RUNNER BEAT ISSUE—134 A campus safety publication for the UTSA 2017

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Holiday security before you leave campus • If you leave campus during school holidays store your bicycle in a secure loca- tion with a U-lock. • If you leave your car on campus, park it in a well-lit area, and remove all valuables from it. • Place valuables that you cannot take with you out of sight in your room/ apartment/home and unplug all appliances before you leave. • If you stay on campus during holidays be alert to any suspicious persons around the residence halls, bike racks, or parking lots. • Call UTSA Police Department 210-458-4242 to report any unusual activity.

If you live off campus and are leaving for vacation • Lock doors and windows securely. • Make your house/apartment look occupied; have a friend or neighbor pick up your mail, set televisions and lights on timers, leave your blinds, shades, and curtains in their normal positions. • Leave your vacation phone number, address, and itinerary with a trusted friend so you can be reached in case of an emergency.

Party safety • Never leave your drink unattended. • Never accept a drink from anyone but the server at the bar. • Attend parties with friends and look out for one another. No friend left behind mindset. • If you think your drink has been tampered with, let someone know and go directly to the hospital. • Control your amount of drinking. • Never drink and drive; always have a or use Uber, Lyft, or taxi.

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The holiday is a time when university students and families are home to celebrate, but it is also the start of the holiday drinking season. The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, also known as Blackout Wednesday. It’s as- sociated with and an increase in DUI offenses and other -

A few tips from the National Institute on and to help you safely enjoy your holiday season:

 Pace yourself. Know what constitutes a and have no more than one per hour—and no more than 4 drinks for men or 3 for women per day.

 Have “drink spacers”—make every other drink a nonalcoholic one.

 Make plans to get home safely. Remember that a designated driver is someone who hasn’t had any alcohol, not simply the person in your group who drank the least.

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Robin would like to thank Amanda Swaney and Pat Harborth for all their hard work in processing and getting PO’s and Non-PO voucher paid for EHSRM. It was a mess, and these ladies worked long and hard to get that area up to date with things. They worked as a team and did whatever was needed. I am very blessed to have such awesome team players! Thank Amanda and Pat for such a job well done!!!

UTSA PD Rowdy Watch Student Patrol is underway. Training began October 27, 2017. Members of the student patrol will assist in providing safety escorts on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings 6:00 pm to midnight.

On behalf of the Office of Graduate Studies in the College of Business, Pamela Smith, Ph.D would like to recognize exemplary service provided by Cordell, Ste- ven and Leo for their help with re-keys, the addition of a swipe access door, and all paperwork involved over the last few months. We greatly appreciate your con- tinued dedication to provide excellent service to our office. Corporal Maranda Tupper was honored and recognized as “Woman of the Month” by Women in Leadership UTSA.

UTSA President Dr. Taylor Eighmy, hosted an appreciation BBQ for all UTSA first responders, staff, and faculty who assisted with preparations for, re- sponse to, or recovery from Hurricane Harvey. The UTSA Office of Emergency Management would also like to thank everyone involved in keeping the cam- pus safe and secure – job well done!

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QTY Item Description 9 Bag/Backpacks Various Brands, Colors & Styles 31 Binders/Folders Various Brands, Colors & Styles 25 Books Various Brands, Colors & Styles 10 Calculators Various Brands, Colors & Styles 33 Cell phone & Laptop Chargers Various Brands, Colors & Styles 8 Cell phones Various Brands, Colors & Styles 21 Earbuds/Earphones Various Brands, Colors & Styles 65 Jewelry & Watches Various Brands, Colors & Styles 53 Keys Various Brands, Colors & Styles 26 Misc. Electronics Various Brands, Colors & Styles 28 Misc. Items Various Brands, Colors & Styles 65 Prescription glasses & Sunglasses Various Brands, Colors & Styles 8 Umbrellas Various Brands, Colors & Styles 96 USB/Memory Storage Various Brands, Colors & Styles Wallets Youjian Yan, Marco Cortina, Yartissa Martinez, Michael Hobbs, Deron 9 Rucker, Joshua Ugarte, Devin Alvarez, Cody Phillips 2 Personal Documents 1 Tools Various Brands, Colors & Styles 1 Sport equipment Golf club Christi Flores, Logan Fletcher, Oluwatomisin Longe, Priscilla Onamusi, Khada 6 Bank of America Subedi, Troy Tynan 4 Chase Yusuff Omisade, David Reid, Richardo Salcedo, Angelita Solis 2 SSFCU Lavan Brown, Christian Leon 3 USAA Monica Perez, Keanna Patton, Camden Stokes 4 Wells Fargo Brittany Garcia, James Long, Josue Rabago, Barbara Benson 1 Texas Commercial License Bobby McGarity 1 Texas Learner DL Jamarr Riven Joseph Dominguez, Valerie Flores, Eduardo Garcia, Godwin Joy, Olivia Lott, 8 Texas Driver License Evelyn Martinez, Richard Ndukwe, Christopher Mullins 2 American Express Barbara Dezell, Rong de Trevino 1 Capital One Brian Kelley 1 ADP ADP Aline Card 1 Kuwait Civil Card Alajmi Ali Mohammad 1 HEB Debit Michaek Frazier 1 Discover Valerie M Flores 1 Frost Daniel Gutierrez 1 University Federal Credit Union Elaina Suarez 1 AFFCU X Martinez Alejandr 1 Walt Disney Card Celeste Richards 1 Teleperformance ID Isaiah Stevenson 1 Topgolf Card Sydney Willard-Lacosta 1 ID Badge Joe Anthony Garcia 1 Starbucks Gift Card 1 Hilton Swipe Card 1 Fidelity Debit Card 1 UTSA Summer Conference Card 2 VingCard Swipe Card 1 Wells Fargo Temporary Card 1 Pappas Swipe Card 5 1 Hyatt Swipe Card 1 Texas Roadhouse Tag 1 Santikos Arcade Card 1 Vanilla Card

CRIME REPORT—OCTOBER 2017

The below is a summary of the crimes that occurred as of last month. For more information, go to www.utsa.edu/utsapd and click on Crime Stats. Thefts 7 Alcohol Arrests 3 Burglaries 10 Drug Arrests 21 Assaults 1 DWI/DUI Arrests 9 Theft of Motor Vehicle 2 Other Crimes 12

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