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(02/16/10 7:22pm)
An exit sign from the basement of Norsworthy Hall was damaged between 4:30 p.m. Monday Feb. 8 and 8:30 a.m. Friday Feb. 12. The wall mount was bent downward and the sign was in pieces on the floor. There is nothing further to report at this time.
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A hallway water fountain was found loosened from the wall at 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday Feb. 9 in Centennial Hall. A bracket was loosed and the drain seal was damaged. The value of the damage is unknown at this time.
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(02/12/10 9:11pm)
A female student received harassing phone
calls from a blocked number between 5 p.m.
Thursday Jan. 21 and 5 p.m. Thursday Feb. 4.
The victim said she cancelled her phone service,
according to Campus Police.
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A Coach wristlet and ID card were stolen
out of a cubby between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. on
Wednesday Feb. 3 from Packer Hall.
The total value of the stolen items is
$150, according to reports.
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An eight GB iPod nano
was stolen off of a couch
between 8:40 a.m. and 8:50
a.m on Tuesday Feb. 2 in the Travers/ Wolfe
main lounge, Campus Police said. The victim
said he left his iPod and coat on the couch and
went to use the bathroom. When he returned,
he found his jacket behind the couch but the
iPod was gone. It is valued at $140.
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A Vera Bradley wristlet was stolen between
10:20 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. on Monday
Feb. 1 from the New Residence main
lounge. The victim was attending an event
in the lounge and left her wristlet and cell
phone in her jacket pocket in the corner of
the room, police said.
When she returned, the wristlet was missing.
She found her cell phone in a trash can in
the lounge. The wristlet is valued at $27.
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Twelve placemats were stolen between
4:20 p.m. Jan. 27 and 12:30 p.m. Jan. 29 from
Loser Hall. The building employees conducted
a search to no avail. According to reports,
the placemats are valued at $180.
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An intoxicated female was
found unconscious at 2:40 a.m.
on Sunday Jan. 31 in Centennial
Hall. When Campus Police
arrived, the victim was able to
sit propped against the wall, but
was unable to answer questions,
and did not know her room number.
She said she consumed four beers at an
off-campus party, reports said. Lions EMS assumed
patient care.
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A Tom-Tom navigation device and several
other items were stolen out of a car between
10 p.m. Tuesday Jan. 26 and 2:30 p.m. Saturday
Jan. 30 from Lot 9.
The victim said she locked her car when
she left but, when she returned, found her
sleeping bag underneath the car parked next to
hers. Other items inside of her car were spread
throughout the inside, police said. The value
of the items stolen is $300.
(02/02/10 7:00pm)
An intoxicated male was found urinating on a sidewalk at 1:20 a.m. on Friday Jan. 29 behind Travers Hall. The male said he went to an off-campus party and had to go to the bathroom. He was issued a summons.
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The friend of an intoxicated male called Campus Police because he was concerned for his friend’s safety at 1:50 a.m. on Saturday Jan. 23 from Norsworthy Hall. The victim said he consumed four or five beers at an off-campus party.
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A wallet and its contents were stolen from a desk drawer between Monday Jan. 18 and Wednesday Jan. 20 from Hausdoerffer Hall. The victim said she searched her room after she noticed it was missing, but to no avail. The total value stolen was $375.
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A wallet was stolen between 10 a.m. and 12 a.m. on Saturday Jan. 23 in the Packer Hall gym. The victim said he left his wallet in his jacket pocket while he worked out and didn’t notice it was missing until 2 p.m. He searched his room and the gym, but was not able to find it. The total value stolen was $50.
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An intoxicated female was found at 1 a.m. on Friday Jan. 29 in Travers Hall. Her speech was slurred and she had difficulty answering questions, but she was able to say that she consumed an unknown amount of alcohol with her friends in New Residence Hall. Lions EMS arrived on the scene and contacted Pennington Road EMS. The victim was transported to Capital Health Systems at Mercer Medical. She was issued a summons.
(01/26/10 7:01pm)
A textbook was stolen at around 2 p.m. on Dec. 12 from the basement of the New Library.
At 4:20 p.m., Campus Police was called to the bookstore where the manager said the student was able to identify her book, which had been sold back, by markings she had previously made in it, reports said.
At 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 21, two individuals were brought into Campus Police Headquarters where one received a warrant for receiving stolen property and the other received a warrant for theft by unlawful taking.
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An individual discharged pellets from a Mossberg M590 Airsoft Pellet shotgun at around 11:30 p.m. on Monday Jan. 18 in Travers Hall. According to Campus Police, he was issued a complaint warrant for unlawful possession of weapons in an educational institution and was released.
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A GPS was stolen from a car between 7 p.m. Tuesday Jan. 19 and 2 p.m. Thursday Jan. 21 on the second floor of Lot 9. The victim said she left her GPS in the glove box, reports said.
