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At top, a KU bus passes students in front of Wescoe Hall Thursday afternoon as the first day of classes comes to a close.
Above, Nic Pearce, Lawrence sophomore, and Rui Hu, Free State High School senior, walk back from class Thursday afternoon. Pearce recently transferred from Fort Hays State University.
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Jessica Peterson, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, locks her bike near Wescoe Hall Thursday. Peterson said she's never had her bike stolen.
Multiple bike thefts roll on to campus
BY DAVID LINHARDT
Lennea Carty, Andover senior; wanted to think everyone around her was a decent person. But last weekend, someone stole her bicycle from a Templin Hall bike rack.
The incident is part of a trend of bike thefts that cropped up during the break between the University's summer and fall semesters.
"Right now I'm feeling slightly paranoid," Carty said. "A little bit of my security bubble has been poked through."
campus racks during the last two weeks, including Carty's mountain bike by Giant, according to Public Safety Office reports. Students reported losses of more than $10,000 in bike-related thefts in 2005.
Six bikes have been stolen from
Capt. Schuyler Bailey, public safety officer spokesman, said the thefts were still being investigated.
"Most of the time it's not students who are stealing them," Bailey said.
Carty has ridden her bike on campus for a year — and until earlier this week, she's never worried about losing her ride.
scheme of things, it's only a bicycle," Carty said. "But I would expect the University to protect their students and keep their bikes from being jacked."
Carty has her bike's serial number and has researched bike theft at a Web site called NationalBikeRegistry.
Last year the University installed security cameras that oversee parking lots on campus, but Carty doesn't think they help police track down someone who steals bikes from residence hall bike racks.
"I understand that in the grand
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Adam Hess, service manager at Sunflower Outdoor and Bike Shop. 802 Massachusetts St., recommends u-locks to keep bikes safe.
More than 1 million bikes are stolen each year, according to the site, and less than half are ever found by police. Most of the bikes police find have no registry numbers or other identification.
National Crime Prevention Council, has dismal news for bike theft victims: only 5 percent of stolen bikes are returned to their owners.
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