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Volume 128 Issue 27
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
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Volume 128 Issue 27
In 2013, the University's Public Safety Office reported 107 drug and narcotics offenses on the University Campus. This figure is more than triple the number of offenses reported in 2008.
DALTON KINGERY
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Captain James Anguiano of the Public Safety Office attributed the spike in offenses to increased training of campus law enforcement officers. Student Housing employees and changes to police procedure, rather than an increase in drug usage on campus.
"Some of the specifics that we're doing now, we're able to work with our District Attorney's office and get more search warrants when we're not allowed entry into the rooms," Anguiano said. "That makes it a little bit easier for us to enforce the laws."
Additionally, more residence hall patrols and on-campus video monitoring have enabled campus police to catch offenders who are not using drugs in buildings, but in their cars and residence hall parking lots.
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Ebola isn't immediate threat to US
Even if the United States were to have an outbreak of the Ebola virus, Watkins Student Health Center is equipped with the right preventative supplies and equipment to treat the patient.
PAIGE STINGLEY
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"We have the isolation rooms and we have the supplies," said Dr. Douglas Dechairo, director of Watkins Student Health Center. "The only thing we can't do here is process the blood."
The recent outbreak of Ebola has received the attention of people all around the world. The epidemic, which started in West Africa, has now made its first appearance in both the United States and Spain. The U.S. is currently treating two patients in Dallas and Nebraska. Spain confirmed reports on Monday that a Spanish health worker became the first Ebola patient to contract the virus outside of Africa, according to CNN.
According to the World Health Organization, Ebola is an RNA virus that mainly infects wild animals such as fruit bats, monkeys and gorillas, but can also be transmitted to humans. The first human outbreak of Ebola was in 1976 near the Ebola River in which is present day South Sudan.
Dechairo said the biggest misconception that worries people is how Ebola is transmitted. He said since the virus is a bloodborne pathogen, it can only be transmitted through direct contact of bodily fluids. It is
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In 2013, the University's Public Safety Office reported 107 drug and narcotics offenses on the University Campus. This figure is more than triple the number of offenses reported in 2008.
Captain James Anguiano of the Public Safety Office attributed the spike in offenses to increased training of campus law enforcement officers, Student Housing employees and changes to police procedure, rather than an increase in drug usage on campus.
"Some of the specifics that we're doing now, we are able to work with our District Attorney's office and get more
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increased training for housing staff has played a role in the rising number of offenses reported, with a little over half of all on-campus offences occurring in student housing buildings.
"We always try to do a training where we're actually using the smell of marijuana, so [Student Housing] actually get to smell marijuana so they know what the odor is like."
JAMES ANGUIANO Captain of the Public Safety Office
martijuana so they know what the odor is like," Anguiano said.
Jo Hardesty, the director of Legal Services for Students, said 99 percent of the student drug cases her office handles involve marijuana.
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The PSO's changes in training and procedure came after evaluating the methods they were using to enforce drug laws on campus. Modified procedures and increased training for housing staff were two of the ways campus law enforcement thought they could improve, Anguiano said.
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"We always look for different methods to use to help combat all kinds of different crimes" Anguiano said. "Once we were able
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"I like what we've done," Hagan said. "I think the approach we are taking is something that Student Senate can do to help with mental illness and mental health on campus and to increase access to those services that are already available."
When she speaks to Senate, Hagan plans to discuss the issues students face when navigating the system to get treatment while at the University.
"There are so many complications, not just with mental illness itself but with trying to get better and trying to find the resources that you need," Hagan said.
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