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Page 4 u u Page 6 TheL egacy Lindenwood’s Student Newspaper Volume 3, Number 16 www.lulegacy.com May 5, 2010 LU looks for new security director By Kenny Gerling said that the university is seeking sell. your hope is that they assess the looking at several ways to increase Staff Reporter a replacement and hopes to have University President James Ev- current situation and work with the security, including additional light- the positioned filled by July 1. “We ans said Hampton had considered administration to determine how to ing from the baseball field to wom- Given the recent incident at have six or seven applicants and leaving his post for a while. “Mr. make it better for our customers, en’s housing and security cam- Lindenwood and the attacks at will be in the process of reviewing Hampton received another opportu- which are the students,” Russell eras at the entrance and exit of the Washington University, campus se- curity is on the forefront of many them within the next few weeks,” nity with better pay - and (the new said. dorms. students’ minds. Lindenwood is in Russell said. job) was something he had wanted When asked what changes may Russell assured that security at the process of filling the position of During this intermediate period, to do for a long time. It wasn’t fair occur as a result of Hampton’s de- Lindenwood is adequate and im- Security Director vacated by Wade Russell will act as Security Direc- to himself or his family not to take parture, security personnel had no mediate operations will in no way Hampton. tor. The security department and that position.” comment. be affected by Hampton’s exit. Terry Russell, Dean of Students, director normally answer to Rus- “Anytime someone new is hired, Russell said that the university is Please see Security, Page 8 Old dorm Nellyville keys lead to theft concerns By Abby Buckles The other thefts could be Contributing Reporter due to a number of reasons, at least one to which some $3,620. The cost for a room students can attest. per semester at Lindenwood. One scenario is when a Twenty. The number of current resident – who has thefts that occurred on cam- a key to a room – claims to pus last year, according to have “lost” it, but hasn’t. The Lindenwood’s Campus Se- student pays a $35 fine to get curity Annual Report. a replacement key. The fol- $35. The small price paid lowing year, after turning for a student’s belongings to in the replacement key, the be taken within minutes. student has the original key “We’re always looking for reported “lost” and now has ways to upgrade our secu- access to the old dorm room, rity when we can,” Dean of which houses two new stu- Students Terry Russell said. dents along with all their be- “For example, just recently longings. outside lighting was one of This scam has been used by them.” students a handful of times, Although the outdoors and the same question arises. Legacy photo by M.E. Brown campus has Isn’t the $35 St. Louis rapper Nelly (Left) presents two incoming Lindenwood freshmen with the Black and White scholarships. Students Cristina Catarinic- been made chia (Middle left) and Ammi Bell (Middle right) were also presented with gifts of laptops by Plaza Motors President John Stamm and Ipods by fine for a lost dentist Kirk Quiggles (Right) from Brentwood Family Dentistry. When asked why he chose Lindenwood to receive these four-year, full-tuition more secure News key supposed scholarships, Nelly replied his choice was because Lindenwood’s diverse and it’s a “good all-around collegiate school.” for students, ANAlysis to go toward within dorm replacing the room walls lock to that and behind room to pre- closed doors lies the prob- vent incidents such as this? Graduates face tough job market lem. Russell said, “The locks Staff Reports Association of Colleges and Employ- nual fashion show, knows about that The number of thefts that should be changed. That’s ers, companies were expected to hire competition firsthand. Majoring in have occurred within dorms our policy. It’s $35. The locks Senior Leslie Randolph, set to about 7 percent fewer entry-level gradu- fashion design, she started looking for in the past six years averages are to be replaced and two graduate along with about 900 other ates than they did last year, when they a post-college job last summer. roughly 15 annually, which new keys are to be issued to Lindenwood University seniors this hired 22 percent fewer graduates than She “bugged the HR people,” sent in seems like a relatively low the two roommates.” month, worries about the economy ev- in 2008. Now, for the first time since sketches, did telephone interviews – she number. But some residents Russell said the possibility ery day. October 2008, employers (177) who re- even went on some face-to-face inter- have picked up on a new of security camera install- Unlike college graduates as early as sponded to the survey said they antici- views. She’s had two offers, one for loss trend contributing to a string ment within dorm hallways pate hiring 5.3 percent more graduates prevention and the other for general five years ago, Randolph has good rea- of thefts that have something is discussed often and was this year, according to a press release management, but she hasn’t found the son to worry, especially about the pros- in common. recently discussed again at from the organization. job she wants. pect of finding a job. There are two kinds of the start of the semester. Still, members of the Class of 2010 “I’m not sure that’s what I want to do theft: forced and unforced Another situation stu- The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics face a challenging job market, said with my design degree,” Randolph said. entry. “A majority of dorm dents have reported is fellow expected a college degree to almost Dana Wehrli, Lindenwood’s director of Planning to move to Chicago after thefts, probably around 95 roommate or suitemate theft guarantee a job in 2006, before the col- Career Development. graduation – “I’m never coming back,” percent, are what’s called – incidents where students, lapse of big and small financial institu- The job market still is “pretty tight,” she said – Randolph has considered unforced entry, meaning who have been thought by tions and the trouble in the housing in- Wehrli said. “I would love to say that graduate school. Eventually, she does the student’s door was un- their suitemate to be out of dustry. But just three years later, college economic recovery is just around the want to get a master’s degree in graphic locked,” Russell said. “There the room or who have been graduates were entering “the toughest corner, but I think it is probably still go- design, but she wants to wait until she are students who have had showering at the time, have job market in decades,” according to the ing to be a very competitive market.” has the money or “needs a change in things taken within min- reported thefts. CBS Evening News. Randolph, who’s working on the last scenery.” utes.” Please see Theft, Page 8 Until a recent survey by the National garment of her collection for LU’s an- Please see Market, Page 8 Student Conductors Record turnout expected at midnight By Natasha Sakovich is really popular with stu- will be provided by Nash- were jumping up on tables.” Asst. Editor-in-Chief dents, and it just keeps grow- ville singer Steve Means. Guffey said that the event’s ing.” Cox said that Means was the entertainment has ranged Midnight breakfast, Lin- Ryan Guffey, vice presi- musical guest for last year’s from country artists to denwood’s annual late night dent of student development, spring midnight breakfast. acoustic solo guitarists like breakfast meal during finals said that the attendance rate “We try to look for artists Means. week, is expected to have a for midnight breakfast has that are more laid back and One unusual aspect about record number of students in been steadily increasing each someone that the students the event is those serving attendance this year. year. “In 2002, we had about will really enjoy,” Cox said. the students. Administrators, Based on previous num- 900 students attend. Atten- While Means plays solo faculty and staff volunteer bers, over 1,200 students are dance has been consistently for midnight breakfast, there to serve students and to be expected to be at the event, above 1,000,” Guffey said. have been full bands enter- a part of the late night event. said Kerry Cox, director of The breakfast will be Mon- tain as well. “Last semester Each year an e-mail is sent Legacy photo by M.E. Brown Student conductor Atena Szuflita-Kasprzak leads the LU concert Student Activities. “Last day, May 10 from 11 p.m. till we had Zack Weber and his out to all faculty and staff choir during last Thursday night’s Student Conductors concert. spring, we had 1,175 students 1 a.m. on Tuesday, May 11. band play, and it was crazy,” asking for volunteers. attend,” Cox said. “The event Entertainment for the night Cox said. “He and the band Please see Midnight, Page 8 Page 2 News May 5, 2010 Intl.