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News
Tuesday, September 7,2010
Abigail Allen & Josh Pherigo News Editors
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Jiazi Ding, an accounting graduate student, studies outside the Willis Library on Monday. The university closed for Labor Day, giving students and employees a break.
Holiday closure allows employees
to work without interruptions
UNT employees
labor on
Labor Day
a break wasn't a problem
for her.
"Actually, you can get a lot
more done when everything
her responsibilities.
Andi Spencer, a library
and information sciences
graduate student and a
By Tim Monzingo
Senior Staff Writer
While students and faculty
enjoyed a long weekend for
Labor Day, some university
employees were working
behind the scenes to get
things at the school moving
smoothly for the long
semester.
The university was closed
for observance of Labor Day,
a hoi iday meant to honor the
country's workforce.
With students gone,
employees had an opportu-
nity to finish up work, enjoy
quiet time at their desks and
attend to personal matters.
Cathy Flowers, the morning
shift facilities manager at
the University Union, used
the quiet building to take
care of work that would make
next week a little easier on
her and her employees.
" [I'm] catching up on some
duties that I needed to get
done, catching up on paper
work, sketches, just odds and
ins," she said.
Being at work on a day
when others were enjoying
You can get a lot more done
when everything is slow, so
it doesn't bother me"
— Cathy Flowers
Morning shift facilities manager at the University
Union about working on Labor Day
is slow, so it doesn't bother
me," Flowers said.
The one-day break wasn't
bad, she said, but some of
the long stretches of slow
work, like winter break, can
be tedious.
"If it's during the winter
breaks and stuff, no, I don't
feel like being up here then,
but today is just one day,"
she said. "I wasn't doing
anything, and it does help
me to catch up on paper
work.
"There's no interruptions
from someone needing some-
thing over here, or students
needing something, so it's
just quiet time."
Flowers wasn't the only
worker who used a slow day
at the office to get ahead on
student circulation assis-
tant at Willis Library, used
the time to get a jump on her
course work.
"My job depends on the
students, so if there really
aren't that many students
here, I generally can't do my
job at all, so it makes it easier
for me to do my own personal
work," Spencer said.
She said the library was a
good environment to do what
she would've done anyway
with the campus closed.
"I have a lot of reading
to do, and I was going to be
reading today anyways, so
it's nice and quiet in here
and I can just sit here and
read," she said.
If she were at home instead
of at work, though, the condi-
tions might have been a little
bit different, she said.
Spencer might have joined
some friends out at the lake
if it weren't for work.
"I would either be studying
or swimming somewhere,"
she said. "I'd be wearing
a swimsuit either way, for
sure."
Benjamin Skariah is a
financial aid counselor in
the Eagle Student Services
Center.
He said that with students
gone, a lot of work could
be accomplished, making
it easier to help students
with their financial aid
throughout the rest of the
semester.
"It's slower, so you can
get more processing done,"
he said. "We're still here to
serve our students."
Getting more processing
done with students out of
town means more might get
confirmation of their money
coming in, Skariah said.
One thing the employees
agreed on was that the work
they get done with students
away helps the rest of the
semester move more easily.
"Once midterms hit, it'll
be just up hill from there, so
its kind of a nice little break,"
Spencer said.
Programs help
students find items
By Amber Bell
Contributing Writer
Programs the UNT Police
Department uses could help
students keep track of stolen
items.
Incidents of theft have
fallen steadily at UNT
during the last several
years, according to data
from the U.S. Department
of Education.
"At the beginning of the
semester is high-stress for
students," said Cpl. Jeff
Arrington, crime prevention
specialist for the UNT Police
Department. "They start to
let their guard down. They
forget to lock their door."
UNT does not have many
forced-entry burglaries, but
crimes of opportunity are
common, he said.
The most relevant avail-
able records show that
burglaries fell from 34 to
21 over a three-year period
from 2006 to 2008. Police say
UNT will be able to further
crack down on burglaries
if students know how to
protect their property.
