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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1986)
Taking a bite out of crime: the Stop Theft Program By Michelle Brence Of III* fcmrrald Theft is the most common crime on campus, said Oakley Glenn, director of the Office of Public Safety. To help student's protect their property, the public safety of fice is working with the A’SUO Executive and the Eugene Police Department to operate the Stop Theft Program. The office will la? setting up tables in the EMU. dorms, sororities and fraternities early fall term to encourage students to register their valuables, Glenn said. Students will record the serial numbers and descriptions of objects on slips of paper, and three copies will be made. The student will keep one copy, and the public safety office will file two others, one under the serial number and one under the student's name. Glenn said. Engravers also will be available for students to engrave their driver's license numbers on objects that don't have serial numbers, said Dick Tanner, associate public safety director. The office will then have a record of the object if it is ever stolen and will be able to locate its owner if the object is recovered. Tanner said. A stu dent also will have a record for insurance purposes, he said. The office also will be registering bicycles both at the tables and during New Student Week on the EMU east lawn. Tanner said. All students are re quired to have bicycle permits to operate their bikes on cam pus. The permits are free, but THE PRIVACY Fourteen privately enclosed spas awoit you at Onsen Nature's own breezes will refresh you in our open-to the-sky rooms Our worm, bubbly water will relax you Get to know us and close the door on the world for one quiet hour HOURLY HOT TUt RENTAL Taking reservation* unlit It 30 p m weekday*, until 12 45 j weekends Call 345 9046 1863 Garden Ave . Eugene IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIimiHHIHIH KERNELS Watch for them in Spectrum EVERY i THURSDAY! itiiNiiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiii failure (o obtain a permit carries a $15 fine. A copy of the permit is kept on file at the office so that the owner of a recovered bike can be located. Tanner said.. When a bike isn’t registered, the office often cannot determine its owner, an I the bike is put on the auction block, he said. The office auctioned 'about 60 bikes spring term and expects Id auc tion 75 fall term, he said. ‘it's in the owner’s best in terest to have their bike registered." Tanner said, "It greatly enhances their chance of getting their bike back” if it is stolen, he said. A locked door also goes a long way toward preventing theft in the dorms. Tanner said. Very few of the thefts in the dorms involve forced entry, he said. "That is the biggest cause of theft on campus — the students will not lock their dorms." Tan ner said "It only takes a few seconds for someone to rip you off." Students also should not leave backpacks and other items unattended in a library or elsewhere. Tanner said. "That’s when they net stolen." he said. For bicycles. Tanner suggests that people use steel-loop locks, such as the kryptonite locks People need a cutting torch to gel through them, he said. "A lot of limes people bring a $400 or $.r>(H) hike on campus and pul a two-bil look on it." Tanner said Instead, they should invest an extra S^O and buy a solid lock, he said. Students who miss the Stop Theft tables will lie able to register their valuables and ob tain bicycle permits at the Of fice of Public Safety. 1319 K. 15th Ave. in Straub Hall, throughout the year Kngravers also are available at the office. Art therapy program to begin giving credit The two-year-old University art therapy program is being offered for full academic credit through leisure studies for the first time. "Art therapy is using art as a tool for self-expression ami communication." said laugh Files, executive director ol The Northwest Institute for the Creative Art Therapies. When art therapy is used in counseling situations, the patient helps put his or her findings in images through art. Files said In the class, students will learn about and par ticipate in art therapy, she said. Files will Ire teaching art therapy classes through the t Iniversity as well as through her office as part of a two-year, graduate-level training program One class. Art Therapy Media and Techniques, is somewhat experimental in nature for most students because they do not need any background in art. she said "Sometimes it's lielter when a student has no formal art training because they are less inhibited." she said. Students who complete the required courses receive a graduate-level certificate in conjunction with their degree, which can l>e valuable in the job market, she said Most art therapists work in special education. Files said, but other options are available. 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