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Baxter Schanze/KANSAN A bike sits locked up in front of Budig Hall on March 10. Bike theft has been on the rise on campus.
KU police address increase in bike thefts
▶ EMILY WELLBORN
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Despite efforts to prevent thefts by student cyclists, the University has seen 34 incidents of stolen bicycles or bicycle parts on campus since September, according to online campus crime reports.
Deputy Chief James Anguiano of the Public Safety Office said that there has been an increase in bike theft in the last year and the early part of the semester.
"We saw 61 bike thefts last year which is significantly higher than the year before and we have seen constant patterns at the start of this semester," Anguiano said.
Those thefts, and their remnants, have created a fear for students of their bikes being stolen.
"I'm scared whenever I leave my bike anywhere just because every single time I come back, there's a bike that's on the same rack that's either half a bike or the lock has been broken off or something," said Natalie Kogan-White, a freshman from Minneapolis, Minnesota. "I see it everywhere I go."
Kogan-White said that she has friends that were already attending the University before she started last fall who warned her about bike thefts on campus.
"They said 'Bike theft happens all the time, Natalie. You're definitely going to get your bike stolen," Kogan-White said.
She said that she always locks her bike with a Kryptonite bike lock. Her roommate, Kalekidan Yeshiwas, locked her bike with a wiring system recommended by her friends until her bike was stolen outside of Naismith Hall last semester.
"At the beginning of the semester I'd put my bike in my room, but when I started using it more, I started to leave it out," Yeshiwas, a freshman from St. Louis, said.
She also said that she was warned about bike theft, but she did not think it was
as prevalent as her friends made it out to be.
"I knew that I had to watch out for that whenever I bought my bike, but I thought it wasn't as common as it was before coming in," Yeshiwas said.
The thief cut through her lock to take the bike. Yeshiwas filed a police report and was informed by campus police that thefts like these were not uncommon and that there had been a similar incident only a few days beforehand.
"I thought 'How is this so common?' But there's not much I can do about it," Yeshiwas said.
In February, there were eight bike-related thefts on campus and another one just the last week, according to the online campus crime reports.
The PSO offers tips on their website including to "remove the seat and take it with you if the seat might be prone to theft or consider purchasing a seat tether." The PSO also recommends locking bikes from the frame and the front wheel.
Anguiano also recommended buying a U-Lock, because on of the main methods thieves are taking the bikes is by cutting the lock.
"A U-lock is harder to defeat than a cable lock because a cable lock can be cut with wire cutters or with bolt cutters or things like that," Anguiano said. "A U-lock takes a little bit more effort. We haven't seen hardly any bikes that have been cut that have U-locks. You're going to pay a little bit more than you would a cable lock or a chain lock, but in the end, it helps protect your investment."
Anguiano said that bikes are being stolen because they are easy to sell.
"It's a very cheap resale item," Anguiano said, "They can get a pretty good quick return on it, sometimes even before the victim knows it's been stolen."
Anguiano also said the University's Public Safety Office is patrolling more, watching security and com-
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the safety of Daisy Hill.
"I was freaking out, obviously, because this guy would not leave me alone," Ziesmer said.
Twenty minutes after entering the St. Lawrence Center, the priest and Ziesmer headed towards Daisy Hill, but the silver Mazda was still waiting. Ziesmer ran back inside.
Ziesmer called the PSO to come help her. However, University police told Ziesmer to contact the Lawrence Police Department as the incident was out of their jurisdiction. When police arrived, they pulled the car over, Ziesmer said.
Ziesmer said police told her that the driver of the Mazda was known in the neighborhood for doing this to girls.
The LPD confirmed the incident. Officers at the scene determined that a crime was not committed. The suspect was not arrested, but the investigation is still open, said Kim Murphree, a spokeswoman for the LPD.
Ziesmer said she no longer travels the residential paths to campus, which she used to do four times a day. Every time she walks alone, Ziesmer now calls her mom, who helped guide her as she was followed by the Mazda.
"I don't feel safe walking on campus alone at all," Ziesmer said. "Every time I see a silver car, my heart races, and I have to make sure it's a different brand and have to look at the license plate to make sure it's a different number."
As a member of a sorority, Ziesmer knows that many girls walk through residential neighborhoods at night. Ziesmer said she has done all she can to warn others.
"We've really just tried to put it out there and tried to share with almost everyone what has happened just so that they can understand that they need to be more cautious when walking through those neighborhoods." Ziesmer said.
The LPD said they patrol neighborhoods within the jurisdiction, which includes neighborhoods adjacent to
Opponents of the resolution said it will only confuse students. However, according to executive staff
campus.
"I've never even talked to any adult or KU employees about how to get from Daisy Hill to campus and which way is the safest way," Ziesmer said. "They don't do any education on any of that."
However, according to Anguiano, students who live in residence halls are required to attend safety training. Every August, PSO works in conjunction with the Office of First-Year Experience to coordinate mandatory training on safety and wellness for new students during Jayhawk Jumpstart.
Ziesmer was frustrated by the lack of communication surrounding safety concerns. She wishes that someone would have let students know that the driver of the Mazda has done this before, and she wishes that someone would have told her about the safest ways to get to campus from Daisy Hill.
like Alcorn, the referendum is not binding but rather a way to see how the student body feels about coalitions. According to the resolution, the referendum must be presented to the student body no later than fall of 2018.
"I know it's hard to imagine a world without coalitions," Alcorn said during the meeting. "This issue is bigger than me, bigger than Student Senate. We've gotten to a point where we really need student input."
Some Student Senate members said Alcorn, who has just over a month left in his tenure as student body president, was right to push for the coalition referendum.
"As a student leader, he's incredibly honest and accessible and straightforward and he's going to get back to people, just like he did tonight," Senate Communication Director Connor Birzer said after the meeting.
Anguiano also said that LPD and PSO share information on some cases. Additionally, Anguiano said that if a safety threat is deemed ongoing, students are promptly made aware through crime alerts, which are sent out via text message and email.
"If it's campus related or close to campus, we will put out a timely warning," Anguiano said.
To stay safe, Anguiano advises students to stay on campus when traveling to Daisy Hill. He said main streets, such as 15th Street, are patrolled by campus police as well as well-lit and well-traveled with security cameras and emergency phones.
"Just be aware of your surroundings," Anguiano said. "If you're wearing your earbuds, to have one earbud in your ear and one earbud outside your ear so you can hear things that are going on around you, and if you do see something, call."
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municating more with the Lawrence Police Department, but PSO still wants students to be aware of what happens around them to help cut down on the amount of thefts.
"The main thing is with the University community, is if they see people around the bike racks call us," Anguiano said. "If they see something suspicious, give us a holler."
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along as the 34 additional senators who serve as sponsors on the new bill, took the feedback that was brought up in the committees last week and implemented it into the final bill. Some senators had expressed concerns of bias in the referendum and the question that will go on students' ballots was changed as a result.
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