Given the spate of headlines in recent years regarding violent crimes at universities across the country - the most recent being the Yale murder of 24-year-old graduate student Annie Le - The Daily Beast news site posted the results of its "top 25 safest colleges" survey today. Idaho State University in Pocatello ranked near the top at number five. Among other statistics factored in the survey, the Daily Beast examined two decades' worth of statistics reported to the U.S. Department of Education about crimes on and near campuses, including murder, assault, sexual offenses and robberies

Here's what the report had to say about Idaho State University:

"Want a sign of safety? Pocatello, Idaho, bills itself as the Smile Capital of the World. In 1948, Pocatello Mayor George Phillips passed an ordinance making smiles the only legal mouth expression in Pocatello, following an unusually cold winter. Phillips would smile if he could see Idaho State's place on our list."