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
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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.
"There are a lot of job possibilities if people are willing
to be creative." said Files, who has done art therapy consulta
tions at hospitals, schools and senior centers
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