Do you have what it takes? ...find out on Page 3 Something out of the the everyday... ...featuring the OP on Page 4 The CMesariterion State College u criterion.mesastate.edu Feb. 25, 2009 The voice of the students Vol. 78 Issue 16 REVIVING THE LEGACY OF TWELVE JUNIOR FORWARD SEAN FLOHR HONORS HIS FATHER’S LEGACY hat number means ev- years ago, he can’t help but get erything to me,” Kevin choked up as he tries to de- TFlohr said Friday as scribe the feeling of knowing he sat with his wife Linda in that his son decided to wear the familiar Brownson Arena. his old number. As he proudly watches “It brings tears to my eyes,” his son warm up for a game Kevin said. against Fort Lewis College on the same floor he played on 26 STORY BY BRIAN ERICKSON PAGE 6 Lance “Pono” Ordonio/Criterion Car accident attracts concerns Police asking students to avoid area and take different routes Sean Johnson “The last thing we want to see is News Reporter students, either walking or driving, get into an accident because of the Grand Junction Police Department congestion along Cannell,” Police is asking for the public’s help to make Information Coordinator Kate Porras the intersection of Cannell Ave. and said. “Or to have one of their parked North Ave. safer. vehicles hit by another driver that’s Due to the massive amount of trying to get through.” construction on the 1200 block of Porras knows that Cannell is a Cannell the streets are jammed with popular street for people to use to get construction vehicles and trucks park- to certain parts of the campus but she ing in that area. Busy traffic through wants to stress that it’s not the only this congested neighborhood is be- route. She believes that students and coming a hazardous zone. people should find alternate routes to Construction vehicles are backing get to their desired destinations. up traffic during rush hour. Drivers It would significantly reduce the trying to turn onto Cannell from the problem if drivers and pedestrians alley have difficulty seeing around the simply avoided Cannell all together or tangled mess of cars. The problem of found other routes to drive through. sight distance is making it difficult The police department is asking stu- for traffic to safely drive through this dents to spread the word, and if driv- area. ers choose to use Cannell, they ask Nathan Hays/Criterion A recent traffic accident there them to drive slowly due to the ob- Student security is a top issue after a window break-in in the Grand Mesa Hall. A burglar cut the brought this problem to light. Police struction of sight. screen in an open window and attempted to break in before being scared away by a man in the room. are asking drivers to choose another u Grand Junction police stress calling the police immediately in cases such as these. route to avoid Cannell if possible. [email protected] Burglar attempts to break in Security top issue after recent events Amanda Friar 2 p.m. the next day. Sutton wants to crime is so low on the campus is be- News Editor stress the importance of calling 911 cause people are good at keeping an immediately and the fact that while eye out for each other and are good An attempted break-in at Grand it is important to tell a Resident at reporting suspicious activity. He Mesa Hall has campus police asking Assistant what happened, the RA stresses to students the importance students to be extra careful and to be should not be the immediate contact of closing windows and keeping valu- aware of suspicious activity. At ap- if it is an emergency. ables out of view. proximately 4:00 a.m. Feb. 11, an in- The Cleary Act, however, assists One thing Sutton also stressed truder attempted to enter a room on in keeping students aware of what’s was filling out the form given to resi- the first floor of Grand Mesa before going on. It states that all colleg- dents at the beginning of the year for being scared away by a male in the es and universities must publish all Operation I.D. Program. If students room. The window to the room had crime that is committed on cam- filled out these forms with their elec- been left open about four inches and pus online for students to access. In tronics and wrote down the serial the intruder cut the screen to active- addition, the Timely Warning por- number to things such as computers, ly attempt to get in the room. tion of the Cleary Act helps Sutton cameras, iPods, and gaming systems The intruder was described as a to work with the college to quickly it would make it easier to find items Hispanic male with a mustache and provide information