is just your thing and you don't want to make waves,
don't. There are millions of people who go through life completely un-noticed. Doing so is not all that difficult, even if you're carrying a weapon. There are many people - the criminally minded and lawful abiding citizens - who carry weapons daily on college campuses and go completely (or at least mostly) unnoticed. (I, and several others I know IRL, have done so. I'd not have known that they did, if they had not told/shown me.)
Oh yeah, and it's just college. There are other things in this world you can do aside from work a "college graduate job" - and not all of them suck or pay poorly, I'm told - and there would be nothing, as near as I can tell, that would prevent you from attending another school elsewhere.
[strike]If you have a ccw permit, and depending on what state you live in and wha tthe law is in regards to CCW on a college campus,[/strike] there is always the option of just deciding that you are willing to risk expulsion and carry for your safey anyways.
Fixed it for you. There is always the option - period. Yes, it may be foolish in one regard (ie, the law or local social policy says "don't do it"), but if you weigh the benefits for your safety and come out short under their guidelines, you are responsible to both yourself and God to do as you must.
You know, that whole "self determination" thing. (People making arguments to the contrary scary me, because I realize that it's only a few steps between "you must stay within the law" and "we're supposed to start shoveling Jews into ovens, come help".)
