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Wright State University CORE Scholar The Guardian Student Newspaper Student Activities 10-12-2005 The Guardian, October 12, 2005 Wright State University Student Body Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/guardian Part of the Mass Communication Commons Repository Citation Wright State University Student Body (2005). The Guardian, October 12, 2005. : Wright State University. This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Activities at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Guardian Student Newspaper by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Wright State Wednesday University's Oct. 12, 2005 Campus New Students speak J amile McGee Men's soccer out on what it places third on has tough break means to be at omecom1ng• Greek reality show ... ~ Woman dies 1n Homecom·ng 2005 area danger zone According to authorities, the Voy II Dangers are ager then kept driving and cau ed another accident farther down Colonel prevalent for com Glenn Highway. muters, pedestrians ''It i the bad driver on top of poor de ign that lead to abhorrent danger," Keny~ said Pat Reilly, an English and creative ~ writing major. This recent accident was one out of In 2004 there were 9 personal prop numerous collision that talce place at erty accidents involving cars hitting the dangerous intersection in front of other cars, or car hitting a stationary the Nutter Center. object such as a light pole or top ign, On top of the multiple per onal according to Wright State Police Chief property accidents at WSU, there were Simone Polk. also 24 hit and run accidents leaving Out of these accidents Polk said, "an investigative challenge,', said Polk. 'there were no reported accidents that Polk said that she didn't think there involved injwy." Until now. were any real 'danger zones, on cam One woman died and other were pus, but offered safety tip to drivers injured a a re ult of an auto accident and pedc trians. last Tue day at the inter ection of "Driver in parking lot should be Colonel Glenn Highway and Fairfield aware of on-coming cars, and cars Road. backing out," said Polk. "High speeds Helene Fletcher, 26, of Xenia was in parking lots can cause accidents." pronounced dead at the scene after a "Pedestrians should be attentive to Plymouth Voyager struck three stopped moving traffic and be aware of sur vehicles, including hers. roundings," said Polk. She also encouraged students to use marked crosswalks and raised walk ways when walking to campus. Polk said students walking in the middle of the road create an unreason able hazard in the road. + Be attentive Students frequently cross the road in + Drive defensively front of the Campus Ministries build ing. + Observe the speed Polk said there are raised crosswalks limit on either side of the building, and that students should use those. + Make sure windows She also said that there are signs by and windshield are the road specifically telling students not to cross in the undesignated area. Perry Harris m and Juanita Brent~ O'OW1l#Xl king lllld q11«11 at the Men~ Homecom clear Polle said Campus Police, Resident ing soccer game last Fridojl. Services and Facilities Planning and 1ifk~ fO-'t Pede~i1tian~ Management are working together to Your complete Homecoming guide starts here: put up a fence behind Boston and Jacob Halls. *Homecoming photospread: page 11 + Pay attention to Polle said the fence will be up "in the *Students elect Homecoming royalty: page 4 very near future." moving traffic Polk said any student that observes *Read a_bout Homecoming Kick-off, the parade, + Use crosswalks and and accident should contact Wright dance and the Wolf Den Festival: pages 12 and 13 raised walkways State Police from one of the emergency phones on campus or by calling x2 l l l. *Students participate in 5k run: page 4 News 9/27 /2005- A tudent reported that pot in lot 11. Threat were made her vehicle had been tolen from again t her in regard to .. he did not pringficld. The vehicl wa later know who he wa me ·ing with," found in lot 4. Police in ·pected the , nd, "·he wa going to get her butt chicle and found the laundry, a name kicked." When p lice w nt to question tag, and paperwork belonging to the the su p ct in cla , . h itcd the usp ct. In additi n, a green handled r m and could not h found. sc· lpd and thr ·c ro ks of :uspcctcd cocaine w re t und. 10/2/2005- fire , la rm ent off when a he· tcr wa tum ·d on. It wa, 9/28/200 - Police :topp <l a driv r foupd that du t in. id the heater\ a for driving n a one way treet the burning. Wh1;n police qu tion d the wrong \ ay. Once topp d, the dri er inhabitant , they found alcohol wa · in produced an Ohio ID and aid he wa the room. Tho e drinking were minor only parking the car. Police ran the and were asked to dump all of the card through LEADS and found that alcohol out. the driver had suspended driving privi leges for driving without financial 10/2/2005- A fire alarm went off in re pon ibility and driving the wrong the orth wing of the Honor s Dorm way on a one way treet. The driver when a fire wa di covered on the wa cited and told he wa not allowed forth floor in the we t wing. Package on WSU campus. of food bad fallen onto a light fixture and caught fire. The room inhabitant r ~ ------~- ----=-----=-=---------------=-=---------- 9/28/2005- A student called police were not in the room at the time. Min when he wa haras ed for a parking imal damage was found. - ,. 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It is evident that WSU is a commuter he aid. He al o said that a little over ''If you have 11:00 class and arrive ch I by the number of parking spots half of student parking, around 4, 700 between 10:30 and 11:00, the only available on campu and the even larger paces, i available in lot 4 and that it place to park will probably be lot 4, ' number of parking permits offered t ha n 't been filling up latdy. said Kn::tzcr. He said that peak hours commuters ''We have empty pace on campus for parking are between 11:00 and Wright. tate offers about 7300 c m everyday, but s me f that ·pace i n 't 12:00. ''After 12:00 paces open up by mutt:r parlcing space . about l .5 ru.