1993_03 The Daily Collegian March 1993

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The Daily ColLegian
Thursday, March 11,1993
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Violence rocks nation's campuses
CPS — A shooting spree at
Simon's Rock College that left a
student and a professor dead was
one of several recent violent inci¬
dents at colleges and universities
nationwide during December.
Two Mississippi State Univer¬
sity students also were found shot
to death while on a date, and five
students died in an apartment house
fire near Southern Illinois Univer¬
sity, vj    \
Wayne Lo, 18, a student""
Simon's Rock College, an exclu¬
sive school for gifted students in
Great Barrington, Mass., wasar-
1  CAMPUS CRIME LOG
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93-0203-4
Wednesday, March 3, day — Minor found in.
possession of false identification card
93-0205-4
Thorsday, March 4, day— Theft of bike from
Engineering East Building's bike racks
93-0206-1
Vehicle burglary occurred In Parking LotG
934B07-4
Night— Vehicle broken into while parked in
Parking Lot O
9342084
Wallet reported stolen from the North Gym
93-0209-2
Vandalism to vehicle parked in Parking Lot G
9342MM
Friday, March 5, day — Unknown person(s)'
painted graffiti on the Bookstore and on the-Book-
store van                                                     '
93-0213-S
Attempted entry into vehicle parked in Parking
LotB
93-0214-2
/  Saturday, March 6, day *- Bicycle reported
stolen from the bike racks near Homan Hall.
93-0215-4
Subject reports losing her purse in the Agriculture
Science Building; it was turned into Lost and
Found and returned; she found that the money had
been stolen
93-0218-4
Monday, March 8, day — Victim report¬
ed theft of backpack from the Kennel Bookstore
934219-3
Night:— Subject masturbating in the Madden
Library
93-0220-5
Vehicle burglary occurred in parking Lot C
934221-1
Tuesday, March 9, day—Theft occurredat the
North Gym
93-0224-4
Theft of backpack from the Kennel Bookstore
934225-5
Night— Subject reports vehicle broken into in
ParkingLotP
Inforrrarticm compiled fay: John Chavira
rested an charged with two counts
of murder four counts of assaults
with intent to cemmit murder and
four counts of assault and battery
"IryTneansof a dangerous weapon.
Lo, of Billings, Mont., gave no
motive for the shootings, police
said. He is accused of killing
Nacunan Saez, a language profes¬
sor from Argentina, and Galen
Gibson, an 18 year old sophomore
from Gloucester, Mass. Saez died
of a gunshot wound to the head and
Gibson was shot in the chest A
security guard and three other stu¬
dents were wounded in the Dec. 14
melee, police said.
Lo allegedly purchased a semi¬
automatic rifle and ammunition at
a gun shop in nearby Pittsiield ,
Mass., on the day ofthe shootings,
police said. The shooting began at
campus security booth, where a
guard was critically wounded and
the professor killed. Gibson was
killed in the library, where another
student was wounded, and two
more students were shot and
wounded in a dormitory.
Lo then went to the student union'
Burglaries
From page 1
• Claire AnseukVThe Daily Collegian
the week's largest loss. Bynum
parked his red' 88 Mitsubishi Pricis
on Maple Avenue near San Ramon
3 at 10:30 am.
When he carrie back at 3:30p.m.,
the driver' s-side window was shat¬
tered and the trunk was forced open.
Bynum, a scuba-diving enthusi¬
ast, had had his $500 scuba tank,
$1,500 regulator and scuba kit in
the trunk. Also stolen were his
$1,000 speakers, $650 stereo re¬
ceiver, amps and CD changer.
Estimated cost of damage and
stolen items: $4,500.
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and called the police department,
officials said. Several students said
Lo, a music student who played the
violin, had become withdrawn in
weekspriortotheshootings. When
he was arrested, Lo was wearing a
sweatshirt with the name of the
rock band "Sick Of It All." He had
shaven his head.
The school called in counselors
to work with the students and fac¬
ulty. Simon's Rock, which is af¬
filiated with Bard College in New
York, takes in highly motivated
students who pass from their jun¬
ior or senior years in high school
into college.
"We are particularly concerned
about the process by which Mr. Lo
obtained a gun and ammunition,"
said Berkshire District Attorney
Genard Downing. "The apparent
ease with which one can obtain
dangerous weapons remain a grave
concern to all who witnessed the
savagery of the Simon's Rock
shootings."
faeanwhile, police in Starks vilre,
MissTwere investigating the mur¬
ders of two Mississippi State Uni¬
versity students who were shot and
killedneartheschoolDec.il.
A university spokesman said
there were few clues to the murder
of Jon Stephen Streckler, 19, of
Natchez,,Miss., or his girlfriend,
Pamela Tiffany Miller, 22, of Jack¬
son, Miss., who were on a date.
Both had been shot in the head.
"There are no known motiva¬
tions, no arrests, no clues," the
spokesman said. A murder-sui¬
cide has been ruled out because of
evidence at the scene.
Officials in Carbondale, 111., were
investigating the deaths of five for¬
eign students at Southern Illinois
University. They died when fire
swept through their apartment.
'Arson was the cause of the blaze,
officials said.'
Four of the students died in the
fire Dec. 6, and the fifth died of her
injuries the next day. At least 14
other students were hurt, including
some who were injured when they
jumped from the three-story build¬
ing to escape the thick smoke.
Officers
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'It's important for the student
and staff population to be our eyes
and ears," he said.
King said the high number of
applications for the pubhe-^afety
officer position is attributable to
the jobl insecurity felt by some
Valley sheriffs and police officers?
The campus police department
pays its new officers the same sal¬
ary that the city and county of
Fresno "offer—from $32,000 to
$39,000 depending on experience.
"This is more than they would
be paid if they worked in an outly¬
ing area like Selma or Sanger," he
said.
|) Once the applications are pro¬
cessed, a committee will screen
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them to make sure the prospectiv
officers have met the minimum
qualifications for the job.
Blackerby said this type of com
mi itee usually includes a high-levc
police officer, a. depart men t repre
sentative who has*been~involve
with public safety ana possibly
member of an off-campus law en
forcement agency. •
The qualifications for public
safety officer include-a workin,
knowledge of crime prevention an
first aid,the ability to prepare c lea
and concise reports and coopera
ti ve working skills.
Applicants with an associate c
arts degree in police science or
related field are preferred.
Those applicants who have m<
the minimum qualifications an
have passed a written and agilit
test will be called in for an intei
view by the committee.
Thp top candidates chosen froi
this process who pass a psyche
logical and medical evaluation wi
be referrefkto Police Chief Wil
iam Andersdji for a final interview
and hiring.   ,\
Typical duties of a public-safel
officer include vehicle.or foot pt
trol of the campus, traffic and safet
rule enforcement and security ft
large campus activities.
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