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brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 1 02 no 31 tuesday february 28 1995 all the lehigh news first recent statistics reveal increase in theft petty crime on lehigh's campus by gabriela schneider news writer statistics released by the lehigh university campus police show that thefts on campus have been steadily increasing in recent years for example in 1992 only 175 incidents of theft were reported but this number has jumped to 190 in 1993 and 212 in 1994 this number includes all thefts of personal and lehigh property on campus and the items range from stolen books to cars eugene j dax chief of lehigh police said about 80 percent of all thefts are due to the fact that rooms doors desk drawers file cabi nets etc are left unlocked students carelessness is the reason for most of the thefts dax said he also said that the temptation of an unlocked door is too much for the potential thief dax said that 18 percent of these thefts occur because unauthorized people somehow acquire keys to break into places his only explanation of how people get these keys was that people find lost keys steal unattended keys or find keys left in locks by mistake only 2 percent of all thefts on campus occur as a result of a forced entry dax said in 1994 4,200 of university property in cluding stoves pans and furniture and $ 1 3,590 worth of personal property was stolen from fraternities in residence halls which include sororities 50 worth of lehigh property and 7,184 of personal property was stolen car owners suffered 4,086 in damage this includes stolen car stereos and other ve hicle accessories car owners are usually responsible for the high occurrence of robberies in vehicles dax said lehigh police recovered 14,000 in stolen goods taken from the university and $ 1 753 in personal property was recovered this includes items stolen from residence halls and academic buildings in 1993 49,089 in personal items were stolen and $ 1 2,735 was recovered with most car thefts when the officer gets there it turns out that number one the car wasn't locked and most of the time there's a camcraon the backseat.asuitcasc full of clothes a nice car stereo etc out of 1 0 car thefts you might get one maybe that's actually broken into dax said bear sebastian 96 had his car broken into last year and his car stereo was stolen the one day i didn't remove the stereo lehigh crime watch • in 1992 175 incidents of theft were reported the number jumped to 190 in 1993 and to 212 in 1994 • in 1994 4,200 of univer sity property and 13,590 worth of personal property was stolen from fraterni ties • residence halls which include sororities suffered 7,184 in stolen property • 80 percent of all thefts result from unlocked rooms doors desks etc lehigh university campus police giving the gift of love sigma nu fraternity contributed to the first valley bank's valentine's day food drive last week jason lebersfeld 98 ben waltzer^'9b john tosti 98 adam klein 98 and mike burke 98 background helped deliver collection of canned goods to bank the drive benefitted local charities please see the related story on page a3 oa w photo in dai'hnie sicrii uc renovations to accomodate student's meal-plan equivalency by alexis ohls news writer new additions to the university center including burger king panini's buckets and subversions 11 will accept cash equivalency ac cording to kevin gordon dining services general manager the final details are still to be determined but there is no doubt about it cashequivalency will be accepted gordon said the renovations at the uc are expected to be completed by aug 1 , 1 995 the old cafe is being remod eled to accommodate each of the new restaurants grace lounge will be transformed into a seating area with tables and booths while the old post office will be a breakfast bar pete's arena will remain the same there had been some discussion about changing the meal plan en tirely to an all cash basis but gordon said the university still has to ex plore various options we have to see how traffic moves around campus before we decide about switching to an all-point sys tem gordon said linda guerrcri 97 feels using cash equivalency is a good idea i am glad we will finally have some more variety with our meal plan,"guerreri said geoff clauss 98 said though he malcolm x vigil ends black history month by sarah zabrenski senior news editor a candlelight vigil to commemo rate the life of malcolm x the civil rights leader assassinated in 1965 was held friday night at the univer sity center flagpole in celebration of black history month approximately 30 to 40 students and faculty attended the event mem bers of the audience were encouraged to speak about the effects malcolm x had on their personal lives and on the public as a whole the message i got from malcolm x was to be somebody in pursuit of learning about self first before trying to be part of a system where you can easily get lost within what's going on scott singleton 96 said due to cold weather and a lack of willing speakers thecrowd walked to the umoja house after 1 5 minutes to warm up and continue the discus sion many of the students attending the vigil were pleased with the num ber of people who took part in the ceremony they also enjoyed the di verse turnout i was pleased with the turnout singleton said i was very surprised that there was a diverse number of people not just black students malcolm x one of the most con troversial and outspoken leaders of the civil rights movement during the 1960s and a member of the na tion of islam has often been por trayed as angry and full of hatred for white people theories concerning his assasination have varied from con spiracy to personal vendettas within the white community please see malcolm page a l 2 please see cash page a l 2 please see crime page a l 2 n~^ff hi news iltffilpß world news briefs al-al4 hhßhßh literacy corps a2 pi network server problems a9 l^l w m i science ___ t w fl i scienceßriefs ___. m m ' br _■j ______! sports al9-a24 hfc^^pr^'-*'<rt ice hockey a2l ifc men's basketball a24 kind bud the marijuna debate goes on see sciencepages page 81
