Campus Capers: Theft at MU Parking Garages Analysis of a Year’S Worth of Campus Crime Shows High-Risk Locations, Items Resume Services
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ESTABLISHED 1826 – OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER WEST OF THE ALLEGHENIES The Miami Student TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2015 VOLumE 144 №15 MIAMISTUDENT.NET MIAMI UNIVERSITY — OXFORD, OHIO Campus capers: theft at MU Parking garages Analysis of a year’s worth of campus crime shows high-risk locations, items resume services CRIME BRETT MILAM Common locations ONLINE EDITOR for campus theft He walked through King Li- brary late one night, peering keenly into cubicles and study tables. He The Rec (23 thefts) knew exactly what he was look- MEET Quad (17 thefts) ing for — an unattended laptop or a backpack with an open zipper, Armstrong Student revealing an iPad. Center (10 thefts) TYLER PISTOR THE MIAMI STUDENT When he finds one such laptop, King Library (6 thefts) it’s almost too easy. He approaches the shiny Macbook, no owner in Shriver Center (5 thefts) After two-month stint of sight. He leans down, places a card Maplestreet Station (5 thefts) ‘free parking,’ on the laptop and walks away. He’s a Miami University police fees return officer, and he’s not there to steal — quite the contrary. The card he left MONEY reads, “This time it was a police of- Most stolen items ficer, but maybe next time it won’t JOEY McCLURE THE MIAMI STUDENT be.” They’re called “gotcha cards” 1st 2nd 3rd and they are part of a Miami Uni- Bicycles Electronics Clothing Miami’s parking garages will versity Police Department (MUPD) (29) (17) (12) begin charging customers for initiative to reduce theft on campus. use again this week after be- KATIE HINH PAGE DESIGNER Police Chief John McCand- ing out of operation for months. less said he hopes the cards will Students, faculty and staff gather around the Hub to hang hand-painted T-shirts for the Clothesline Project New equipment has been in- to raise awareness for violence against women. cause students to keep an eye stalled at the gates, accepting only on their valuables. credit cards now. “It’s frustrating for the victim,” the category of money, meaning ei- Center (10), King Library (6) and five thefts, followed by Morris Hall, Ben Spilman, director of trans- McCandless said. “They’re out ther cash or a wallet, there were 25 the Shriver Center (5). Etheridge Hall and Emerson Hall, portation and parking services, something they have to replace.” incidences of theft. Among the 10 thefts from ASC, which each had four. said the gates had been delayed Between Oct. 4, 2014 and Oct. When specified in the re- three of them were couch cush- Out of the 176 reported incidents, longer due to technical problems 5, 2015, 176 reported incidences of ports, among stolen laptops ions and in two of those cases, seven cases specified the stolen with the credit card systems. theft occurred on the Oxford cam- and iPads, nine were unsecured a male and female student, re- item(s) were found and returned, “When we endeavored to pus, according to MUPD records. and/or left unattended. spectively, were arrested and the two cases specified individuals update this equipment, we up- The most common items taken Most overall thefts on campus cushions returned. arrested for the theft and in one graded from some antiquated were bicycles (29), laptops and occurred at the Recreational Sports Among residence halls, Ma- equipment to some pretty mod- iPads (17) and clothing (12). Under Center (23), the Armstrong Student plestreet Station leads the pack with THEFT »PAGE 5 ern stuff,” said Spilman. “We are using technology that we have not yet used on campus.” Spilman is talking about the more secure credit card machine Miami football team supports 5-year-old cancer patient now operating on gates. “Credit card processing has to FOOTBALL Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Febru- am’s parents, organized a team for look at life from someone else’s meet the highest and most current ary and has been undergoing treat- the walk in September, but didn’t perspective. And this gives our kids security standards,” said Spilman. GRACE REMINGTON ment at the Cincinnati Children’s know what to expect. the opportunity to do that. They’ve Due to the delay in opening SPORTS EDITOR Hospital. His treatment will con- Steve Brockelbank, associate ath- reflected on all the gifts they’ve the gates, Spilman estimates the When the Miami University tinue for three more years. letic director for football, frequently been given and realize how fortu- university lost about $65,000 be- football team signed five-year-old The Light the Night Walk is communicates with Heather. When nate they are.” tween August and October from Liam