One Major Sewage Situation Students' Cars Burglarized Report: Drunken
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A Hamilton College Student Publication, Clinton, NY November 14, 2008 Volume XLIX Number 10 THE SPECTATOR Report: Drunken Students’ Cars Burglarized by Kara Labs ’09 gler, which was parked in Root terior. His radio was detached Custodian’s 2 a.m. NEWS EDITOR Extension Lot, only to find that and left on the seat of his car. On November 9, at about the driver’s side window was McNerney stated that there 5:15 p.m. Sam McNerney ’11 smashed and shards of glass Dorm Intrusion went out to his ’97 Jeep Wran- were all over the seat and in- see Vandalism, page 2 by Scott Bixby ’11 friendly with him… when I saw NEWS EDITOR him in the halls or something, The issue of dormitory se- I’d say hello or make small curity has been raised again on talk.” the Hill in response to yet an- The custodian did not try to other female student encoun- gain entrance to the student’s tering an unwelcome visitor room, the doorway to which in the middle of the night. At she was physically blocking. around 2:30 a.m. on Monday Instead, he tried to start a morning, the woman, who re- conversation, at which point quested that neither she nor the student became aware of her dormitory be mentioned what she called his “obvious” by name, was writing a pa- intoxication. per when she heard a vaguely “He was obviously drunk. familiar voice calling out her Very drunk. He tried to start name from the hall. a conversation, and he was “I just assumed it was saying weird, nonsensical someone I knew out in the hall- things.” way, some friend or whatever,” Sensing the student’s dis- said the student. “I opened the comfort, the custodian decided door and he was just standing to leave. “Eventually, he just there.” said, ‘I’ve had a couple of In this case, “he” was the beers. I should probably go, dormitory’s custodian. The this is creepy.’ And then he student stated, “It was a janitor PHOTO BY CHRIS EATon ’11 in our dorm. I’d always been see Custodian, page 3 Sam McNerney’s ’11 Jeep had its driver-side window smashed in a burglary attempt. One Major Sewage Situation Lighting Sufficient? by Julia Mulcrone ’11 creeping into the carpeting of some flooding with sewage water the area by Kate Moore ’12 “There aren’t many lights NEWS WRITER rooms. In both cases, the flooding that had just been cleaned. Accord- NEWS WRITER from Wertimer to behind Bris- was the result of a clog in a sewage ing to Wes Hughes ’11, the water in tol, and you have to consider On both Sunday and Monday, pipe that forced water to rise out of the hallway was an inch high at its Judging by the intense il- that there are three dorms down sewage water flooded the first floor a drain and into the hall. worst. lumination of the chapel and here, so that’s a hundred people hallway of Major Residence Hall, The first flooding incident -oc The residents of Major re- Hamilton’s well-spotlighted who have to walk up the hill,” soaking the hallway carpet and curred Sunday morning. Sewage ceived an exasperated e-mail from statue, it may come as a sur- said Amanda Barnes ’12. water flowed Resident Advisor Tristan Rios ’10 prise that the facilities commit- Recently, members of the out of the notifying them of the situation and tee is taking action to improve committee teamed up with washing ma- asking them to suspend water use the lighting situation around Steve Bellona, Associate Vice chine drains until the situation was resolved. He and into the said, “Every flush or running faucet carpeted hall- /shower [adds] to the dirty water that way on the is creeping up the hallway and into first floor. their rooms.” Plumbers Because they were not official- determined ly on duty, it took plumbers a while that a clog to be on the scene. When they did resulting arrive, however, they determined from paper that once again the flooding resulted towels in the from a paper towel blockage in the sewage pipe sewage pipe. had led to the Once the plumbers left, no cus- flooding and todial staff members came to clean cleared out up the area as they had on Sunday, the pipe. The forcing the residents living next to custodial staff the flooded hallway to deal with the cleaned the mess on their own. The residents did area. their best to clean as much as pos- PHOTO BY CHRIS EATon ’11 Un- sible, using Lysol to disinfect the Lighting walkways on the Hill has been deemed both a fortunately, area and a mop that soaked up about safety and an aesthetic issue. around 11 three