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REGIS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY NOV O 2003 I INSIDE I Off-campus students at local Regis Place Apartments experience crime by Ysabel Martinez not want his car towed and began ,-- REGIS NRWS Do you feel safe at night? Some to shoot at the tow truck driver. The students claim their roommates are gunman sprayed shots to the left Violence occurs near paranoid. Pink fabric covering the front and right of the tow truck driver and campus... door's windows and old vacuum pipes then proceeded to shoot between jamming the sliding glass door is how the workers legs. The police were Wildfires cripple one student is able to sleep at night. "If called and sections of the California ... they want to break in, they'll break in," apartment's parking lot were roped see pages 1-3 one comforting roommate has off. Regis Place residents have not suggested. Clearly pink fabric and old been formally briefed on exactly vacuum pipes are not a professional what happened that night or on any EDJTORIAl.S/NEWS alarm system but as a college student procedures to prevent another Democratic Race heats what do you expect? shooting. up. .. Recent evidence proves that Regis graduate and current paranoid students are simply responding grad student Ashley Ballard lives Residents at Regis Place Apartments, located on 52nd to the events occurring in and around with fellow graduate Haley MacNeil avenue, have recently experienced crime. Photo An Alternative to current Regis University. Two months ago a at Regis Place and has been courtesy of Daniel Delaney leadership ... shooting occurred at the Regis Place impacted by the recent events. Both been violently beating her as her children see page 2-3 Apartments involving a tow truck worker Ballard and MacNeil were sleeping when watched. The family lives in the and two men in their early twenties. This a woman started to pound on their door apartment below the two Regis FEATURE incident awakened Regis Place resident at 1am begging to be let in. Frightfully, University alums. On October 7th Jake and Regis University student Justin the two women were awakened by the Smith had just finished baseball practice Things to do around Gorrie, who watched from his window as strange woman but were cautious and and was on his way to his Senior Denver. .. Denver Police marked where bullet did not let the stranger in. "All night I was Seminar class. Smith had parked his red seepages 6- casings had landed during the shooting. on the floor curled up in a ball," Ballard Jeep Cherokee in the parking lot behind "Due to the circumstances I didn't feel nervously commented. Neighbors heard the baseball field near the Regis SPORTS unsafe. If it had been a drive by shooting the racket and called the police. When Townhomes. He went to grab his Patrick Roy jersey is or serial killer I might have felt police arrived the woman's husband was backpack from his car, but his bag was differently," Gorrie retorted. arrested. That night the woman was nowhere to be found. retired ... Apparently the owner of the car did running away from her husband who had (continued on page 3) Regis fall seasons come Regis security staff works to ensure students' safety around campus to a close... by Ed Bessenbacher department. Our liaison keeps us up see pages 8-9 The Regis University campus is to date with what's going on," Williams by most accounts a safe place to said. Currently a Denver police officer ENTERTAINi\'lENT live, even in light of recent criminal is assisting Regis security on patrols. activities nearby, according to Bill According to Williams it is because of SATL jams Herman's Williams, Assistant Director of ~ '/., recent events on and around campus, Hideaway... Security at Regis University. and to discourage any trouble that Williams says that by inviting the might come with the year anniversary Review of Hilario's help of the Denver Police of the death of Jesse Martinez, a restaurant... Department, and briefing the campus teenager killed near campus last year. see pages 10-11 officers about off-campus offences In addition to these measures, the Regis security office is trying to Williams adds that all of Regis' ensure that crime stays outside the . security guards are briefed about Regis University security goes over recent reports to keep ·t r d university boundaries. campus safe. Photo by of Daniel Delaney SI ua ions aroun campus. The area surrounding Regis . All the precautions are effective, University is not the friendliest; statistics ~ubhshed by Regis ~nivers1ty security. providing a safe environment for show that the area is 33rd out of 72 Probably ~nee or twic~ a ';,1°n~~ we students and faculty according to INDEX metropolitan districts for the amount of have a vehicle broken into, W1lhams Williams and the difference shows when crime that happens, according to said. one look~ at crime statistics from other Editorial.. .........................2-4 It is important for Regis security schools around Colorado. The News............................... 5 www.DenverGov.com. Though the site claims that felonies were down 3.2% in to address what is going on in the University of Northern Colorado reported Feature ...........................6,7 neighborhood around campus, and one only one vehicle theft in 2001, but nine Sports ..............................8,9 2002, it ranked 16th for vehicle theft, an offence that hits close to home all too way they do that is keeping in close cases of forcible sex offences on Entertainment... ........... 10, 11 contact with the Denver Police, campus, according to www.UNCO.edu, Calendar........................... 12 often for Regis students, eight times in the last year according to the report according to Williams. "We have a DPD (continued on page2) officer on our payroll as a liaison for our REGIS ~......... ~ ~~ ..; ··._:, ~ .:· WEEKLY 1 4 • I 1 ~rrr-· ~rrr-· cP. FORECAST 11/3 11/4 11/5 11/6 11/7 ASSOCIATED 51°/32° 47°/30° 51 °/31 ° 41• °/31 ° 32°/31 ° COLLEGIATE PRESS courtesyofwww.weather.com '---~" 2 EDITORIALS HIGHLANDER November 3, 2003 was the first American encounter with a frequently mentioned reputation of The Regis Uriversity Presidential election suicide bomb. being weak on National Security. This burden will fall on the Presidential HIGHLANDER brings out all sides hopeful. A lot of Dean's energy is by Justin Goldman focused on venting. That is not a good 3333 REGISBo ULfVARD, MAIL STOP~ As the Democratic Candidates sign heading into 2004. DENVER, CO 80221 continue to battle it out as we approach The conventional wisdom of PHONE: 303-964-539 I the Iowa Caucus on January 24, 2004 modem national elections is that they I hope the focus stays on the final are won at the center of the political MANAGING EDITOR outcome. I do not have the deep scale. Dean's total condemnation of PADRAIC SWANTON rooted anger towards President the war and the call to totally repeal the George W. Bush that seems to be Bush tax cuts make him sufficiently far ASSOCIATE EDITOR spread throughout many Democratic left. I struggle to see how Howard CHRIS DIETERICH supporters. However, one candidate Dean could re-invent himself as a has made it extremely clear how he centrist for the general election. The SPORTS EDITOR feels. This is former Vermont Governor Democratic Leadership Group that DREW WALKER Howard Dean who has called his helped elect Bill Clinton in 1992, has opponents Bush-Lite. I think highly of Howard Dean uses the phrase said that Democrats are heading for ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR how Howard Dean has been able to of the late Senator Paul Wellstone, "I defeat if, "they present themselves as ANN TOOL bring those formerly uninvolved into the represent the Democratic Wing of the an angry 'far left' party." political process. You cannot argue Democratic Party". The past year has A lesson from Mr. Clinton is SENIOR REPORTER with the fundraising numbers he has been a good one for Howard Dean. He running on the issue of the time. That KATHRYN BAUMGARTNER been able to produce. I just don't think rose from relative obscurity to the head famous line: "It's the economy, stupid." this is the time for him. of a crowded primary field. With Although the economy is suffering we ADVERTISING & BUSINESS MANAGER Although I am not a Howard Dean's promise to completely repeal are seeing signs that we are moving in BRIAN NILES Dean supporter I have spent a good the Bush tax cuts, call for universal the right direction. We do need to DAN DELANEY deal of time speaking with his local health insurance and firm support of improve the job market. It is very hard supporters. They passionately pass homosexual rights, and resounding for me to think that National Security PHOTO EDITOR out information and share why they like faith in affirmative action programs, the will not be the number one issue next DAN DELANEY Howard Dean.