to students via if they are stolen. goatee. He was approximately 5’10”, e-mail or letters to make students Police are still investigating on 140-150 pounds, and 30-35 years aware of what’s happening and to the burglary case. Sutton asks that old. He was wearing a dark hoodie help to protect students. if anyone has any information to with the hood up over a baseball hat In addition, a woman had recently contact the Grand Junction Police and wearing baggy tan pants, accord- had her purse stolen from the library Department. People with informa- ing to a letter and e-mail sent out to and is now suffering from identity tion can call the non-emergent dis- residents. theft and lose of money. Theft is the patch number at (970) 242-6707 or Grand Junction Police Officer biggest crime problem on the Mesa Crime Stoppers at (970) 241-STOP Mark Sutton believes part of the rea- State campus according to Sutton. to remain anonymous. son they’re having a hard time catch- “There are thieves among us,” u ing the burglar is because nobody Sutton said. “It just happens. You [email protected] called 911 right away. Sutton didn’t have to use common sense.” find out about the crime until almost Sutton believes the reason that Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun. Troy Sides/Criterion As rain fell on campus at Mesa State Monday afternoon, guest lecturer Sarah Hutchinson and nurse teacher Judy Brock walk across campus. Rain fell at lower elevations in the state while the mountains saw fresh powder Monday. 59 57 52 52 56 2 The Criterion u Feb. 25 u News Amanda Friar, editor News [email protected] Blotter Source: Grand Junction Police Department VANDALISM- Alex Winn, 18, was arrested and released on a summons Feb. 21 after he was contacted at 2424 US HWY 6 & 50 for crminal mischief, damaging property valued at less than $1,000. NARCOTICS- James Thomas, 18, was arrested and jailed Feb. 21 after investigation showed im to be in possession of Psilocybin musrooms, ecstasy, marijuana with intent to distribute as well as drug paraphernalia. John Stagg, 21, was arrested and released for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. MUNICIPAL WARRANT- Garrett Douglas Green, 23, was arrested Feb. 22 on a municipal warrant with a $499 bond after he was contacted at 6th Street and Orchard Ave. OUTSIDE WARRANT- Ashley Dunn, 25, was arrested Feb. 22 on a CICJIS warrant from Garfield County at 340 Chipeta Ave. She was transported and booked in to MCSO with a bond amount of $5,000. Internet outage causes problems Nathan Hays/Criterion Two Mesa State students place an order at Jazzman’s new location in the business building. Technicians work to get up and running Amanda Friar failing,” according to an e-mail sent News Editor out to faculty. By noon Wednesday, a Basketball court named after former coach and professor temporary network router had been On a college campus, internet ac- installed and the majority of the inter- cess is a huge necessity, and Mesa net services had been restored to the Naming recognizes his commitment to school State students learned just how cru- campus. Technicians are still unsure cial it is last week during an “un- why the equipment failed. Sean Johnson scheduled internet outage.” Classes In addition to the internet outage, News Reporter were cancelled and homework students also faced a cable outage. didn’t get done when the Wide Area The two events, however, are unrelat- Mesa State’s basketball court at Network Interface Module failed ed. School officials had pulled cables Saunders Field House was named af- Tuesday night and caused problems back to accommodate for the student ter former coach Wayne Nelson. The into Wednesday. center demolition and the cable out- former basketball coach and professor The routers suppling internet to age happened when Bresnan acci- watched the dedication ceremony of the campus run along the edge of dentally removed the cables providing the court via webcam. Nelson spoke the network, making it impossible cable to the campus, temporarily dis- to the crowd and his 1959 basketball for students on campus to access any connecting certain parts of the cam- team by telephone. outside websites but still able to ac- pus. Nelson’s wife Marie and son Nate cess campus services, while students “We all really rely on the internet,” attended the event accepting the off campus could access any web- Mesa State President Tim Foster said. plaque that acknowledged Nelson site but the school’s. Several compo- “Your world stops. The amazing part for his dedication to the college.