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An intoxicated male was found passed out and unresponsive inside a stall of a men’s bathroom at 3:12 a.m. on Tuesday Jan. 19 in Travers Hall. The victim was breathing but unable to be awakened and answer questions, according to reports.
Ewing Township EMS arrived and the male was able to respond that he consumed between eight and nine beers but did not know where, Campus Police said. He was transferred to Capital Health Systems at Fuld for further evaluation and treatment.
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An intoxicated female attempted to walk past a security desk, despite the command of the desk attendant to stop and show identification at 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday Jan. 19 in Wolfe Hall.
According to Campus Police, her speech was slurred, she was swaying back and forth and was unable to walk in a straight line. She said she was driven to an off-campus party. Lions EMS requested Ewing Township EMS and the female was transported to Capital Health Systems at Fuld.
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A wallet was stolen from a computer lab between 10 a.m. and 11:40 a.m. on Tuesday Jan. 19 in Forcina Hall.
The victim said he left the room located on the first floor and went up to the second floor. When he returned, his wallet was gone and he was unable to locate it after searching the area, according to reports.
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Two sinks were removed from the wall, one sink was loosened and plastic PVC drain piping was removed from a men’s bathroom between 4 p.m. Tuesday Jan. 19 and 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 in Norsworthy Hall, according to Campus Police. There is no further information at this time.
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An intoxicated female was found hugging the toilet with vomit in her hair at 12 a.m. Wednesday Jan. 20 in Cromwell Hall. She appeared semi-conscious and her speech was slurred, Campus Police said.
Lions EMS arrived on the scene and requested Pennington Road EMS. The victim was transported to Capital Health Systems at Fuld for further evaluation and treatment.
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An intoxicated female was found in a women’s bathroom at 1:35 a.m. on Wednesday Jan. 20 in Norsworthy Hall. Lions EMS assumed patient care.
According to reports, the female said she drank an unknown amount of alcohol at an off-campus party.
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A wallet was stolen between 9 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. on Wednesday Jan. 20 in Kendall Hall. According to reports, the victim said she put her wallet in her jacket pocket while she watched Tucker Max and when she went to retrieve it, it was gone. She searched Kendall Hall to no avail. The wallet and its contents are valued at $102, Campus Police said.
(12/03/09 4:40pm)
A three-foot long, six-foot wide white wooden greeting desk was taken between 2 a.m. and 10 p.m. on Monday Nov. 30 from Cromwell Hall, according to Campus Police. All common areas in the building were checked, but the desk was not found.
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The light fixtures on the front of Allen Hall and a light fixture in the rear of Ely Hall were broken off between 10 a.m. Sunday Nov. 22 and 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Nov 25, reports said. There is no further information at this time.
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A yellow traffic sign that reads, “Speed Bump Ahead, 200 Feet” was found laying on the floor in the Phelps Hall main office at 8:10 a.m. on Saturday Nov. 21. Due to the height and length of the sign, it is suspected that at least two people were involved, Campus Police said. The sign was taken from Metzger Drive West, in front of Phelps Hall. There are currently no suspects.
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A female was found on the floor at 12:45 a.m. on Sunday Nov. 22 in the basement lobby of Travers Hall. When Campus Police arrived, she and another female were sitting on the stairs, slumped against the wall. They both smelled of alcohol and said they were driven to an off-campus party where they consumed beer and jungle juice, reports said. Lions EMS was on scene and the females were issued summonses.
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The driver side mirror of a 2005 Dodge truck was broken off between 3 p.m. Saturday Nov. 14 and 12:40 p.m. Tuesday Nov. 24 in Lot 9, according to Campus Police. Particles of glass were found on the ground. There are no suspects at this time.
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The passenger side mirror of a 2008 Dodge was cracked between 1:15 a.m. Friday Nov. 20 and 3 p.m. Saturday Nov. 21 in Lot 8. The victim noticed the mirror was cracked after she started driving, and she is now unable to move the mirror using the controls, reports said.
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Two individuals were found vomiting in a women’s bathroom at 3 a.m. on Wednesday Nov. 25 in Travers Hall, according to reports. They said they consumed an unknown amount of alcohol at an off-campus party. Lions EMS arrived and both were issued summonses.
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The driver’s side mirror was broken off of a 2004 Hyundai between 7 and 8:30 p.m. on Saturday Nov. 21 in Lot 9, according to Campus Police. There is nothing further to report at this time.
(12/01/09 5:04pm)
Ewing Police confiscated computer equipment on Friday Nov. 6 from an off-campus house occupied by members of fraternity Sigma Pi Theta Delta chapter. According to Lt. Jerry Jacobs of Ewing Police, the situation is currently under investigation and no arrests have been made.