Resources range from
online databases that log
serial numbers to programs
and informational semi-
nars put on by the UNT
Police Department. They
can safeguard them from
being victims of theft.
Students who have lost
personal and valuable items
to thieves may even be able
to get them back if they have
spent the time to record
the necessary information
before the theft.
It is particularly impor-
tant for freshmen to be
aware because they tend
to be more negligent when
they are living away from
their parents for the first
time, police said.
It is crucial that students
coordinate with their room-
mates about who will be in
the room and when visitors
can be expected.
The TAG-IT program is
offered in dorms shortly
after the semester begins.
UNT police officers will
engrave personal items
such as cell phones, laptops,
iPods, iPads and other
valuables for free with the
student's valid driver's
license number.
It is still a good idea to
have serial numbers written
down as a backup, police
say.
"I think [the program
is] a good idea," said Chris
Brown, a political science
senior who lived in Maple
Hall his freshman year. "I
would have taken advan-
tage of it."
Students can start
watching for information on
the program around mid-
September.
Also available is Trace, an
online database that keeps
record of serial numbers
and other information for
valuables. Tracechecker.
com is available for free. It
can be linked to Facebook
so students can quickly get
the word out to friends if
something goes missing or
is misplaced. Police across
the country can access the
website to gain information
about stolen items.
Vivian Vallar, a radio,
television and film transfer
student attending UNT for
the first time this fall, lost a
cell phone when her locked
car was broken into in Fort
Worth. Knowing that there
are ways to keep her things
safe makes her feel more
at ease about attending
UNT.
*'It would be really helpful
to know that there's an extra
step 1 can take to recover my
items if they are ever taken
from me," Vallar said.
Arrington said he is
seeing more and more
thefts of textbooks, prob-
ably because they are easily
snatched from unattended
tables and chairs and from
unlocked cars.
Students should write
their name on the first page
and put an identifying mark
somewhere in the book that
only they know about, he
said.
Because books must be
returned with a student ID
or driver's license, it is easy
to catch a book thief, police
said.
If credit cards go missing
or are stolen, police say to
cancel all cards before filing
a report. Students should
also tell their parents all of
their credit card numbers
and all identifying infor-
mation for valuables.
"Manage your property,
never let it out of your
sight," Arrington said.
"If you keep valuables in
your car, make sure to lock
them in your trunk. If you
have something stolen, file
a police report and try to
get the pertinent informa-
tion we need, like the serial
numbers."
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Police Blotter
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Sunday, Sept. 5
At 2:26 a.m., a
21-year-old man ran from
a police officer at 700
Central Ave. After addi-
tional officers came, they
discovered that the man
had been driving with an
invalid license. He was
arrested and sent to the
Denton County Jail.
Saturday, Sept. 4
An officer pulled over
a 17-year-old female
student at 1:35 a.m. in the
700 block of North Texas
Boulevard. The driver was
arrested on suspicion of
intoxication and was sent
to the Denton County Jail.
The male passenger, 20,
was wanted by the River
Oaks Police Department
for expired registration
and failure to appear.
He was also arrested
and taken to the Denton
County Jail.
Friday, Sept. 3
A 22-year-old male
student was pulled over
at 2:12 a.m. at 2212 W.
Oak St. The student was
arrested on suspicion of
driving while intoxicated
and was sent to Denton
County Jail.
At 12:04 a.m., an
officer came in contact
with an 18-year-old male
student in Lot 81 who was
suspected to be in posses-
sion of drug parapher-
nalia. The student was
given a ticket.
Thursday, Sept. 2
Electronic items were
reported stolen at 8:12
p.m. at the UNT dorm,
the College Inn.
Money was found at
2:49 p.m. at the UNT
Language Building. An
officer took custody of
the money.
Wednesday, Sept. 1
An officer stopped a
pedestrian at 11:03 p.m.
on the Willis Library Mall.
The 52-year-old man
was arrested on suspi-
cion of being intoxicated
and sent to the Denton
County Jail.
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