Cam­pus Safety Re­port

MISHAWAKA—The Cam­pus Safety Of­fice has been be­yond busy lately. Along with the mul­ti­ple re­ports of things be­ing stolen from ve­hi­cles, many sus­pi­cious per­sons seen on cam­pus, and the oc­ca­sional fire alarm go­ing off in one of the dorms, there have been other ab­nor­mal oc­cur­rences as well.  

• Oct. 14, there were two in­juries in Wiekamp from stu­dents par­tic­i­pat­ing in in­tra­mural ac­tiv­i­ties. Also, there was an­other med­ical in­jury on Oct. 21, due to some­one slip­ping and falling in the Aca­d­e­mic Build­ing.  

There was also a re­port of unau­tho­rized build­ing use when non-Bethel stu­dents were found us­ing the gym in Wiekamp when it was closed. 

• Oct. 24, a dis­tur­bance was re­ported on the soft­ball field, which was two non-cam­pus in­di­vid­u­als in­volved in a ver­bal al­ter­ca­tion.  

There was a re­port of a cam­pus pol­icy vi­o­la­tion in­volv­ing a stu­dent. How­ever, no fur­ther in­for­ma­tion has been pro­vided.  

• Oct. 25, some­one van­dal­ized an ob­ject on cam­pus by use of paint­balls. 

These are all re­ports of things that have hap­pened within the past month. 

Paul Neel, Di­rec­tor of Cam­pus Safety, pro­vides ad­vice per­tain­ing to safety for stu­dents and fac­ulty: 

“Stu­dents should con­tinue to be aware or their sur­round­ings at all times, on and off cam­pus.  With colder weather start­ing, it is also good to make sure you have a good bat­tery in your car and to run it a few times a week to be sure it will work when you need it.  Also, plan enough time to clear your win­dows of snow or ice be­fore you drive.”