Carlos Rosado, president of Sigma Pi, offered comment on the incident, “The issue that you are referring to is one of a personal nature related specifically to an individual from which the organization has disassociated. We have cooperated with the authorities in every way possible and will continue to do so. We cannot comment further out of respect for that individual as this is an ongoing investigation.”
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Two females were found smoking marijuana at 6:05 p.m. on Monday Nov. 16, in the woods behind Travers and Wolfe Halls, according to Campus Police. When Campus Police asked what the females were doing, one replied, “We’re smoking pot.”
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Two intoxicated males entered a female’s room and asked if she wanted to go outside and smoke weed at 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday Nov. 18, in Cromwell Hall, Campus Police said. The female declined and contacted Campus Police.
Upon arrival, three males were spotted outside of Cromwell Hall. When they saw Campus Police, they ran inside. After searching the building, the three males were found in a lounge. They all denied involvement.
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A bicycle was stolen between 5 p.m. Tuesday Nov. 17 and 1:15 a.m. Wednesday Nov. 18 from outside the New Library, according to Campus Police.
The victim said he left his bike unsecured and returned to discover it was missing. He searched campus, but to no avail. The bike is valued at approximately $200.
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A black flat screen computer monitor was stolen between 12 p.m. Friday Nov. 13 and 10 a.m. Tuesday Nov. 17 from a room in the basement of Cromwell Hall, Campus Police said. The director of Campus Media Services (CMS) said he was working on a work-related matter on the computer, and the computer was in place when he left the room on Friday, Campus Police said.
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According to Campus Police, four males used a pocket knife to cut a 25 foot length of bamboo tree from campus to knock down a branch, which was hanging over their driveway at 10:45 p.m. on Sunday Nov. 15 on Crescent Ave. They were issued a summons for criminal mischief.
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An unknown person stole video game equipment between 4 a.m. and 12 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15 from a lounge in Cromwell Hall, Campus Police said. The equipment is valued at $500.
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A security officer found a male staggering into Travers Hall at 2 a.m. on Sunday Nov. 15, Campus Police said.
When Campus Police arrived, the male was lying face down in his bed and smelled of alcohol. He said he drank three or four beers at an off-campus house.
Lions EMS and Pennington Road EMS arrived and transported the victim to Helen Fuld Medical Center for further treatment. He was issued a summons.
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An unconscious male was found lying on a bathroom floor covered in vomit at 6:25 a.m. on Saturday Nov. 4 in Hausdoerffer Hall, according to Campus Police.
Lions EMS and Pennington Road EMS arrived and transported him to Capital Health Systems at Mercer Medical for further evaluation and treatment. Residential Education and Housing was on the scene, documented the incident and went to the hospital with the victim.
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According to Campus Police, a purse was found at 10 p.m. on Saturday Nov. 14, on the side of the road west of the Green Lane Fields. Campus Police tracked the owner of the purse through a New Jersey vehicle registration found inside of it. The female was then contacted and said she left the purse in her car, which was parked in Lot 8. An inspection of the unlocked car revealed that a Garmin GPS had been stolen, and various items had been taken from the glove box and put into the purse, which was then deposited on the side of the road.
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An American Eagle wallet and dormitory keys were stolen between 4 and 4:45 p.m. on Friday Nov. 13 from the Packer Hall weight room. The victim said he left his wallet and keys on a shelf in the weight room and, upon his return, discovered they were missing. He searched the area to no avail. The wallet and its contents are valued at $39.
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A victim came to Campus Police at 2 p.m. on Nov. 12 to report a harassment from Oct. 6. The victim also said he signed a complaint in Ewing Township Court on Nov. 12.
(11/17/09 9:59pm)
Susan L. Averett, professor of economics at Lafayette College spoke on Nov. 11, discussing adult and childhood obesity and its physical and economic consequences.
“Being obese itself is not a health problem, but it is correlated with these other health problems,” Averett said. In a paper published in the Journal of Human Resources in 1996, Averett and economist Sanders Korenman studied the effects of obesity on earned wages.
“We worked really hard to find the causal effect of obesity on wages,” Averett said. The article, titled, “The Economic Reality of the Beauty Myth,” cited data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.
Averett and Korenman were looking to see if a person was overweight because of his or her low income or if a person earned a lower income because he or she was overweight.
They used a temporal ordering of the data set. By doing this, they could use an earlier measure of BMI, which is less likely to be tainted by reverse causality, though Averett admitted that no system is perfect.
Two-thirds of adults in the United States are either obese or overweight. According to Averett, Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25-30 constitutes being overweight, while a BMI of over 30 is considered obese. BMI is calculated by dividing a person’s weight in kilograms by his or her height squared, in meters.
