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Show !THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2001 PAGE 11 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL FOCUS ON: CRIME SUU camp~s crime haS decreased Other problems ar telephone and exual harassment. To solve th theft problem, the Public Safety Department determine problem areas and prevents theft by making the ar as mor secure. tud n may .find comfort in knowing that the Th. has been pecially effective in preventing number of crim committed on the UU campus has missing. computer theft. d creased in the last two years, There was one rape last year. making the campus afer than it . Public afety worked do ely with has been in the past. the Canyon Creek Crisis Center to Nineteen crim s w re r ported help tb.e victim of that crime. on camp in 2000. This numb r The eris ' center provide weekis much maU r than the past two long training to the Public afety years. Department in order to better erve o me crime reported included burglary; forcible sex offenses, rape victims. Five full-time officers work for mo tor vehicle theft and liquor law Public afety, including oru femal violations. officer who handles ex crirn . Jim Turner, c b.i f of public Turner ay having a female officer afety, aid the campus is a help female victim feel "relatively afe campu " compared comfortabl r porting a crim to those of other colleg and and talking about what happened to universttJ in Utah. th m." crime are not a big Turner aid approximately 70 problem. but I-belie¥ bigg r than percent of arr mad on we know about, " Turner aid. campus involve visitors and not tudents applying for the tudents. education program and tudent AJso , many tolen items are returned. 0 joining the ationaJ Guard can get ; fingerprinted in the Public afety For exampt , he said a jacket ~ Department. with $2,5 0 in the pocket was ;:; Tho ho would like information returned to the student who lo t it :, about th Public afety Department last year. wour students are first class Officer Dan Guymon fingerprints Klmala Torgersen, a senior family and consumer science ' may visit the Web ite at people," Turner aid. major from Koosharem, Utah, In the Public Safety Department. www.suu.edu/ ad/ safety. BY CATHERINE CHAN JOl/RNAL TAFF WRITER One of the bigg t problem with come at UU, however, i theft. Turner aid items uch as cameras, computers, books, bikes, backpacks, and calculators ,all tum up j Tips for tinies of trouble The Drug and Alcohol, Sexual Assault and Violence Education and Prevention Programs help students to become better aware ofprotection. crime: • WaJk or run with a friend. • Avoid walking alone at night. • WaJk confidently and assertively. An attacker looks · for m one who appears vulnerabl . • At night, walk do to th curb. Avoid bushes and d rways where an attacker can hide. • Travel on well-lit streets. • Have keys ready when approaching your car or apartment and enter immediately. • Parle your car in a well-lit area. R Check the back seat every time you enter the car; omeone coul9 be hiding there. • Lock your car as soon as you get in. . • Lock your door whether you are home or not. • Leave some lights on when you go out. Use automatic light timers when out of town. Knowing what to do when in troubl is the best prevention against becoming the victim of a crim. . Many re oarces are availabl . One of th r urces is the blue light emergency telephon found aJJ around campus. tudents who are on campus and bave an emergency should lo ate the nearest phone and it will direct them to th Public afety Department. Comm n sens goe a long way in preventing !!!l crime. "If you ar walking on campus at night be aware of the mo t lighted areas and tay alert to what is ~ happening around you," Forman said. The best way to prevent alcohol and drug-related accid nts is to know y; ur limitation , Forman said. Emergency stations are located au ~round the SUU Tho e who choose to drink or use drugs should <;ampus In an effort to make the campus more safe know beforehand what tb y can handle and not for students and faculty. exceed those limitations. room; 1 BY STACEE YOUNG OF THE JOURNAL TAFF D "Be re ponsible, ~ Forman said. "We don't want to advocate ab tineoce [from alcohol], just to be re pon ible.n The Wellne Center wiU ponsor a focus week during pring me ter, ju t before pring break. wwe want to advocate a afe pring break," Forman aid. Those with question about the program may contact the Wellne Center at 586-7718. tudent with on or off campus emergencies should call 911 or contact the Public Safety Department at 586-7793. campu to becom better aware of way they can avoid being a victim. The motto of the program places emphasis " trong on prevention and les on the cure," said Craig Forman, director of th Welln Center. Programs such as these educate students on ways to timulate prevention. "Be re poo ible, use the buddy sy tern and protect one another," Forman said. · · uu· tudent 1!:andboqk offers severaJ safety tip to help prevent tudents from becoming victims of rug , alcohol and violence are common probL ms at colleg and universities aero the country, but it is po ibl t prevent becoming a victim of such probt here at UU and elsewhere. Drug and Al ohol, exuaJ As ault and Violence Edu ation and Pre ention Programs help rodent on I -J |