OCR Text |
Show Tfte POCHR!STy' tec libcrt re No Suspects in Campus Thefts by Kimberly McKinnon 1 Volume XXXV Issue II Westminster College of Salt Lake City Tuesday, September 22, 1992 ' Westminster Cotfege Geologist Chooses Westminster Campus As Final Resting Place by Dave Neisler Forum staff writer Forum staff Writer A string of purse thefts has left five members of the Westminster College community with combined losses in the hundreds of dollars. The first reported theft occurred Aug. 2, while the last theft happened Aug. 30. No one has been accused in the incidents, and there are no suspects. Security Officer Larry White said, This is the biggest problem I have ever seen, and I have been here for four years. According to White, all of the thefts occurred when the victim left the purse unattended in a relatively private place, but with people walking through, someone just grabbing the purse and then being gone. . Campus chaplin Reverend Cheryl Moore believed her possessions were safe. Her purse was in her office with the door shut. . Moore said that the thieves took approximately $70. Her empty wallet was found wrapped in paper towels in the bathroom by her office. Director of Transfer Services Mary Hyland thought her belongings were secure. Her purse was hanging in a closed office closet Hyland hates to think about who came into her office and took her wallet and checkbook. She said, If it was someone from off campus they would have to be pretty gutsy, but then they would have to be pretty gutsy anyway. Michelle Trembath, who works in the Registrar's Office, had $ 100 taken from her wallet while her purse was either in her Converse classroom or the registrars office. Trembath is angry about what happened but views it as one of those things. She said, Do not carry cash, or carry as little as possible. The day before classes resumed, on Aug. 30, Miyoshi Holmes had money stolen from her purse in Shaw Center. Holmes had $70 stolen. The staff at Nightingale Library were busy in the stacks putting bar codes on books when someone went into the private library student Elizaoffice, and took work-stud-y .In checkbook. beth Archuletas wallet and contrast to the other victims, Archuleta Ralph Tuck, creator of the Ralph and Mary Tuck Endowment Fund, never attended school at Westminster College, nor did he teach here. In fact Ralph had spent very little time on campus before August 11, 1992 when his remains were interred beneath a bench between Foster and Con- II ' f' 4. "7 f jK 't " 'V v ' . t - - . ,, ' - , - , vfr v 15 , "t ' 'V ' V - ! verse Halls. Ralph Tuck graduated from the University of Oregon before receiving his doctorate from Cornell. He spent much of his life working as the chief geologist for the U.S. Smelting, Refining, and Mining Co. He had never set foot on Westminsters campus until one day when former Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Ed Sweeney, invited Tuck and his wife Mary to take a look at the college. M Tuck was impressed with the campus and took an almost instant liking to Westminster, according to Assistant Director of Annual Giving Robert Richard. He did noJohn Salevurakis, Senior, sits on bench that marks the grave of Ralph Tuck. Its a nice tice however, that the grounds and some place to rest, he said, between Converse and Foster. of the buildings were in dire need of maintenance. It was then that Tuck decided to ground. A concrete slab was then placed put Westminster in his will. After the year and a half. death of his wife a large sum of money Morgan placed Tucks remains on top of over the casket and on top of it a bench Tuck his and in bookcase where they lay for 15 months. that reads In memory of RalphTuck: Bom will be placed the Ralph Mary Endowment Fund, which was established January 24, 1904: Died April 28, 1989. Finally in January, 1991, Mrs. Tuck reon the buried be be to husband her that Westminster Students who choose to sit and meditate for benefit of quested College Pis-chon this bench might want to take a minute used for maintenance of buildings and campus he held so dear. Hildeguard doto the friend a of to look around at the impeccably clean family, agreed grounds on campus. Ralph Tucks connection with West- nate a concrete bench to save as a marker, Westminster campus and remember Ralph minster College did not , however, end and a memorial service was held at the colTuck, the man who helped make that clean there. On April 28, 1989 Ralph Tuck lege on August 11, 1992. Though it was campus a reality. passed away. His wife Mary had his body nearly three years since his death, 28 guests cremated and had his ashes placed in a tin arrived to see Ralph interred in his final container 15 inches high which she placed resting place. The container was placed in a small cason top of her television set It was there remained next for the that the container ket, which was placed 17 inches under the S5 el, believes teenagers were the thieves. If you see someone on campus acting suspicious, report it; question them. Dont assume they belong or are just lost, she said. But Larry White said, The best remedy is to put the purse out of sight, and to be aware. Moore said, At Westminster we tend to be relaxed because of the sense of family, and certain people will take advantage of off-camp-us that Hyland is disappointed and blames part of the problem on the small campus, small She recommended that town mind-se- t. people never leave belongings unattended. Larry White repeatedly stressed the need to secure possessions. Unfortunately, not everyone is honest, he said. Y ou are only going to be gone a minute, but a minute is all it takes. |