Kaufman to the squad in a fundraising campaign for the he found out about Light the Night, It was Martin’s idea to have foot- the two garages. June, the support didn’t end there. Leukemia and Lymphoma Soci- he told head coach Chuck Martin. ball team members join Liam’s Prices have also changed. They The RedHawks joined their new- ety (LLS) and its funding of re- Martin was all in. team, and 113 players and coaches will vary for the two parking ga- est and youngest member Thursday search to find blood cancer cures. “Chuck loves to do those kinds signed up. With their help, Team rages with the North garage listing night at the Light the Night Walk in The walk takes place in 200 cities of things,” Brockelbank said. “He’s Liam raised $12,859 – far beyond at $1.50 per hour and the South Cincinnati, Ohio. across the country. really invested in Liam and his situ- the $5,000 goal. listing at $1.00 per hour. Liam was diagnosed with Acute Jim and Heather Kaufman, Li- ation … sometimes, you need to Fifteen Miami players attended The project to change the trans- Light the Night: seniors Trevan action systems at the parking ga- Brown, Spencer McInnis, Drew rages was not completed by the Kummer, Kent Kern, Mitch Win- end of summer. ters, Sam Shisso and Austin Gear- “We had to make a decision at ing; junior Grant Niemic; sopho- the beginning of the semester that mores Zach Hovey, Kyle Row, and we knew this wasn’t going to be Luke Adams; and freshmen Evan ready,” Spilman said. “It didn’t Crabtree, Kendrell McFadden, Josh seem like a very a good use of the Allen and Leonard Ross. university’s resources to let that Martin, Brockelbank, corner- space sit empty.” backs coach John Hauser and their Spilman decided to allow stu- families also attended. dents and visitors to use the park- “Any life experience, when you ing garages for free while the get perspective, is a good thing,” systems were replaced. For the Martin said. “If you haven’t been months that the gates were free, affected by cancer, you will be, students took advantage of the free so everyone has a similar story. parking services, but now that the There’s somebody that they love, project is complete, some are up- there’s somebody that they knew. set with its prices. It doesn’t matter where you are or “I definitely took advantage of CONTRIBUTED BY MIAMI ATHLETICS where you’re from, everybody gets the gates being down,” said senior affected by it. When you feel people Damien Coakley, who lives off Fifteen varsity football players and three coaches, along with their families, support 5-year-old Liam Kaufman affected by it, you realize how great campus and uses the garages while in his fight against Leukemia during Light the Night Walk on Thursday in Cincinnati. LIAM »PAGE 8 GARAGE »PAGE 5 NEWS p. 2 NEWS p. 3 CULTURE p. 4 OPINION p. 6 SPORTS p. 10 STUDENTS MIAMI ALUMNUS FILM STUDIES CO- BOARD PREFERS REDHAWKS PLACE SUFFER SLEEP NAMED COO OF MAJOR AVAILABLE CLASSROOM TO NINTH AT PRE- DEPRIVATION TWITTER AT REGISTRATION ONLINE TEACHING NATIONALS Studies show students Miami alumnus Adam Bain The long-awaited film studies Editorial Board reflects on Between men’s and women’s prioritize school and social (‘95) became Twitter’s Chief co-major is now available, as benefits of in-class education cross country teams, 10 life over adequate sleep. Operating Officer Oct. 5. classes are offered in spring. as online learning grows. runners achieved PRs. TODAY in In 1987, more than 30 Miami students and faculty from nine different student organizations protested at the seal, in recognition of MIAMI HISTORY National Human Rights Day. The demonstrators were making a statement about human rights abuses in South Africa’s apartheid. 2 NEWS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2015 [email protected] MU suffers sleep deprivation HEALTH Assistant professor of psychol- your body in balance.” PARIS FRANZ ogy Joshua Magee believes that College students that don’t or THE MIAMI STUDENT in addition to heavy workloads, can’t get consistent sleep may high stress levels contribute to try to “catch-up” during the The saying goes: sleep, study poor sleep quality. weekends, sleeping for extra or a social life — in college, “One of the big triggers for long periods of time. However, pick two, because having all poor sleep that we know about is this strategy is not effective, three is impossible. stress, and there’s a lot of stress said Haxby McNeill. A study published last year in obviously that occurs in college,” “There are some myths about the “Journal of Nature and Sci- said Magee. sleep and sometimes people will ence of Sleep” suggests that While the cause of poor sleep think that they can stock up on among college students, sleep is may vary from person to per- sleep, so go through the week not the priority.