“Given that obesity rates have continued to climb for a number of years, and are particularly high for younger individuals, I feel it is important for our generation to understand both the personal lifestyle as well as financial issues that accompany obesity,” said Brad Van Arnum, junior economics major and president of the economics club, who hosted the event.
In Averett’s studies, she found that overweight women were less likely to marry, their spouses earned a lower wage, and they earned about 15 percent less than their skinnier counterparts. There were significantly less discrepancies between overweight or obese men and their average weight counterparts. Wages differed only seven percent. Men don’t get penalized for being heavier like women, Averett said.
“Personal health extends beyond individuals,” said Lauren Rittenbach, a sophomore economics major. “She shed a new light on finding the causes of obesity and how the effects differ amongst men and women and whites and blacks. If one wishes to improve general health and wellness, an economic analysis on the causalities will help you to identify outlying problems, rather than merely declaring obesity as an individual life choice.”
The other part of Averett’s presentation was about childhood obesity. This year, she has published two papers on the topic, “Childhood Overweight in the U.S.: A Quantitive Regression Approach” and “Race and Gender Differences in the Cognitive Effects of Childhood Overweight.”
Averett found race played a large part in childhood obesity. “A lot of the action for kids really varies by race,” she said.
African-American girls were the most overweight group between 1984 and 1996.
Mothers with a higher education had fewer occurrences of underweight daughters, but their education didn’t make a difference if their daughters were overweight.
Higher education for the mothers of boys tended to make the boys lighter, especially in white males.
Averett also studied the correlation between fast food prices and BMI in children. She found that as fast food prices decreased, the average BMI of children increased.
The hospital costs associated with childhood obesity were estimated at $127 million between 1997 and 1999, as measured in 2001 U.S. dollars. This was up from $39 million between 1979 and 1981.
“The analysis was impressive and I think the economic costs of obesity are really important to talk about, especially with health care costs being debated,” said Mike Zane, senior economics major and secretary of the economics club.
(11/17/09 9:55pm)
A female was found lying on the hallway floor at 8 p.m. on Friday Nov. 6 in Ely Hall. When Campus Police arrived, she was sitting in a chair with her head swaying back and forth. According to reports, her speech was slurred and her responses were incoherent.
Lions EMS arrived and were unable to get accurate and direct responses from the female, who smelled of alcohol. Medical transport was requested because of her unstable physical condition. She was issued a summons.
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A female was found unconscious in a rest room at 12:45 a.m. on Saturday Nov. 7 in Wolfe Hall. According to campus police, the victim was disoriented, incoherent, and urinated on the bed she had been moved to. She then vomited several times, and said she had too much whiskey and wanted to sleep.
Pennington Road EMS arrived, assumed patient care from Lions EMS and transported the victim to Capital Health Systems at Fuld. A summons was issued, reports said.
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A dark blue Verizon EN-V3 cell phone, valued at about $200, was stolen from a women’s rest room in Travers Hall between 2 a.m. and 12 p.m. Sunday Nov. 8.
The victim, who is not a College student, said she woke up at 2 a.m. to use the bathroom. According to campus police, she believes she brought her phone in with her and then accidentally left it there. When she awoke again at 12 p.m., she realized that she no longer had her phone. She then called it from another phone, and heard male voices laughing, reports said. She was unable to further describe the voices.
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A six-foot section of gutter and several feet of wire were found to be pulled down at 9:10 a.m. on Sunday Nov. 8 at the chemistry loading dock in the science complex.
According to campus police, it is unknown when the damage occurred but it appears to have been done by a truck or similar vehicle, as the principle damage is high above the ground.
(11/10/09 8:02pm)
Drug paraphernalia was recovered at 10 p.m. on Friday Oct. 30 in an unoccupied room in Cromwell Hall. While doing a Data Room Inventory Card, a ceramic cigarette, commonly used for ingesting controlled substances, was found in a desk drawer, police said.
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An underage male vomited after consuming four cups of beer and two shots at an off- campus party at 2 a.m. on Sunday Nov. 1 in Wolfe Hall, according to police reports. Lions EMS arrived on scene. The victim smelled of alcohol and his speech was slurred. He was issued a summons.
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An underage female vomited at 2 a.m. on Sunday Nov. 1 in a Travers Hall bathroom., police said. She said she drank four cups of “jungle juice” at an off-campus party hosted. Lions EMS arrived on scene. The victim was able to stand unassisted but smelled of alcohol, police said. She was issued a summons.
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A wallet and its contents were stolen at around 12:10 p.m. on Monday Nov. 2 from Eickhoff Dining Hall.
The victim said she left her wallet, with two five-dollar bills and the access key to her College residence in it, on a table near the salad bar.
