a student newspaper of the university of tulsa
january 28, 2013 issue 14 ~ volume 98
I-244 E. 3RD STREET Vehicle shot with pellet gun 11/14/12 Armed robbery 1/17/13
E. 4TH STREET
Car broken into 1/9/13
E. 4TH STREET
E. 4TH PLACE
Hit-and-run 11/22/12
Christmas wreath stolen 12/14/12 E. 4TH PLACE
Intoxicated man arrested 1/19/13
E. 5TH STREET
3 37 E. 5TH PLACE
Reckless driving 12/8/12 E. 6TH STREET
Domestic violence 11/30/12
Man with five warrants arrested 1/15/13
S. HARVARD
TUCKER DRIVE
E. 8TH STREET
S. DELAWARE
S. COLUMBIA
TUCKER DRIVE
Golf cart stolen 11/13/12
S. GARY PLACE
Attempted burglary 1/18/13 E. 8TH STREET
Intruder seeks “Cocaine” 1/20/13 S. GARY
S. FLORENCE
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E. 11TH STREET = one reported crime*
This map shows crimes reported to or by campus security from Nov. 1, 2012 to Jan. 21, 2013 at their approximate geographical locations. It includes violent, property, alcohol and drug-related offenses. This map should not be taken to represent the actual distribution of crime on TU’s campus. Reports without a specified location are not included.
Robberies spark concerns over crime In the wake of recent campus crimes, statistics yield few reliable trends. Beate Hall Staff Writer
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n Jan. 18, the University of Tulsa released an e-mail stating that a student had been robbed at gunpoint by two men outside
the Norman Village apartments on the 17th. It also described a “similar incident off campus,” the same day, in which another TU student was robbed. In response to concerns, university officials sent another email stating that the suspects were thought to have left the immediate area of campus. “Campus security is keenly aware of the situation and concerns of students and their
families,” said Kayla Acebo, vice president of Public Relations. One student, who asked to remain anonymous, described an encounter with two men the night of the armed robbery, whose descriptions matched those in campus security’s e-mail. “No one else was around but they were totally fearless to talk to me about selling drugs,” he said. “After I said no, they just walked off.”
Although the student did not report the men who offered him drugs to security, he did say he felt the administration’s response to the robbery was appropriate. “I felt the response was appropriate, and that (security) did a good job.” Since the introduction of the text messaging emergency alert system, students have been more in the loop about serious crimes committed nearby. The emergency
alert system is not used for petty crimes, such as theft or alcoholrelated crimes. Campus crime statistics indicate that in addition to the armed robbery and a manhunt, an attempted burglary also occurred within the first two weeks of class. However, there is no evidence that these incidents are part of any
See Crime page 4
Printing quota: carbon saver or learning limiter? New printing policy has garnered praise from some, concern from others. Anna Bennett Staff Writer
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he average pine tree can yield just over 8,300 sheets of paper, according to the website conservatree.org. By these numbers, the
output of the University of Tulsa’s two printing labs last semester was equivalent to 200 trees. Concern over the university’s carbon footprint and paper waste has been growing over the years, and pressure from many corners of campus has finally led to a new policy: from now on, students and faculty will face a printing cap of 1,000 pages per semester.
The university has assured students that additional printing will be offered in $10 increments at a rate of 10 cents per page, and has emphasized that most students will likely not be affected by this new policy. Dale Schoenefeld, vice president of IT services, explains that all public labs are managed through a central enterprise print
server, which associates users with printing requests across all labs and printer locations. “Using the print management software to associate a print request with a user is not new on campus; using the print management software to manage a quota is new and is one of the principal objectives of the software,” he said.
There are no exemptions from this per-person quota, although the deans or designated others of each college may choose whether or not to include special departmental printers (such as those art students pay lab fees for) to the aggregate. Schoenefeld emphasizes that this policy is about environmental awareness and continued efforts to
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Kendall Whittier Rolls Out the Red Carpet This is a fundraising event to benefit the Kendall-Whittier Community. It will be at Circle Cinema on February 21st and volunteers are needed from 5pm to 9pm. Soccer Coach Needed at San Miguel If you are knowledgeable in the game of soccer and would like to share your knowledge and skills with middle high students, San Miguel would like to have help out with their team. Junior Achievement Junior Achievement is a non-profit organization partnering with volunteers from the community to teach elementary students about their roles as individuals, workers and consumers, and to prepare middle/high school students for key economic and workforce issues. For more information on any of these opportunities, contact Kathy Shelton in the True Blue Neighbor Volunteer Center at kathy-shelton@utulsa.edu, call 918-631-3535 or come by Holmes Student Center room 25.