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FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT PRESS
The Voice
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FOR Students, by Students
Holiday burglaries in UPA
Lead to Increased Discussion about Crime Prevention
and Reporting on Campus
by Daniel Prater
fbice Staff Writer
While winter break 2011 may
be a distant memory, reports of
15 burglaries at University Place
Apartments just days before
Christmas are a priority concern
for the Fayetteville State Uni
versity Student Government As
sociation and the Department of
Police and Public Safety.
After reports about unauthor
ized entries and stolen items
from nearly 40 students in 15
UPA apartments on Dec. 18,
the SGA in conjunction with
campus police have decided
to seek cautionary measures to
prevent future break-ins. SGA
Senator-at-Large Amseshmet
Foy presented the issue at the
SGA’s Jan. 25 meeting. “Mul
tiple break-ins during the winter
breaks of 2010 and 2011 throw
up a red flag and demonstrate a
pattern,” Foy said.
However, Associate Vice
Chancellor for Police and Pub
lic Safety at FSU, Chief Robert
Hassell disagreed and catego
rized the break-ins as a “crime
of opportunity” as opposed to
a trend. The break-ins occurred
on the last day students were
moving, “just before the added
surveillance was scheduled to
begin,” Hassell said. “The sus
pects took advantage of the situ
ation.”
Luckily, an FSU security of
ficer was patrolling near UPA
when the crime was in progress,
Hassell said. The officer noticed
suspicious individuals exiting
an apartment, but the individu
als fled the scene before identi
fication could be made. Hassell
said it is possible fiirther break-
ins may have occurred were it
not for the security officer inter
vention.
Lt. Earl Johnson, Lieutenant
of Investigations for FSU cam
pus police, said further investi
gation concluded that 15 apart
ments were broken into and
several items including mul
tiple electronics, such as DVD
players, game systems, and flat
screen televisions as well as
some clothes
were stolen. See UPA, page 2
The art of
story telling
Shirley Royal of the African-
American Quilt Circle, shares
her technique with visitor
Cynthia Delgado Saturday in
the Rosenthal gallery during
the Textiles of Community'
reception. The exhibition
features 32 quilts from
contemporary African-American
women quilt makers from
Durham North Carolina. The
quilts will be on display until
Feb. 26, and the gallery open
to the public.
Voice Photo by Stacoy Robinson
February 8, 2012 • Vol. 3, Issue no. 10
Tuition on
the Rise
by Zachary Johnson
Voice Staff Photographer
Fayetteville State University students will
see a 6.5 percent hike in tuition next year, if the
UNC president’s proposal is approved. How
ever, the following academic year FSU students
would get a break.
UNC President Tom Ross is asking the UNC
Board of Governors to approve a tuition increase
for 16 universities in the UNC system next year,
according to a report last week in the Winston-
Salem Journal. The increase in tuition would be
applied to offset budget cuts in state aid. The
board will meet Feb. 10.
While other universities’ tuition will defini
tively continue to rise in 2013-2014, FSU would
be the only school excluded fi'om a consecutive
year increase, according to Ross’ proposal.
The decision for 2013-2014 will be based on
the state of the economy, said Robert Botley,
FSU vice chancellor for business and finance.
FSU’s goal has always been to offer quality edu
cation at an affordable price, he added.
Until the 2008-2009 academic year tuition
remained stable at FSU. University officials at
tributed a loss of 8.4 million dollars in budget
cuts and $6.3 million in federal financial aid to
the need for increased tuition costs, according to
past reports in The Voice.
Last semester, several FSU students voiced
opposition to increased tuition. The university
held a forum to address concerns and pledged to
keep attendance costs affordable while maintain
ing academic standards.
FSU officials do not expect the proposed tu
ition increase to have a devastating impact on
See TUITION, page 2
Financial Aid Clinic
Feb. 6 □ 9 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
in Butler Room 209