According to police, when she left, she noticed her belongings were missing. At around 1 p.m., a male contacted her via Facebook and she recovered the wallet, though the money and her key are still missing.
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An iPod Touch and wallet, valued at $186 were removed from an unsecured locker between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on Sunday Nov. 1 in the Packer Hall locker room. According to police, the victim said he put his belongings in the locker and, when he returned, noticed the locker was open and his things were missing. He said he will cancel his ATM card and College ID.
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A Zoom H4 Recording Box was taken from an unlocked Piano Lab room in the Music Building approximately two months ago. The victim said he left his Recording Box and other personal items in the room at around 9 p.m. on an unknown date in August and, when he returned at 10:30 p.m., the Recording Box was missing, though his other belongings were untouched, police said.
The victim tried to locate the box by e-mailing the entire Music Department but was unsuccessful, so he filed a report on Oct. 31.
(11/04/09 2:43am)
Campus police found an intoxicated female sitting on the floor with her head on a toilet seat in a bathroom at 2 a.m. on Oct. 24 in Cromwell Hall. According to reports, the student said she consumed at least four shots at an off-campus sports team house. Her speech was slurred and her breath smelled like alcohol. She was transported by Pennington Road EMS to Capital Health System at Mercer Medical. She was issued a summons.
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An intoxicated male was found at 12:55 a.m. on Oct. 24 in the Travers/ Wolfe Hall main lounge, reports said. He told police he consumed an unknown amount of jungle juice at an off-campus party. Pennington Road EMS transported him to Capital Health System at Mercer Medical. He was issued a summons.
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A Building Services employee found an intoxicated male lying on the floor at 9:45 p.m. on Oct. 23 in a storage closet in the Brower Student Center. The victim, who smelled of alcohol, said he drank about six beers at the Rathskeller, reports said. Lions EMS and Ewing Township EMS responded and treated the victim, who received a summons for prohibited acts in a public place.
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An intoxicated female was found staggering in a hallway at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 24 in Travers Hall, police said. The victim said she consumed seven beers in various locations in Lot 3 during the Homecoming football game.
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An intoxicated male was found at 2:45 a.m. on Oct. 24 in Cromwell Hall. According to police, he said he consumed an unknown amount of alcohol at an off-campus party. He was transported by Pennington Road EMS to Capital Health System at Mercer Medical for further evaluation and treatment and was issued a summons.
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An Apple iMac desktop computer was stolen between 1 p.m. Oct. 24 and 12:30 p.m. Oct. 25 from The Signal’s production room in the Brower Student Center. One of the editors noticed the computer was missing after she arrived early Sunday afternoon, when she found the door ajar and a light on. There was no sign of cut cords and the internet connection was still on the desk.
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A bicycle was stolen between 2:30 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Oct. 25 outside of Norsworthy Hall. The victim said he locked his Mongoose BMX bike with his locking chain to a railing before reporting for his shift as the resident desk assistant. According to police, he returned, and found his bike missing, although the chain was unlocked and hanging from the railing.
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An intoxicated male was found at 2:35 a.m. on Wednesday Oct. 28 in a men’s bathroom in Travers Hall. The victim said he consumed several beers and shots of vodka. He was issued a summons.
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A female reported that somebody had used her Wachovia Debit card on Tuesday Aug. 10 to make an online purchase. Reports said the purchase valued $99.99.
(10/27/09 4:48pm)
A four-foot scratch was found on the driver’s side door of a Honda at 10 a.m. on Tuesday Oct. 20.
The victim said she parked her Honda in Lot 3 at 8:15 a.m. and, upon her return, found the scratch.
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An intoxicated male was found at 12:45 a.m. on Oct. 21 in Travers Hall.
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A female received a series of harassing voicemails between 2:27 a.m. Thursday Oct. 15 and 8:26 p.m. Monday Oct. 19.
(10/20/09 3:34pm)
A plastic pepper shaker was thrown at a flat panel Plasma television between 9:15 and 10 p.m. on Oct. 4 in Eickoff. According to reports, the Sharp Aquos television had a large crack in it and a table with pepper spread all over it was found directly underneath it.
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Profanities written in orange marker were found covering an exterior door frame to the Allen Hall office between 12 a.m. and 5:20 a.m. Sunday Oct. 4, according to campus police.
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An intoxicated person was found at 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday Oct. 7 in Wolfe Hall. Reports said the suspect said he had been drinking earlier at an off-campus party. He was issued a summons.
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A student fell out of his bed and was found wandering down the hallway at 3:40 a.m. on Wednesday Oct. 7. Pennington Road EMS transported the victim to Capital Health System at Fuld in Trenton, police said.
