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CRIME

Keys in ignition beckon thieves Norman Police report an increase in car theft, advising extra caution CAITLIN SCHACHTER Campus Reporter

The recent cold weather has many Normanites leaving their started cars unattended in the morning so the cars can thaw while they can stay warm, but this practice has left some citizens carless. There have been six cars reported stolen in the last month because of this practice, said Tom Easley, Norman Police Department captain. “This is a self-inflicted crime,” Easley said. “If you don’t start your car and leave it unattended, then it won’t get stolen.”

The most recent incident occurred at 5:41 a.m. Feb. 11 when Norman PD received a call of a stolen vehicle on the 800 block of Brooks Street. The victim reported he started his car and went back inside. When he returned it had been stolen, according to a press release. A car matching the description of the stolen vehicle was seen entering Interstate-35 Northbound on Lindsey Street. The pursuit went into Oklahoma City where the suspect, Glen Gregory, got out of the vehicle and ran, according to the press release. Gregory was placed in the F. DeWayne Beggs Detention Center on charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, eluding a police officer, driving under suspension and a valid Oklahoma County felony warrant, according to a press

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release. Though bike theft is the No. 1 reported crime on campus, car theft is also an issue, said Maj. Bruce Chan, OU Police Department spokesman. Out of the 278 felonies reported last year, 13 of them were car burglaries, Chan said. To prevent additional theft from occurring, students can use different preventative methods. “I would suggest for students to lock their valuables in their trunk or in their glove compartment so they won’t be as visible to the thief,” Chan said. “Or I would also suggest for students to take any valuables More online at OUDaily.com

JEOPARDY!

Students confront random acts of art

OU English literature junior to move on in college game show Whitney Thompson to go to semifinals of Jeopardy! College Championship KELLY ROGERS • CAMPUS REPORTER

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Art technology and culture senior Seth Feken looks bewildered at a piece of art on Thursday afternoon in front of the School of Art and History. When asked about the piece’s origin, art history junior Monique Mogilka said that she had just noticed it between classes on Wednesday, but she didn’t know why it was erected.

SAFETY

Building searched due to threat Bomb scare causes partial OSU closing KATE BERGUM

Campus Reporter

Emergency responders found nothing suspicious at Oklahoma State University Thurs day after a b omb threat shut down a campus building and parking garage. Gar y Shutt, director of communications for OSU, said the OSU Police Department received a call regarding a bomb threat in the OSU Multimodal facility at 8:45 a.m. Police were on site at 8:46 a.m. and examining the situation, Shutt said. Around 10 a.m. students

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were notified of the threat isolated from most of cam- sends text messages and and warned to stay away pus and did not seem to leaves voice messages on from the Multimodal facility pose a significant threat to students’ cell phones, Shutt and the nearby parking ga- the rest of the grounds. said. OSU also has a safety rage, Shutt said. OSU Police Department and the Stillwater police and fire departments conducted a preliminary search Obviously, had we found something, it might have of the building, changed the whole scenario.” Shutt said. The Oklahoma GARY SHUTT, OSU DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Hi g hw a y Pa t ro l conducted a secondary search with dogs and “Obviously, had we found website and social media aca bomb squad. They found something, it might have counts, which were updated nothing suspicious, Shutt changed the whole scenar- during the scare. said. io,” Shutt said. Classes continued during During the threat, stuthe threat. Shutt said the dents were contacted by the Kate Bergum Mu l t i m o d a l f a c i l i t y i s Cowboy Alert System, which kate.c.bergum-1@ou.edu

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U student Whitney Thompson made it to the semifinals of the Jeopardy! College Championship, after some smart wagering in the final Jeopardy! round. The quarterfinal round of Jeopardy! College Championship aired Tuesday morning, pitting Thompson against two other collegiate students, James Fulwiler from Temple University and Sarah Stevens from the University of Delaware. “Going from couch Jeopardy! with a dog on either side of me to standing behind a podium was way too exciting,” Thompson said. After years of playing couch Jeopardy!, Thompson waited behind the podium for host Alex Trebek to introduce the topics that would make or break her chances of moving onto semifinals. AT A GLANCE This round included the Previous OU topics “Names in Nature” t o “ B a c k i n g B a n d s .” Jeopardy! Fulwiler began the game Contestants with “Backing Bands,” testing the contestants’ knowl2014: Whitney edge of new and old bands, Thompson and moved into the lead In-progress early on. 1995: Ben Lyon However, Thompson Season 11 Winner began racking up points, earning her first bit of 1992: Nick Jungman cash when Trebek asked Season 8 first the contestants to fill in runner-up (won the blank for the band $16,800) name, “Florence + the ____________.” Thompson buzzed in with “What is ‘the Machine’?” After moving on to “Novels by Quote,” though, Fulwiler quickly took the lead again in a war between buzzers. “A classic: On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth appeared the letter A,” Trebek said. Fulwiler answered, “What is ‘The Scarlet Letter’?,” securing his lead. Stevens stayed silent until the first two categories had cleared, chiming in with “Who is Sacagawea,” finally putting her on the board. By the first commercial break, Fulwiler was in the lead with $3,000, Thompson in second with $1,600 and Stevens trailing behind with $400. After the break, we got to know a little bit more about the student behind the Oklahoma sweatshirt. Thompson’s basset hound is almost completely brown, a rare phenotype for the breed, which prompted her to write a children’s book on basset hound genetics for a

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