buckets of sewage water. campus. Many students have President for Facilities and p.m. Mon- It was not until 1:30 a.m., after expressed concern about poorly Planning, to tour the campus PHOTO BY CHRIS EATon ’11 day night, the the residents had done the bulk of lit areas and want the spotlight and look for problem spots. A sewage overflow caused by clogged paper drains backed to be better focused on their towels rose to almost an inch high in Major. up again, re- see Major, page 3 safety. see Lighting, page 4 JON STEWARTsee Page 3 November 14, 2008 Page 1 NEWS THE SPECTATOR Student Assembly Students Upset Over Recent Incidents of Vehicular Vandalism Talks the CEC, see Burglarized, page 1 the past few weeks. Another ally, Officer Kriz has stated student’s car was also broken that “campus safety has been nothing of value in his car and into in much the same way as increasing patrols recently,” Mayday and his car was not in good shape McNerney’s car, except that and has been looking through so he was “curious as to why her car had been rummaged security tape from the cameras [the perpetrator(s)] chose that through. Her GPS device was in the parking lots. The tapes one.” well hidden and therefore the are difficult to read, however, Funding Surplus Apparently Campus Safety perpetrators did not find it. because there is insufficient had been trying to get in touch The Spectator was able to light in the lots. with McNerney earlier in the speak with Officer Kriz of the Another incident occurred by Amanda Jordan ’10 day on Sunday by going to his Krikland Police Department in the Dunham parking lot STUDENT ASSEMBLY CORRESPONDENT dorm room, as the incident (KPD). There have been a to- where a student’s car was keyed was already reported to Cam- tal of five incidents that have and three of his tires were At the meeting on November 10, 2008, the Student As- pus Safety. “Campus safety occurred in the past few weeks. slashed on Saturday, Novem- sembly discussed the Cultural Education Center, May Day, contacted the Kirkland Police Of the three that were reported ber 9. There is no evidence ideas for Dean Urgo on how to increase student-administra- Department when it happened directly to Kriz, one incident that this is a related incident tor communication, funding, and committee reports. and reviewed the video tape,” was in Root Extension Lot and to the previous five reported stated McNerney. two were in Milbank Lot. to the Kirkland Police. Cultural Education Center: Even though McNerney As of right now, “we do not An anonymous source The SA unanimously passed a resolution requesting a has no idea who could have have any proof of anything,” also told The Spectator that on broader campus discussion on the issue, suggesting that the done this to his car, talking states Kriz. But he went on to Tuesday night, November 11, center be housed in an existing building that is properly with Campus Safety officers say that he has “seen similar campus safety had a confronta- renovated, and stating that a new college administrator may revealed that there has been a situations in previous years.” tion in one of the parking lots not be necessary in the immediate future. trend in what the perpetrators People would break into cars, with a suspicious car. Campus could be looking for: GPS de- smashing the driver’s side win- Safety chased after the car in May Day: vices. All the cars that have dow and stealing “GPS units, their vehicle, but was unable For May Day, a big headliner band (possibly two) is been broken into have had ei- stereos; they are very picky,” to get them to stop. They did being proposed. The concert will take place at the Stanley ther suction cup marks on the he stated. Other colleges, like come away with a license plate, Theater in Utica, which seats around 4,000 people. Tickets interior of the windshield where Utica College and large park- however. There is no confirma- will be sold for $20.00 each, but SA may subsidize this cost. a GPS device would have been ing lots in the area have been tion that this unidentified car Transportation to the theater will be provided. CAB will be or in McNerney’s case, a radio hit in much the same way. is connected with the vandal- in charge of choosing and arranging for the band to come that was misperceived as a GPS Campus Safety and Kirk- ism incidents on campus as the on Friday night. On May Day , which is a Saturday, student device. land Police Department specu- investigation is ongoing. bands will perform outside on a stage, weather permitting.