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By CHERYL ALLEN
and MARA LEE
11 Start Writers
V-The calculus midterm, 24 chapters
of British literature, parking space
shortage, rising tuition, loud roommate
arid ... campus crime?
'Students have so many other con
cerns that they often forget to protect
their personal property, making them
easy targets for thieves. From book
theft to auto vandalism, crime on
campus threatens students more than
they realize.
Statistics show that college students
are more frequently victims of property
crimes than violent crimes. About 90
percent of approximately 600 crimes
reported to the University pol ice in 1 988
were theft-related crimes such as rob
bery, breaking and entering, vehicle
theft and larceny.
Most thefts occur when a student
"Leaves a backpack lying on a rock
wall, on a table in the library, beside a
basketball court in the gym," said Sgt.
Ned Comar, crime prevention special
ist who retired from the University po
lice this spring.
Robbery is even more predominant
in residence halls. "In every incident
that I've had, the room was unlocked,"
said Wayne Kuncl, director of the
housing department. "The room is
usually vacant."
Money, wallets, purses and jewelry
are usually the targets, he said.
The situation is similar the University
of Florida at Gainesville (UF), which
has a student population of approxi
mately 30,000. Out of roughly 1,400
crimes reported at UF in 1988, 1,200
were robberies.
Angie Tipton, spokesperson for the
campus police at UF, said "crimes of
opportunity" are the norm. A thief ap
prehended at UF told Tipton it takes
only eight seconds to enter a room, steal
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About 75 percent of crimes at UF are
comm itted by non-students, Tipton said.
Library theft is another popular cam
pus crime. According to Tipton, "We
try to get students to be aware that book
bags are a big commodity for thieves.
Students today have a tremendous
amount of credit cards, and they (thieves)
know that."
But theft isn't the only crime on
campus, UNC Student Legal Services
(SLS), which gives advice to students
on legal matters, sees many criminal
cases. "We see a lot of DWI (Driving
while impaired), indecent exposure,
larceny, arson communicating threats
and harassing phone cal Is," said Dorothy
Bernholz., attorney and director of SLS.
Fake IDs also have become a big
problem since the drinking age was
raised to 21 in 1986, Bernholz said.
"That's probably the trendiest crime."
Students are arrested for a variety of
offenses, including shoplifting, alcohol
related offenses, assaults and fighting,
said Jane Cousins, Chapel Hill police
planner. A few students have been ar
rested for rape, she said.
Most of the students are first of
fenders, she said, but that makes no
difference to police officers. "They have
committed a crime. We treat them the
same whether it was a first offense or
not," Cousins said.
Although serving time in jail is rare
on a first offense or a misdemeanor,
students have gone to jail for more
serious drug charges, Bernholz said.
Students often are the culprits in in
cidents of vandalism and theft of Uni
versity property. According to Comar,
"Vandalism has been done to elevators
in high rises ... (Such vandalism) ruins
the quality of life it costs everybody
to replace this stuff."
But students are frequently more
concerned with crimes involving their
own property.
John Brock, a rising junior business
major from Clyde, had his car window
broken and Clarion car stereo stolen in
fall, 1988. The car was parked in St.
Thomas More Catholic Church parking
lot overnight. Three months and $350
later, his car was back to normal, he
said.
"They tried to get my speakers and
amplifier. That would've cost me an
other $500."
Joe Bedell, a rising junior speech
communications major from
Fayetteville, N. Y., had his stereo stolen
in October while his car was parked for
three hours at Townhouse Apartments.
"I walked down to my car and there
were two guys in the car behind mine
complaining that their stereo had been
stolen too," he said.
Melissa Tuttle, a rising senior rec
reation administration major from
Stoneville, returned from Spring Break
last year to learn that her Mazda RX7
had been stolen.
She said she had lent the car to a
friend, who left it overnight in Ram's
Head parking lot. When he returned in
the morning, the car was gone.
It turned up three days later in the
parking lot by the law school, but the
dashboard was ripped, and the Alpine
stereo was missing.
"I was crushed," Tuttle said. "I felt
violated."
Tuttle was the victim of another theft
when $20 was stolen from her room one
night while she slept. That same night,
her suitemate woke up to see a man
rifling through her desk. The man fled
when she saw him.
"That's when we started locking our
door," Tuttle said.
Students often are slow to take re
sponsibility for the protection of their
possessions, Tipton said. "Mom and
Dad are taking care of all the security
measures at home," she said. "They're
on their own for the first time. A lot of
our students have not been touched by
crime, and they tend to have the feeling
that crime can never happen to them.'1
Reporting a crime is the best re
course for victims, Cousins said. "We
can't solve it if it's not reported."
Comar advised that students be as
sertive in protecting their belongings.
"Lock the door while sleeping," he said:
Have a secure place to store small, valu
able items, and keep it locked with a
padlock. Keep your gym locker locked
while in the shower. Lock your bike
with a big, heavy cable. Don't put your
stuff down."
Rutledge Tufts, director of UNC Stu-;
dent Stores, suggested that students keep
a closer eye on their books. Tufts rec
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Kathleen Benzaquin, adviser to the
Rape Action Project, said statistics in
dicated this campus was less susceptible
to rapes than city campuses, but in re- reported to the police or publicized
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County Rape Crisis Center. "Many;,'
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Project, said most assaults were ndt
ality this was not true.
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actually more susceptible due to the
casual attitude many people have about
walking alone at night. Too many people
feel like nothing is going to happen to
them. They need to become more aware
of their own safety."
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on campus than attacks by strangers,
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Action Project. ';.
"There is a cloak of secrecy that,
doesn't let the stories get out." The'
amount of released information has iit
creased this year, but more needs to t0
done to encourage people to report rape$ -she
said. t
Ned Comar, a retired University po
lice officer, said the police were doing
everything possible to maintain safety
on campus and to encourage people to
report unusual occurrences.
"We are blessed by being one of the
safest campuses of this size," he said.
"Campuses such as (N.C.) State and
Duke have worse problems."
According to a 1988 survey con
ducted by a geography student, the three
main areas of the UNC campus students
fear most are the Arboretum, the Bell
Tower area and the Big Woods,
Benzaquin said. These fears have had
some impact because people rarely are
seen in these places, she added.
Benzaquin advised students to be
cautious in these areas as well as in
poorly-lighted parking decks and
parking lots where attackers could easily
hide. She encouraged people to take
advantage of SAFE Escort and the L
shuttle, which runs at night between the
libraries and residence halls, instead of ;
walking alone.
Also, women should take self-defense .
courses to prepare them to respond in
dangerous situations, Benzaquin said."
"They teach you how to yell and make
you think about how to walk and look
and respond."
Comar said people walking alone
should walk in an assertive manner and
run and scream if a suspicious person is '
spotted. Based on statistics, the best
thing to do is fight back if you are
attacked, he said. Those who subm it are
usually injured more severely and it
takes them longer to recover both:
physically and emotionally.
Lackmann recommended that people
trust their intuitions and avoid situations '
with people with whom they feel un
comfortable. "It's okay to say no to
people and make a scene if you are
being harassed," she said.
On first dates, it is a good idea for;
women to let others know where they
are going or invite other people along,
depending on their lifestyle, she added.