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A person was found unconscious and breathing in his dorm at 1:50 a.m. Friday Oct. 9 in Centennial Hall. After several minutes, the victim recovered consciousness and said he consumed about five shots of vodka. He was transported to Capital Health System at Mercer.
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A Mitsubishi Galant drove over a curb and crashed into a light pole at 2:50 a.m. on Thursday Oct. 8 near Lot 3. Campus Police found the car and its driver, who smelled of alcohol, while on patrol. According to reports, the driver admitted he had consumed alcohol. A summons was issued.
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Between 7 p.m. Saturday Sept. 26 and 7:50 a.m. Sunday Sept. 27, $455 was stolen from a student in Cromwell Hall. The victim reported the theft at 4:30 p.m. on Oct 13, reports said.
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Five 1-inch by 1-inch plastic bags containing a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana were recovered at 6 p.m. on Thursday Oct. 8 in the Travers/Wolfe “T-Dubbs” dining hall. The dining hall supervisor and the dining hall manager turned the bags over to Campus Police.
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A wallet was stolen between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Oct. 13 from a room in Cromwell Hall. Reports said the contents of the wallet totaled $35.
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A female employee at the College was assaulted by a coworker at 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 13. The woman told campus police she was struck on her left chest with an open hand, and the coworker used profanities against her.
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A 1989 Chevrolet Grummen Truck was damaged between 3:30 p.m. Thursday Oct. 8 and 7:20 a.m. on Friday Oct. 9 in the construction parking lot on Carlton Road. The truck and its trailer had broken lights, reflectors and mirrors.
(10/06/09 3:50pm)
At around 2:15 a.m. on Sept. 26, a person was found to be operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and while under the legal age.
Cops said the vehicle was impounded by Ewing Auto Body, and Campus Police issued a summons for operating a motor vehicle after consuming alcohol and failure to maintain lane.
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Someone scratched the right passenger side door of a Dodge in Lot 5. When Campus Police arrived at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 30, the victim stated that he parked his car around 11:15 a.m., and when he returned, he noticed the damage, reports said.
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Someone stole items totaling $140 from Forcina Hall. The items were stolen between 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 28 and 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 29, according to police.
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Campus Police arrived at 2:25 a.m. on Sept. 27 to Travers Hall on a report of an intoxicated person. Upon arrival, Lions EMS was evaluating the victim. The room smelled of alcohol, reports said.
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A brown tri-fold wallet was stolen from a desk drawer in Cromwell Hall at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 26.
Cops said the victim stated that he placed the wallet in his desk at 2 a.m. on Sept. 23 and he noticed that it was missing on Saturday.
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Four scratch marks appeared on a victim’s car when she returned to it at midnight on Sept. 26, police said.
The victim stated that she parked her Toyota on the first level of Lot 6 at around 7:45 p.m. on Sept. 25, and when she returned on Saturday, she noticed the four scratch marks on her driver’s side door just below the handle, according to reports
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A student was unable to enter his room at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 26 due to a small piece of metal jammed into the locking mechanism, according to police.
The victim told Campus Police that when he left his room at 8:35 p.m. on Sept. 25, the door and lock were in working condition. Upon his return on Saturday, he noticed somebody had damaged the lock, preventing his entry into the room.
(09/29/09 5:46pm)
A student was found crying on a couch at 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 19 in the Travers / Wolfe Hall Link.
According to Campus Police, the student’s speech was slurred and she had the smell of alcohol coming from her breath.
The student told Campus Police she drank at least four beers. Lions EMS treated the victim and she was issued a summons.
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An individual who had been vomiting was found lying on the floor a little before 12:45 a.m. on Sept. 19 in Wolfe Hall.
When Campus Police arrived, her head was resting on a small plastic trash can and the smell of alcohol and vomit was emanating from her.
Campus Police said she told them she had consumed between four and nine cups of beer and had vomited a few times.
The individual was transported to a hospital for further evaluation and was issued a summons.
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A student with glossy eyes who was having difficulty describing her evening was found by Campus Police at 1:40 a.m. on Sept. 20 in Travers Hall, reports said.
The student told Campus Police she consumed 10 cups of “jungle juice” and several shots. She was issued a summons.
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Upon arriving at 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 19 at Travers Hall to investigate a possible underage consumption of alcohol, Campus Police heard loud music and found an open bottle of vodka on a resident’s desk. There was the smell of alcohol on each person’s breath, Campus Police said.
Summonses were issued.
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A student parked her Jeep in Lot 18 at about 5:45 p.m on Sept. 18. When she returned on Sept. 19 at 10:20 a.m. she noticed that the passenger side mirror was hanging off the door, Campus Police said.
There is no further information at this time.
