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Music thefts striking a sour note
By Kristm Unwin
ErrwaW Contributor
*'!'m just going to risk it."
That is what University soph
omore David Keller said after
other students' musical Instru
ments began disappearing from
lockers in the University
Sc hoo! of Musk:
Less than a week later, Keller
found his own looker broken
into and both of his saxo
phones missing
"I thought the lock would
take care of it." Keller said
Keller is just one of many
victims of a recent rash of thefts
that have taken place at the
University In the last seven
weeks, eight instruments total
ing more than $H>,000 have
been taken
Thieves have also hit Chur
chill and South bugono high
-schools, stealing 14 instru
ments
Houghly half of nil the Instru
ments worn owned by the
schools, and the rest belonged
to individual students
All the thefts seem to t>e re
lated. said Bill Brooks, campus
investigator lor the liugnne po
lice department
lul’D Detective Dixie Sexton
said she has come to the same
conclusion based on similari
ties between the type of proper
ly stolen, the type of building
where the thefts have taken
plac e, and the method of entry
into those buildings
According to her reports, al
most all the property taken has
been limited to band instru
ments, and In each case there
has I men no sign of forced entry
into any of the schools
Instead, Brooks said, the
thieves are either entering the
schools unnoticed or are re
maining in the buildings until
after hours. Once inside, the
thieves are taking instruments
directly from open classrooms
or arcc cutting the looks off of
students' lockers. Brooks said
Janet Stewart, assistant to the
music: school dean, said she be
lieves the thieves are profes
sionals.
They seem to know where to
look, for only certain lockers
have been broken into, and
some of the less valuable in
struments have been loft be
hind, Stewart said
"These people are rather
bold to come back," Stewart
said
Although none of the instru
ments has been recovered yet,
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Sophomore David Keller had two saxophones stolen from his locker.
He is using a friend's instrument in class.
Brooks said most stolen instm
monts am taken out of state and
sold to music stores or pawn
shops.
Therefore, Brooks said the
pollen arn alerting area Instru
ment dealers and are entering
the stolen instruments’ serial
numbers into the FBI’s National
Crime Computer
The police have no suspects
at this time.
Most people affected by the
thefts agree that poor security
and lack of awareness are to
blame.
Richard Long. Fine Arts de
partment leader at South Eu
gene, said he believes the
school's security system is ter
rible.
"Right now, it's just lip ser
vice.” Long said.
Long said the system, called
Sonttrol, was turned on but
wasn't functioning properly
when the thefts occurred, in the
past the system has oven failed
to register fires in the building,
he said
Keller said security at the
University is lacking but does
not think il is realistic to expect
changes because of cost.
C-arey Drayton, the director of
the University Office of Public
Safety, agrees that security is
lacking hut points out that
there is only so much his office
can do.
Draylon said he could station
an officer full-time al the
School of Music, hut he doesn't
believo it will do any good lie
cause the officur would not bo
able to determine who had a
right to be in the building
Instead. Draylon said he and
Anne Dhu McLucas, dean of
the School of Music, are work
ing together to find more effec
tive ways to improve security
r
that also lakes convenience and
cost into consideration.
In doing this, Drayton said ho
is hoping to strike a balance be
tween “the absolutely Fort
Knox situation" and "things
walking out the back door, the
side door and out the win
■ dow."
One option is issuing iden
tification cards to all students
using the music building. An
other is installing an electronic
access control system that uses
electronic keys instead of stan
dard metal ones.
Stewart said the School of
Music has already taken some
steps to tighten security but de
clines to be specific: for four of
notifying the thieves of Iho
changes.
Stewart said the school has
established u security commit
tee! that meets regularly to im
prove student awareness of
campus security.
Stewart said students need to
bo more careful about where
they leave their instruments.
"I wont people to ho aware —
to be watching." Stewart said.
Stewart also encourages stu
dents to keep records of their
instruments' serial numbers
and to report them immediately
to the police if their instru
ments are stolen.
In addition, she urges stu
dents to make sure their instru
ments are properly Insured.
Fortunately for Keller, at
least ono of his saxophones was
covered by insurance.
Although Drayton said no
one can bn completely safe
from musical instrument theft.
Long offered one solution.
"If it's valuable, don't let it
out of your sight," ho said.
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