Page 2 Police Beat Crime Statistics Matt Hunt Ca , :ital Times Editor The Penn State Crime statistics have come out and were ivide r. - ,ailahle to the Capital Times. The fu,! report, along with some policies and the Spring Semester escort service schedule appeal on the hack page. The purpose of tins article is to help readers make use of the raw data presented. The report, preparc , l by Super. isor of Safety and Police Serv;ce Charles Aleks, covers the time period of 1991-93 The first item that needs explaining is the actual terminology of :tic. report For each years arc listed the actual offense on campus, the actual offense off-campus iind the arrest data "Each actual means a each call. So we might have a few arrests made on each call, but it's listed as one offense," Aleksy said. One example of this can be seen on Part II of the report, in which 32 arrests are listed for 24 recorded offenses of disorderly conduct Another question concerns the rape and assault last semester. It has been reported in the Capital Times last semester that the assault was an attempted rape, yet the report has the assault listed not as an attempted rape but an assault. "In order to report it as an attempted rape," Aleksy said,"he (the assailant) would have had to touch a private part of the body (the victim's). That would have established intent to rape." Finally, the report seems to indicate that the crime rate on campus is beyond police services resources The total number of reported offenses increased from 85 on-campus and 2 off campus in 1992 to 114 on-campus offenses. For the most part, however, the bulk of these offenses are vandalism and attempted forced entry. These are the hardest cases to investigate, Aleksy said. THE BON•TON "The only real chance you have to catch vople in those cases is to have some see hem do it," he said. TAKE THE PLUNGE spring break '94 Just add water to our suits made for solar bodies! Shown are two from our collection of one and two piece styles by your favorite names like Daffy, Sassafras. OP and Electric Beach; '32-'6B. D 49 Thefts Maft Hunt Capital Times Reporter Police Services is still looking For the perpetrators responsible for a recent series of thefts of stereos from cars parking in campus parking lots. While two individuals were caught, they were the individuals responsible. In the past few weeks, there have been four stereos stolen from cars. Three of the cars were in the back lot behind Olmsted and the fourth was in the Dining Commons parking lot, Charles Alesky, supervisor of safety and police services, said. Two people were arrested, but they were not the ones responsible for the thefts, Aleksy said. "Although, they have confessed to some thefts in Highspire," he said. Since there were some similar thefts in Middletown, Police Services are working with Middletown police in this investigation. In the meantime, Aleksy suggests that if anyone sees anyone suspicious, they should contact Police Services at 948-6232. "And if you have a pull out stereo in your car, you might take the stereo out of your car and lock in the trunk, so its out of sight," Aleksy said. Capital Times Lounge, continued from page 1 "I am happy that the new Faculty/ Staff Lounge gives us a greater opportunity to present student work. The Lounge also gives faculty a chance to see another side of their students," Ross said. She believes this is important because some students in her class come from majors other than Humanities. The work will be on display in the Lounge until the end of February. Linda Ross is tentatively planning a student show of paintings for the month of March. The transformation of the room, from storage space to lunchroom, was initiated by the Faculty Affairs Committee. The Committee had been petitioning for a place where faculty members could spend informal time together and avoid overcrowding in the Lion's Den during lunch hour. Once the Provost announced that funding for the project was available, the Committee met in order to construct a plan for the room's layout, decorations and furnishings. At this point in the renovation process, Louise Hoffman, Associate Professor of Humanities and History, was chosen to work directly with James South, Associate Provost and Ed Dankanich, Head of Maintenance and Operations, as a designing consultant on behalf of the Faculty Affairs Committee. "It was a fun project. Our own maintenance people did the work. They did a fine job," Hoffman said. The only major setback for the project was the decision to neglect installing a sink because the room is in the bombproof section of the Olmsted building. Plumbing would have necessitated more time and money, so the idea of a sink went awry. 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"I would like to see improvements in the library as it is now. Rather than an emphasis on the library of the future, I would like to see the library of the present upgraded. It needs a lot of work," Hedrick said. "I would like to see students more motivated, less willing to see this place as another two years that they - have to get through before they can get a job, and more willing to see it as an education," Hedridc said. Many of the faculty remain optimistic as the year comes to a close. "I have seen this year as an exciting year," Plant said. "This is a good place to live." "There is something in teaching itself," concludes Swetz, "in wanting to help the students." • • • , ``They seriously_ need to ''im p r o ve the secutity,!' one faculty member, wher wisheSt to remain anonymous, said. February, 28 1994 continued from Tarnhelm editor, Paul Setlock, has been working with the KaMope staff to set up an exchange system in which the two magazines submit work to one another. 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