(09/22/09 7:33pm)
Professors Daryl Fair and Kevin Michels got into the spirit of Constitution Day last Thursday, holding a forum entitled “Two Views on Constitutional Interpretation.” Fair, professor of political science, argued that the text of the Constitution makes it fairly easy for judges to interpret. Michels, professor of business, argued that the Constitution cannot be the answer to every problem in courts today.
“There are two views here. They are profoundly different, but they are both held in good faith,” Michels said.
Fair said that textualism — the words — should be the first thing considered when interpreting the Constitution. The text could afford some answers to questions the Supreme Court faces today.
“Nevertheless, some constitutional provisions are broad, general, subjective, and difficult to interpret within the four corners of the Constitution,” according to Fair’s Microsoft PowerPoint slide.
Michels said simply reading the text of the Constitution is not enough to derive answers for today’s problems. He disagreed with Fair’s idea that reading the text is enough to understand and apply it today. Originalism, or trying to understand what the framers of the Constitution meant, is the second step, Fair said.
“Many people would argue it’s the only other place you would look besides the text,” Fair said.
Michels argued that finding the intent of all 39 framers of the Constitution would be impossible, as they all had their own opinions and could not possibly have foreshadowed future events.
“What they agreed on, in large part, was a debate,” Michels said. “The miracle was that they forged a convention to agree.”
Times have changed since the Constitution was crafted and thinking has changed.
“We can’t freeze-frame the world as it was when the Constitution was drafted,” Michels said.
According to him, the best way to interpret the Constitution today is to use modern understanding of terms and look to moral reasoning and the deepest understanding of society and politics.
(09/22/09 7:01pm)
A student blamed “jungle juice” when Campus Police found her swaying from side to side on her bed, with the smell of alcohol coming from her breath. A College Community Advisor (CA) said he was checking an area at 1:30 a.m. on Sunday Sept. 13 in Travers Hall when he heard choking and vomiting in a room. The CA requested medical attention. Police issued her a summons.
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A student was found by Campus Police lying on the floor at 2 a.m. on Sunday Sept. 13 in a Wolfe Hall women’s restroom. A resident heard her vomiting and called a CA who then contacted Campus Police.
The student said she consumed “jungle juice” at an off-campus party. She was assessed by Lions EMS and was transported by Pennington Road EMS to Capital Health System at Mercer Medical for treatment. Police issued her a summons.
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A car was damaged between 7 p.m. on Sept. 14 and 9:50 a.m. on Tuesday Sept. 15 in Lot 5. The car’s owner said she parked her Hyundai, and when she returned the next day, she found her right front passenger blinker light lens was broken.
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The Assistant Residence Director of Wolfe Hall said that between 8 a.m. Monday and 6 p.m. Tuesday, somebody removed the keys to the Travers Hall office. Campus Police officers were dispatched at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15 to Wolfe Hall to deal with the theft.
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A security officer found a student vomiting in front of Travers Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Campus Police arrived at 11:55 p.m., and Lions EMS assumed care, The victim was transported to Capital Health Systems at Mercer Medical Center. A summons will be mailed.
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An intoxicated female who said she consumed a few alcoholic beverages at an off-campus party was found by Campus Police by the Travers Hall front desk at 12:35 a.m on Tuesday, Sept. 16. The student was sitting in a chair and was alert and conscious. Lions EMS arrived and assumed patient care. A summons was issued.
(09/15/09 3:38pm)
While on vehicle patrol, Campus Police found an intoxicated female lying face down on the ground at midnight on Sunday, Sept. 7, at Metzger Drive and C Street.
The female was disoriented, incoherent, and made repeated attempts to go to sleep. She was also lying in her own vomit, reports said
Lions EMS assumed care, as the student was unable to balance herself and vomited several more times. The victim said she had consumed too much vodka and wanted to sleep.
Pennington Road EMS arrived and assumed care. The victim was transported to Capital Health Systems at Mercer Medical.
A summons for her to appear in court will be mailed, police said.
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Campus Police received a report of a stolen portable GPS navigation system at approximately 10:15 a.m on Thursday, Sept. 10 in Lot 6, according to reports.
The device was missing from a Toyota that was parked in the lot earlier that week.
The victim said she had left the GPS in her vehicle Monday, Sept. 7 at around 12:30 p.m. and when she returned on Thursday, it was missing. The GPS is valued at $179.
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While issuing parking tickets at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5 in Lot 8, Campus Police observed a Honda Accord with a parking decal that appeared to have been altered and not properly affixed to the vehicle, according to reports.
Campus Police checked the decal number and found that it had been issued to a Geo Prism.
Further inspection of the decal revealed it was not the orginal and had been scanned or copied. This issue is still under investigation by Campus Police.
(09/09/09 12:20am)
A man on the Green Lane bridge was allegedly grabbed from behind on Aug. 27 at approximately 8 p.m.
