THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2013
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TECHNOLOGY
New rec app helps students track fitness classes, hours
PAIGE STINGELY nationplu/konson.com
pstingely@kansan.com Ambler Student Recreation Center is joining the smartphone world with the upcoming release of its mobile app, "KU Recreation Services." This free app is designed to make it easier for students to access news and information regarding fitness classes, intramural game schedules, rec center hours and more.
In addition, Rebecca Goering, the Communication Coordinator for KU Recreation Services, said the app can help students stay on schedule.
"It has the ability to send push notifications," Goer-
ing said. "So, for example, if an intramural game is cancelled for some reason, a notification can be sent directly to students' phones."
The app also features different buttons that provide users with overall wellness information and information on fitness and fitness classes, among other subjects. "We are just trying to provide another form for students to find information quickly," said Goering.
The mobile app is linked with Ambler Student Recreation Center's website and the announcement screens inside the rec center, so when information is updated on one of them, it will automatically update on the others. The app will be available for both Android and iPhone and is expected to be released soon. "We are getting very,very close. We hope to have this app up and running within the next couple of weeks," said Goering. Ambler Student Recreation Center will make an announcement on its website and social media accounts when the app is available for download. The app is free for students.
—Edited by Sylas May
AMBLER STUDENT RECREATION CENTER
POLICE REPORTS
Information based on the Douglas County Sheriff's Office book recap.
CRIME
- An 18-year-old man was arrested Sunday on the 1500 block of Crestline Drive on suspicion of rape by force. No bond was posted.
- A 36-year-old woman was arrested Sunday on the 2400 block of Ousdahl Drive on suspicion of domestic battery. No bond was posted.
Emily Donovan
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Truckers steal merchandise using new techniques
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WICHITA, Kan. — To steal huge shipments of valuable cargo, thieves are turning to a deceptively simple tactic: They pose as truckers, load the freight onto their own tractor-trailers and drive away with it.
It's an increasingly common form of commercial identity theft that has allowed con men to make off each year with millions of dollars in merchandise, often food and beverages. And experts say
the practice is growing so rapidly that it will soon become the most common way to steal freight.
A generation ago, thieves simply stole loaded trucks out of parking lots. But the industry's widening use of GPS devices, high-tech locks and other advanced security measures have pushed criminals to adopt new hoaxes.
Helping to drive the scams, experts say, is the Internet, which offers thieves easy access to vast amounts of information about
the trucking industry. Online databases allow con men to assume the identities of legitimate freight haulers and to trawl for specific commodities they want to steal.
Besides hurting the nation's trucking industry -which moves more than 68 percent of all domestic shipments -the thefts have real-world consequences for consumers, including raising prices and potentially allowing unsafe food and drugs to reach store shelves.
News reports from across the country recount just a few of the thefts: 80,000 pounds of walnuts worth $300,000 in California. $200,000 of Muenster cheese in Wisconsin, rib-eye steaks valued at $82,000 in Texas, $25,000 pounds of king crab worth $400,000 in California.
The Hughson Nut Co. fell victim twice last year, losing two loads valued at $189,000.
On the Monday following the second theft, a customer called to complain that the almonds had never arrived in Arizona.
The company's quality assurance manager, Raquel Andrade, recalled getting a sinking feeling; "Uh-oh. I think it happened again."
Each time, the impostor truckers showed up at the Livingston, Calif., nut processor on a Friday with all the proper paperwork to pick up a load of almonds.
The thefts are little-known and seldom discussed outside the world of commercial trucking.
Companies that have been victimized are often reluctant to talk about their losses.
But crime reports and Associated Press interviews with law enforcement and industry leaders reveal an alarming pattern that hurts commerce, pushes up consumer prices and potentially puts Americans' health and safety at risk.
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