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Title | Brown and White Vol. 102 no. 31 |
Date | 1995-02-28 |
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FullText | brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 1 02 no 31 tuesday february 28 1995 all the lehigh news first recent statistics reveal increase in theft petty crime on lehigh's campus by gabriela schneider news writer statistics released by the lehigh university campus police show that thefts on campus have been steadily increasing in recent years for example in 1992 only 175 incidents of theft were reported but this number has jumped to 190 in 1993 and 212 in 1994 this number includes all thefts of personal and lehigh property on campus and the items range from stolen books to cars eugene j dax chief of lehigh police said about 80 percent of all thefts are due to the fact that rooms doors desk drawers file cabi nets etc are left unlocked students carelessness is the reason for most of the thefts dax said he also said that the temptation of an unlocked door is too much for the potential thief dax said that 18 percent of these thefts occur because unauthorized people somehow acquire keys to break into places his only explanation of how people get these keys was that people find lost keys steal unattended keys or find keys left in locks by mistake only 2 percent of all thefts on campus occur as a result of a forced entry dax said in 1994 4,200 of university property in cluding stoves pans and furniture and $ 1 3,590 worth of personal property was stolen from fraternities in residence halls which include sororities 50 worth of lehigh property and 7,184 of personal property was stolen car owners suffered 4,086 in damage this includes stolen car stereos and other ve hicle accessories car owners are usually responsible for the high occurrence of robberies in vehicles dax said lehigh police recovered 14,000 in stolen goods taken from the university and $ 1 753 in personal property was recovered this includes items stolen from residence halls and academic buildings in 1993 49,089 in personal items were stolen and $ 1 2,735 was recovered with most car thefts when the officer gets there it turns out that number one the car wasn't locked and most of the time there's a camcraon the backseat.asuitcasc full of clothes a nice car stereo etc out of 1 0 car thefts you might get one maybe that's actually broken into dax said bear sebastian 96 had his car broken into last year and his car stereo was stolen the one day i didn't remove the stereo lehigh crime watch • in 1992 175 incidents of theft were reported the number jumped to 190 in 1993 and to 212 in 1994 • in 1994 4,200 of univer sity property and 13,590 worth of personal property was stolen from fraterni ties • residence halls which include sororities suffered 7,184 in stolen property • 80 percent of all thefts result from unlocked rooms doors desks etc lehigh university campus police giving the gift of love sigma nu fraternity contributed to the first valley bank's valentine's day food drive last week jason lebersfeld 98 ben waltzer^'9b john tosti 98 adam klein 98 and mike burke 98 background helped deliver collection of canned goods to bank the drive benefitted local charities please see the related story on page a3 oa w photo in dai'hnie sicrii uc renovations to accomodate student's meal-plan equivalency by alexis ohls news writer new additions to the university center including burger king panini's buckets and subversions 11 will accept cash equivalency ac cording to kevin gordon dining services general manager the final details are still to be determined but there is no doubt about it cashequivalency will be accepted gordon said the renovations at the uc are expected to be completed by aug 1 , 1 995 the old cafe is being remod eled to accommodate each of the new restaurants grace lounge will be transformed into a seating area with tables and booths while the old post office will be a breakfast bar pete's arena will remain the same there had been some discussion about changing the meal plan en tirely to an all cash basis but gordon said the university still has to ex plore various options we have to see how traffic moves around campus before we decide about switching to an all-point sys tem gordon said linda guerrcri 97 feels using cash equivalency is a good idea i am glad we will finally have some more variety with our meal plan,"guerreri said geoff clauss 98 said though he malcolm x vigil ends black history month by sarah zabrenski senior news editor a candlelight vigil to commemo rate the life of malcolm x the civil rights leader assassinated in 1965 was held friday night at the univer sity center flagpole in celebration of black history month approximately 30 to 40 students and faculty attended the event mem bers of the audience were encouraged to speak about the effects malcolm x had on their personal lives and on the public as a whole the message i got from malcolm x was to be somebody in pursuit of learning about self first before trying to be part of a system where you can easily get lost within what's going on scott singleton 96 said due to cold weather and a lack of willing speakers thecrowd walked to the umoja house after 1 5 minutes to warm up and continue the discus sion many of the students attending the vigil were pleased with the num ber of people who took part in the ceremony they also enjoyed the di verse turnout i was pleased with the turnout singleton said i was very surprised that there was a diverse number of people not just black students malcolm x one of the most con troversial and outspoken leaders of the civil rights movement during the 1960s and a member of the na tion of islam has often been por trayed as angry and full of hatred for white people theories concerning his assasination have varied from con spiracy to personal vendettas within the white community please see malcolm page a l 2 please see cash page a l 2 please see crime page a l 2 n~^ff hi news iltffilpß world news briefs al-al4 hhßhßh literacy corps a2 pi network server problems a9 l^l w m i science ___ t w fl i scienceßriefs ___. m m ' br _■j ______! sports al9-a24 hfc^^pr^'-*' |
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