The victim said he was jogging alone when what appeared to be four white males started verbally harassing him, according to Campus Police.
One male then started chasing him and grabbed onto his shoulder for a few seconds. The victim was able to outrun the suspects.
Campus Police searched the Green Lane Bridge as well as the Green Lane fields and found no suspicious persons.
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A Ford parked in the Lot 6 Parking Garage was found with flat tires. The victim said she parked the car in the parking garage at midnight on Aug. 31, and when she returned at 1 a.m. the next day, she found that the air had been let out of her tires, police said.
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Officers found a student on his hands and knees vomiting uncontrollably at the rear of Travers Hall on Sunday, at 1:40 a.m. on Aug. 30, police said.
The victim had vomit on his hands and clothing, had difficulty standing on his own and had the smell of alcohol emanating from his breath.
He was transported to Campus Police headquarters where he was issued a summons, given a future court date and picked up by his parents.
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A person was found hovering over a toilet, vomiting in Phelps Hall on Sunday, Aug. 30 at around 2:30 a.m., according to Campus Police. Lions EMS was on scene and transported the victim to Capital Health System at Mercer Medical for further observation.
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An intoxicated female said she had consumed three shots of vodka at a party and vomited before police arrived on Aug. 30 at 1 a.m. She was found in the back of Travers and Wolfe halls with Lions EMS already on the scene.
The smell of alcohol was heavy on her breath, according to Campus Police.
She was issued a summons and escorted to her dorm room by some friends.
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An intoxicated person had slow and slurred speech and the smell of alcohol on his breath in Cromwell Hall at 1:15 a.m. on Sept. 2. Lions EMS arrived to evaluate the victim, according to Campus Police reports.
He said he consumed rum and beer at a party in Travers Hall, police said.
He was issued a summons by Campus Police.
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An unconscious person was found lying on the floor unconscious, but breathing, in the Travers / Wolfe Hall Link on Aug. 29 at 2:35 a.m. accorrding to Campus Police.
The victim was issued a summons and transported to Capital Health System at Mercer Medical for evaluation and treatment.
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At 12:45 a.m. on Sept. 2, Campus Police officers were flagged down by an unknown person who stated there was a female vomiting near Lot 10A.
Upon arrival, the suspect was sitting near the side of the road alert and conscious, police said.
The victim said she had “a few unknown alcoholic beverages at a party off campus” and had a strong alcoholic smell coming from her breath.
She was taken to Campus Police headquarters where she received a summons and was picked up by her parents.
(03/25/09 12:00pm)
Renata Schiavo, Ph.D., M.A., presented her lecture "Health Communication 101: Dos and Don'ts of Effective Programming" Thursday night in the Library Auditorium.
The event was hosted by the Public Health Communication club.
"Communication is relationship building," Schiavo said. "We need to be tailoring our communication to different audiences to engage them."
According to Schiavo, improving health communication can help to "provoke public discussion to drive disease, treatment, or prevention" as well as "advocate for equal access to existing health products and services."
One of the most important aspects of Health Communication is planning, according to Schiavo. Planning helps set priorities, budget funds, delegate responsibility and set a timeline.
"The planning process helps us understand what we want people to do," she said.
Some of the problems Health Communication faces are low health literacy due to limited access to information and the threat of bioterrorism.
Schiavo felt the Anthrax Crisis highlighted the need for a more coordinated system of Health Communication.
As noted in her presentation, the common belief now is best summed up in the words of Surgeon General David Satcher: "Communication has emerged as one of the most important public health sciences of the 21st century."
Schiavo is the founder and principal of Strategic Communication Resources SM and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Health in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University.
She has been providing training on different health communication and strategic planning topics to a variety of organizations including staff members of the US Office of Minority Health, the World Bank, and the NYC Department of Health, among others; she works with Solving Kids' Cancer and has just completed a Multicultural Health Communication project with UNICEF and wrote the book "Health Communication: From Theory to Practice."
(12/03/08 12:00pm)
The name of the new student administration system that will replace TESS and ARTIE in Fall 2009 was announced last week by the office of Records and Registration.
PAWS, which stands for Primary Academic Web Services, will serve as a replacement. The name was created by a steering committee.
"The name was one thing, but it had to have meaning," Marissa Leonhardt, the service, communications and training specialist for the office of Records and Registration at the College, said.
The committee has been working with focus groups to get feedback on the new system.
In September, the office of Records and Registration submitted four options for the new system's name: Paws, Roar, Roscoe and Pride.
According to Leonhardt, it was the students' idea to offer demonstrations of PAWS in addition to online training. The administration is currently looking into scheduling demonstrations.
Registration for fall classes will begin March 31 with PAWS. Leonhardt said Records and Registration is looking into offering extra support hours during registration in case students encounter problems.