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Friday, October 14, 2011 Lyndon State College Volume 58.5

A Quote to Note

“They always say time changes things, but

you actually have to change them yourself.”

- Andy Warhol

Campus CalendarSat. 10/15: Intramural Basketball

Sun. 10/16: Men’s Soccer vs. New England College

Sun. 10/16: Jean Charles Performs

Mon. 10/17: Women’s Volleyball vs. JSC

IN THIS ISSUE...

Angry Ani Page 3

Ryan’s Review Page 5

Benefit Concert Page 6

Sports Page 7

LSC’s Veterans Page 8

Grindstone Cafe Page 5 Kenedi Hall Page 7

Saturday > Sunday > MondayCourtesy of James Sinko and The National

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Peter NuteCritic Corespondant

Anyone interested in thenumber of robberies, motor ve-hicle thefts, assaults, arsons, andliquor law and drug abuse viola-tions that have occurred at Lyn-don State College now has it inblack and white. LSC recently published thePublic Safety & Campus CrimeAwareness report, a yearly doc-ument highlighting the college’s“public safety-related services,programs, policies, and statisticsconcerning crime on campus,”according to a message on pagethree of the report from LSC’sDirector of Public Safety,George Hacking. The report touches on therole of the Public Safety De-partment, building security, res-idence hall safety, how andwhere to report a crime, who tocontact in an emergency situa-tion, medical and community re-sources, as well as the college’sstance on controlled substancesand the disciplinary actions thatcan be taken upon those who

choose to break these rules. From 2008-2010, there wereeight incidents of forcible sex of-fenses, and one instance of thepossession of an illegal weapon. There were no reported incidentsinvolving the following: aggra-vated assault, arson, motor vehi-cle theft, hate crimes, andburglary. The report cites 155 drugabuse violations on campus be-tween 2008 and 2010. During thissame time period there were 454reported liquor law violations.These violations fall under thecategory of Disciplinary Actions– On Campus, on page 16 of thereport. Under the category: Ar-rests – On Campus, the same vi-olations during the same timeperiod tally only three arrests fordrug abuse violations, and fiveliquor law violations. According to LSC’s policiesregarding controlled substances,disciplinary actions depend onthe situation According to page 12 of thereport, “[t]he College will imposedisciplinary sanctions on stu-dents, faculty, and employees who

violate the above-stated policies.Depending on the circumstances,these sanctions may range from aminimum of satisfactory partici-pation in a rehabilitation pro-gram to a maximum of separationor termination from the College.” When asked about the poli-cies and the role Lyndon Statehas when it comes to disciplinaryaction, Hacking said: “You (thestudent body) are so fortunate tonow be dealing with someonefrom residential life or publicsafety and not dealing with one ofthe troopers out on the road. Thetroopers have one option and oneoption only, and that’s to give youa citation to go to court. We havethe luxury of sending you throughthe judicial process on campus.But if someone takes it to thepoint where we can no longerhandle it, then we call the statepolice, and they will deal withyou.” Hacking believes LyndonState is a safe college, with astrong and smart student body.However, he does still see roomfor improvement, and believesthat the report can help keep

people aware of what’s going onat the college, and where to goshould someone witness the vio-lation of one of the college’s poli-cies. “I look at all the things we cando to combat crime on campus.We can put up cameras, and they

make people feel safer. But let’sface it; all that’s going to do is helpsolve the crime after it happens.We need to educate the peoplehere so that we don’t have to spendthe thousands and thousands ofdollars that make people safe, butactually be safe,” said Hacking.

REPORT FINDS DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROBLEM

Eric BlaisdellEditor

The future of the house thatLyndon State College purchasedon McGoff Hill currently sits inlimbo, but the money is nice inthe meantime.

The Campus Planning Com-mittee is presently working onsome options, such as turning the10 acre lot into campus housing ,or moving the maintenance plantto that location and buildinghousing on maintenance’s currentsite.

“The committee would belooking at all those alternatives,coming up with recommenda-tions so that at least when a newpresident comes on board thethinking and a lot of that legwork would have been com-pleted,” said Dean of Administra-tion Wayne Hamilton.

The house is being rented to

a family for $950 a month. Thatmoney is used to pay for the ren-ovations that were done after thepurchase of the house.

“We did some minor im-provements to the house,” saidHamilton. “There were some fixup things that we did and we

hope that the rent will pay forsome of those improvements.”

The list of renovations: sep-tic system $15,057, insulation -$11, 437, replaced heating system -$10,460, repaired barn roof -$8,237.

The house was appraised at

$355,000, but the school paid$335,000.

“The appraisal that was doneconsidered those existing condi-tions,” he said. “We offered aprice below that knowing that wehad to put some money into it.”

One of the fixes came soonerthan the school hoped.

“We thought that the septicmight get by for a while. It did-n’t,” said Hamilton. “Once thefamily moved in it was apparentthat it wasn’t going to work toreasonable standards. We did itsooner as opposed to later.”

The school bought the housebecause of its location and po-tential as well as what it wantedto avoid.

“When opportunities likethis come along you have to takea hard look at them and it is hardto say what would have happenedto that property had we notbought it, but if it had been

bought and developed for someother use it could have a longterm impact on the college andits ability to grow the campus inthe future,” he said.

LSC wanted to avoid some-one buying the land and turningit into one acre building lots,which would give the schoolneighbors that would be too closefor comfort.

“That could have put someconstraints on how we used thatend of the campus,” he said.

Given the current financialsituation the school is looking atin the next couple of years, buy-ing the house is still a good thingfor LSC.

“We are trying to balancekeeping the college moving for-ward, looking strategically andlooking at where the college isgoing to be not just two yearsdown the road, but 20 years,” saidHamilton.

House on McGoff Hill Gets Pricey Facelift

Photo by Sierra Willenburg

Charlie Forrest, a Public Safety officer at LSC for 7 years, patrols the halls.Photo by Marc Samson