October 30, 2008
Students living in the Residence halls have noticed that there are signs in the front of every parking lot saying, "This area subject to camera surveillance." Rumors say that instead of campus police doing rounds around the Residence halls, they have been using the cameras as a way of cracking down on illegal behavior.
"I like that idea if they are using the cameras to catch students in the act," said Kim Evans, 20, Recreation major. "I feel that students will take their illegal acts off campus if they know police are watching them through the cameras. It makes me feel safer knowing that."
According to the CSULB Crime Statistics for 2007 there were 28 motor vehicle thefts, 15 burglary's, two robberies, four sexual assaults and two aggravated assaults on campus.
"As a girl, I need to know that something bad isn't going to happen to me if I just go out to get something out of my car," said Maddy Hillis, 19, Liberal Studies. "If something goes wrong, a camera isn't going to safe my life. The campus Police just need to do their rounds more frequently."
Though some students believe these cameras could reduce crime rates, others feel strongly that the cameras are not going to help at all. But there are some who think in the middle of both situations.
"I know that Lot 20 across from the dorms hardly has any light during the night and the shuttles run until midnight," said Craig Schultz, 20, Film and Electronic Arts. "I see the cameras as an extra eye for the parking lots but I don't think it is right if the Police are using the cameras to just spy on people. Police need to do their rounds around the Residence halls and use the cameras as extra leverage for the parking lots only."
October 16, 2008Every year, Residence battles Parkside in a competition to see who is best. The competition took over four days, having students compete in relays to trivia. This year, Parkside didn't show up.
"Because Parkside didn't show up, the competition was between Los Alamitos and Residence because they were the only ones who wanted to participate," said Demetra Frangis, 20, supporter of Residence. "They seemed to have fun anyways, which is all that matters."
During the first competition, dodgeball, Los Alamitos beat Residence 3-2 in a best out of five games.
"It was kind of unorganized anyways," said Ivan Kwan, 20, on Residence. "People just showed up and started playing. It was like our team [Residence] with two guys and five girls against seven guys. But it was fun for a while."
The next the war continued without Parkside. In the trivia challenge Residence had come back to make the war's score tied at one all.
"To watch the trivia was fun," said Elise Blum, 20. "The only thing that I didn't like was that there weren't that many students participating and there weren't many spectators either."
With only two competitions left in the war, Los Alamitos took victory in the scavenger hunt and the relay. Leaving the final score 3-1.
"Hopefully next year Parkside will decide to participate," said Kevin Meikle, 20, on Los Alamitos. "We are supposed to be on Residence side, not against them."
10:24 PM
Janine McCormick
October 14, 2008
Parkside 1
Residence 1Round 2:
TriviaWhere:
Los Cerritos loungeWhen:
Tuesday, October 14
10:02 PM
Janine McCormick
October 13, 2008
Parkside 1
Residence 0Round 1:
DodgeballWhere:
Los Alamitos lawn When:
Monday, October 13
October 13, 2008For those of you who didn't sign up for "Resident Hall Wars" doesn't mean you still can't watch! The war will start today and continue through Thursday. And because I am incredibly nice, I made a list of where you need to be to see each event.
Monday (10/13)
Dodgeball: 6:00 p.m. at the Los Alamitos Lawn
Tuesday (10/14)
Trivia: 5:00 p.m. at the Los Cerritos Lounge
Wednesday (10/15)
Scavenger Hunt: 5:00 p.m. outside Los Alamitos Coffeehouse
Thursday (10/16)
Relay: 5:00 p.m. at the Los Alamitos Lawn
If you are lucky, you might even see me there! I will post a full story on Friday with the details about the wars. Until then, I will post mini blogs letting you know the results.
I don't know if you noticed but in less than an hour, I have defeated the html code and added new links. So you can click around! I hope to post a blog by the end of the week with details on how to navigate around my blog.
12:34 PM
Janine McCormick
October 13, 2008Apparently I am not as "Tech Savvy" as I thought. But I am still working on it. I refuse to let an html code bring me down to stupidity.
So until further notice, don't click on the icon with the guy holding the shovel because the link takes you nowhere.
Like I said, I am continuing to figure out this ridiculous html code. That way you will be able to navigate easily and freely around my blog!
Students living in the Residence halls have noticed that there are signs in the front of every parking lot saying, "This area subject to camera surveillance." Rumors say that instead of campus police doing rounds around the Residence halls, they have been using the cameras as a way of cracking down on illegal behavior.
