After congratulations, crime

I was reading Maggie's post about these campus thefts, thinking, that must SUCK. Seriously, people? At graduation? But that's what makes me think it's the same group responsible for the car break-ins last fall. No Mount Holyoke student is that despicable.

I checked the daily log and, sure enough, found the incidents in question. But I also found these:

On May 22 at 2:43pm an employee reported that during a verbal altercation with another employee that the other employee threatened to kill him and told him to 'go back to his country.' The employee had already discussed the issue with Human Resources (Incident #0901-321-OF). Investigation is continuing.

Troubling for obvious reasons. I don't think I've met any homicidal staff, but apparently they are out there.

On May 16 at 11:33am officers received a report of a suspicious male walking through Mead Hall. When asked why he was in the building, he claimed that he had been told he could go through items that were discarded by students. He was trespassed from campus (Incident #0901-316-OF). Case Closed.

The second one is just sort of thought-provoking. I'm sure the guy was referring to freebinning. Can you imagine if locals came in and "participated" in the tradition, albeit in a rather one-sided way? I never thought of freebinning as something sacred and shared, but it is; it's us, giving to each other, a kind of anonymous bonding. No one should be allowed to take that away (literally). (Thanks, Pubsafe!)

This entry was posted by Marianna, on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. You can leave your response.