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News May 5,1994 Vandalism in audio/video lab is 'worst ever' Christy Earnhardt Staff Reporter Vandalism in the audio/video room in the Fine Arts Building dur a's this semester has cost the cwn- niunications department hundreds of dollars. “My guess is that more than 5750 worth of equipment has been ‘testroyed or stolen,” Professor Don ^dy said. The vandalism includes: com pact discs shredded by a razor blade, Stolen compact discs, stolen com pact disc interface box, stolen tone ^ heads, rewired equipment and ^oken microphones. “I borrowed two microphones from the Learning Resource Center to use for an advance audio produc- class and someone broke the off both microphones,” Grady “This was deliberate physical *^®3ge on someone’s part...it was •tot an accident,” he said. As a result, the LRC is more hesitant to loan equipment to the communications department. “I want to help the department as much as 1 can, but equipment is just too expensive to throw away like that,” Chris Fulkerson, associ ate director of Learning Resources Center said. The police however have not been notified. “This has probably not been reported because suspi cious things have been occurring very gradually, not all at once,” Grady said. Although the audio/video room has experienced wear and tear over the last six years “this is the worst I’ve seen it in terms of willful de struction of prc^rty,” Grady said. There is no supervision in the audio/video room frMn 8 ajn. to 5 p.m. After 5 pJn., student woikers supervise the room until 11 p.m. “No supervision may be part of the problem,” Grady said. Changes by the departmentwill be made this summer to increase security, said George Padgett, chair of the communications department “Perhaps more student woikers will be added so the room will not be left unsupervised,” he said. Before, the department used a “key system” to regulate who en tered the room. Professor Gerald Gibson said. To use the room a student had to present their identification card to the Fine Arts secretary who had a key. The system ended because “it was driving us crazy,” Brenda Coo per, secretary to the director of cul tural programs, said. “It seemed like it should be the CMnmunicationsresponsibility...not ours,” she said. Besides money, a great loss is “our patience,” said Gibson. The destruction of equipment “has cre ated a lot of frustration” he said. “I don’t feel ccxnpelled to go out and buy anymore COTipact discs. This has taken away my enthusi asm,” Gibson said. I^rug suspect fleeing police hops ride with unsuspecting students ^ary Kelli Bridges Staff Reporter A man fleeing from police last jumped into a car with Elon College students, police Friday. 25 i^”^^EmmanuelWatlington, Of ’ caught selling six rocks Crack cocaine to undercover Gib: at Po^ce Maj. Gary Felts ,, P police officials said. Watlii ngton ran from the park- Star Pantry, a convenience 3nd comer of Williamson ®8gard avenues, as Felts pre- ®^st him, Elon College Chief Dan Ingle said. Willi ^ direction of ®^f“llytoclimbintoacar. Watlington then ran to the Jor dan Center parking lot, where he offered three Elon College students $10 for a ride home, Ingle said. He was in the car when officers arrived to arrest him. The students were not harmed. “(The) officers had to draw (their) guns because he was a flee ing felon and they had inforiMtion that he was armed,” Ingle said. No gun was found, however. Watlington was out on bond for second-degree kidnapping, Ingle said. Watlington was taken to the Elon College PoUce Department, questionedandbooked. He was then taken to the Alamance County Jail in the front seat of DetecUve Mike Woznick’s car. When they arrived, Watlington, who was wearing handcuffs, took off the seat belt, jumped out of the car and ran. Graham and Burlington police officers and sheriffs deputies helped recapture Watlington. Police found $100 from the drug sale under the seat of student Sherri Annette Hill’s brown Hyundai, Ingle said. Watlington was charged with felonious possession of crack co caine, possession with intent to sell and deliver, selling and delivering of crack cocaine, and resisting, ob structing, and delaying a police of ficer. Watlington was being held on $50,000 bond last Friday. W.S.O.E. Work for Eton's Unsound Alternative radio station ✓ Needs Summer DJ's , ,*^ONTACr TRES MORLEY 584-WSOE 1 . Stacy MogoiyJhe Pendulum Damage to the audioA^ideo lab has cost the communications department $750. “How am I supposed to be en thusiastic about teaching when I’m spending so much time fixing things...it drains you,” he said. Although the decisicxi to pur chase new equipment has not been made, the broken equipment will be replaced or repaired over the sum mer, Padgett said. “I don’t know why people would destroy or steal the stuff. It doesn’t make sense because they are only hurting themselves in the end,” senior Joe Kilty said.. TOWNE CENTRE Self Storage UNIT SIZE MONTHLY RATE 5x5 5x10 $25 35 • You lock it; you keep the key 5x15 45 • Monthly leases 7.5 x 10 45 • Lighted and 10x10 55 fenced 10 X 12.5 65 • Manager on site 10x15 70 • Computerized 10x20 80 security 10x30 110 • Clirrtate control 15x30 150 • units available Office Hours 10:00 am-6:00 pm Monday-Saturday crmiuiv M 1141 570-1140 1226 Mebane Street Burlington, N.C Linda G. Walker Resident Manager c r »
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