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—NEWS MilKiiteail Uncle UnsMshlMaNeR ctniMUn WWW.GUILFORDIAN.COM BY AUDREY ROTH Staff Writer over campus. Some were shown mercy and only had one of its tires popped, but nonetheless this act Three weeks ago there was a mass bicyde- detrimentally affected the lives of many, tire homidde on campus. Many students were understandably upset. On Od. 11 at 1:45 a.m., it became apparent as bicyde upkeep can be expensive, to students and Public Safety that someone had Junior Lyes Benarbane was one of the many "I hope the response will be taking strong action and awareness towards improving and acting on communal values, respecting each other's space and our environment, and being aware of ways to develop an intentional community that focuses on integrity, trust and support and a safe space." Lauren Schloss '12 popped the tires of almost every bicyde on the students affeded by the vandalism, rack outside of Hege Library. Benarbane lives about five rrdies off campus. The inddent at the library was just the and he, like many others, commutes to schcxjl beginning, as it was soon realized that tires had by bicyde. been popped on many of the bikes on racks all "It really annoyed me because they popped it right as the campus bike shop dosed (for Fall Break) so it cost me $17, whereas at tiie bike shop it would have been $5," Benarbane said. This struck many involved as a strange occurrence for Guilford, as it violates the College's core values. "Inddents like these violate the trust and resped we have for our community and gives me concern for whether or not we are upholding our accountability to community vdues, each other and each other's property," said Lauren Schloss, '12. Although many would like to think this terrible inddent is in the past, in the last week alone three more tire-popping inddents that The Guilfordian is aware of have occurred. "We have a serial slasher on this campus, and a full scale investigation needs to be launched by Guilford College," said senior Maria Barry, another victim of the calamity. "Someone is walking aioimd with a knife, angry. They're only doing bike tires right now, but that's scary." Public Safety Officer David Gauldin was on duty at the time of the first bike tire slashing. Gauldin said that Public Safety is dedicated to preventing bicyde tires from being popped in the future. "It is Public Safety's motto that we are committed to providing quality service and a safe and secure environment," said Gauldin. Though some find comfort in knowing that Public Safety is aware of the situation, it still concerns students to know that there is a person, or people, around campus that are causing intentional harm to people's property. "It is threatening to know that ^ey could have enough time and intention to systematically go to every bike rack on campus," said junior Kelsey Worthy. "If this was purely out of malice, then that is pretty frightening." It appears that the bicyde-tire slashings have been done at random and thus anyone who has a bicyde on campus needs to be aware of these occurrences. "I hope the response will be taking strong action and awareness towards improving and acting on communal values, respecting each other's space and our environment, and being aware of ways to develop an intentional community that focuses on integrity, trust and support and a safe space," said Schloss. To report suspicious activity or 1 crime please contact the Public Safety office immediately in Bauman at (336) 316-2909 or extension 2909 from a campus phone. ARE nu HTBIESnD i EARN ENGLISH OR COMMUNICATION CREDIT & CAREER EXPERIENCE WHILE WORKING FORTHE GUILFORDIAN! Register for EN6L285: Guilfordian Practicum for the Spring Semester. Contact Jeff ieske, jjeske@guilford.edu for more information. Instructor permission required. This Week's . Developments* We presented the Senate budget for 2012-13 now that enrollment numbers are final. Senate has $467,780 from Student Activities Fees, of which $376,172 is allocated to student organizations, $35,000 is awarded to students as part of the student scholarship program, and $29,520 is in Student Budget Committee (about 27 percent of this money has been allocated so far this year). This week we discussed what to do with the additional money we have in our budget ($27,088) thanks to last year's increase in Student Activities Fees, as well as whether to follow through with last year's Senate's plan to increase fees again this year. We also approved exploring the idea of moving Senate back downstairs to Boren Lounge in order to increase accessibility and transparency. Because budget decisions at Senate are a two-week process we will approve the 2012-13 budget as well as make a final decision concerning last year's plan to increase Student Activities Fees by an additional $50. These decisions concern tens of thousands of dollars in your money so your attendance and voice are very important! We need to hear your voice! Got an idea? Concern? Great recipe? It's important to us. Join Community Senate on Wednesday night at 7:00 in upstairs Founders. For items on the agenda email: senate@guilford.edu
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