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November 6, 2013
BIKE THIEVES ELUDE CAPTURE “They use a pair of bolt cutters, just slices like butter right through.” “Take precautions such as double locking your
DANIEL PEREZ STAFF WRITER
regularly from time to time to see that it is still there,”
bike or putting it
In the wake of surging bike thefts, University Police
under
Asase advised.
a
Simple chains are not as safe as many think,
well-lit bike
Department’s efforts to find the perpetrators have
rack.
reaped few results. University Chief of Police, David Ott, said UPD has put forth extra effort to ensure the safety of the St.
Ott warned.
Also,
“Most of these bicycles are chained up, but they’re
try and check
very easy to cut. They use a pair of bolt cutters, just
(the
slices like butter right through,” Ott said.
bike)
Ott suggests several ways students can protect
Mary’s community.
themselves from having their bikes stolen.
St. Mary’s isn’t the only university with a bicycle
“We have a very small percentage of people who
theft problem, according to Ott, who said he has
actually come in and register their bikes with us. There
information that indicates that two other universities
has even been talk about mandatory bike registration,”
in the San Antonio area have been experiencing the
Ott said. “Register your bicycle. It’s free—no charge for
same problem.
it. You have a sticker you put between the handlebars.
Many campus locations have seen thefts, including
I’d love for the word to get out to the thieves so that
Treadaway, Marian, Leies and Garni.
they know we register the bikes here so that they’ll
Damali Asase, a junior English communications
stop coming.”
major and Treadaway resident, returned to the spot
Ott advised members of the University community
in which she parked her bike, a rack outside
to call the police if a person appears to be out of place
Treadaway hall, shocked to find that it
or looks suspicious.
was missing.
“You know, probably, who shouldn’t be here, who
When she reported the problem to UPD,
doesn’t look right. If the person looks suspicious and
she learned of the other thefts. UPD opened
he or she is looking around and just appears out of
up an investigation to find her bike.
place, give us a call and let us check it out,” Ott said.
Megabus offers low-cost rates to travelling students JENAVIE AGUILAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER
St. Mary’s students are paying cheap rates for bus rides during holiday breaks, enjoying affordable luxury while they Photo by Adriana Avila
Advisor Gail Kaicuba and sophomore, finance major Leanne Fuentes, show the banners put up in the Alkek Business School building to gather comments from students regarding potential projects students would like to see undertaken as Rattler Enterprises prepares to take a new business direction.
Student entrepeneurs motion to start pub A team of business majors has motioned to start an on-campus pub to provide students with a new spot to interact as a community. TAMARA GARCIA NEWS EDITOR @tamvicgar
The
Rattler
Enterprises
team
attended a three–day start up program this July that set in motion plans for building an on-campus pub. “Bill Greehey wanted us to have a student-managed business … so the initial Rattler team designed a business around printing t-shirts,” explained Gail Kaciuba, the Faculty Advisor of
Rattler Enterprises. But the t-shirt business no longer provides easy revenue. “We had to look for a new business model,”
Kaciuba
downtown
is
a
said. small
“Geekdom
travel home or when they go on vacation. Like many St. Mary’s students, thanks to affordable prices, junior Reba Cupp, could recline in comfortable seats, legs outstretched, yawning, as she travelled home for holiday on a Megabus.
Rattler Enterprises held its first
Megabus.com is a private enterprise
pub night on Oct. 17 at Pecan Grove,
run by Coach USA. It offers customers
the location pegged for construction
fares that start with tickets as low as
of the pub, according to Kaciuba. They
$1. Megabus.com serves inner cities in
estimated
international markets such as the U.S,
around
250–300
people
Canada and parts of Europe.
business
went to pub night and over 150 of them
incubator…and this summer they ran
obtained bracelets marking their age
“The seats are comfortable, you
a workshop called three–day start up
at 21 or older, giving them freedom to
have plenty of room, and you can bring
or 3DS. We spent the weekend fleshing
purchase drinks.
a carry-on and your own suitcase,”
it out.” Now the University buzzes with talk of the pub. “I think they’re very excited and
Kaciuba
and
Fuentes
expressed
satisfaction with the turnout and hope
Cupp recently took Megabus from
to plan more events akin to pub night.
San Antonio to Austin and back with
“If we could have more events and
looking forward to this creation of a
figure out what the space would look
hangout place for students to go,” Chief
like, that will help the planning,”
Financial Officer, Leanne Fuentes, a sophomore business administration and finance major, said.
Cupp said.
junior
Alexandria
Rodriguez,
on
a
roundtrip fare costing $14 each. “I bought my tickets the night before I left for Austin, but if I would’ve bought
Kaciuba commented. Kaciuba sees support for their idea SEE PUB PAGE 2
them ahead of time, they would’ve been SEE MEGABUS PAGE 2