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"Catching Sight of Longwoodfrom atop the Sesquicentennial Mount" VOL. 68 No. 1
September 13, 1988
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Curry residents live in fear of break-ins By ANGELA KOUSSOGLOU Hearing the door open. Jane awakened. She thought it was her roommate. "Want me to get the lights?" Jane asked. Hearing no reply, she assumed her roommate had already gotten into bed so Jane fell back to sleep. Little did Jane know that she'd awaken the next morning to find her roommate gagged and strangled to death in the bed just five feet away from her. On the mirror by the bed. the words: Aren't you glad you didn't get the lights, were written in lipstick the shade of blood. This is fiction ... a story used on campus across the country to scare students Into
protecting themselves against crime. It's time Longwood read the fiction and heard the facts. On September 2 at 1:15 a.m.. Curry resident. Donna Hedge, was In the shower while her roommate and suitemates were in bed asleep. Unfortunately, someone forgot to lock the door. In the few minutes Donna was out of her room, her gold necklace, two watches, and three silver chains were stollen. Also stollen was a box of earrings, a checkbook, and a wallet belonging to her roommate. Not more than fifteen minutes later, Curry resident. JoAnn Sayko became the next victim. JoAnn was alone in
GALLERY Dr. Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1885 - 1903) Gallery is a weekly column that will feature the many men and women that have worked in the past to build the college we all know as Longwood. By MATT PETERMAN Dr. J. L. M. Curry was born on his father's plantation In Georgia; however, he spent his early years on a plantation in Alabama. According to Charles Burrell Dr. Curry was "graduated from the University of Georgia at the early age of eighteen, then studied law at Harvard University, graduating when twenty years of age" (315). "At the age of twenty-one he became a member of the United States Congress from 1857 to 1861. when his fine gifts of oratory attracted much favorable attention" (315). After the Civil War he took the Job as President of Howard College In Alabama which he held for approximately a year. For the next thirteen years he made his
her room when over $200 worth of Jewelry was stollen off of the dresser by her bed. She slept through the incident. JoAnn says that the door to her room was unlocked. She isn't sure whether her suite door had been locked or not but she says that a hanger was found In front of the suite door the next morning. Minutes later, a Curry resident, who prefers to remain unidentified, was awakend to the sound of her roommate ordering someone to leave their room. The roommate who also prefers to remain unidentified, came into her room and found someone standing in front of her open closet. When she demanded that he leave, he told her not to be worried and that she should remember him from D.T.'s. He then left taking with him a few items of gold jewelry. The girls described him as being a clean cut. black, male. One girl said. "He was so calm . . . as if he owned the room and we were the ones breaking In."
V Sergeant A. Rhodes gave lecture on how to protect oneself to 10th floor Curry residents. Campus Police were notified in the morning. Sergeant A Rhodes came to get a full report from Donna Hedge the next day and later that week came to a 10th floor Curry Hall meeting to lecture on "how to protect yourself." He informed the residents that a strict security was being kept on the dorms and that only dorm residents and registered guests could enter the dorms after midnight. He said to report all suspicious persons and to always keep your doors locked. Should you Photo credit: Emily Howcll
home In Virginia teaching at Richmond College as a professor. During these years he also held the position of President of the Board of Trustees at that College. "He often occupied the pulpit as preacher, although he had no regular charge. He [also] was at one time President of the Foreign Mission Board of Southern Baptist Convention" (315). For twenty-two years. Dr. Curry acted as an agent of (continued on page 10)
come in contact with a stranger in your room, calmly ask him to leave. If he refuses, you try to leave the room and call Campus Police immediatly. Under no circumstances should you question or aggravate the person. Because the ratio of Longwood students to Campus Police Officers Is 273:1. the students need to support the police in order to make the fight against campus crime effective. This became evident last Tuesday night. The desk aid noticed two suspicious persons In Curry lobby. She called Campus Police who arrived less than five minutes after the call was made. Ten minutes later, both persons were arrested for trespassing. With this kind of support from the students as well as an increased awareness to protect ones self, the Longwood Community can become a safer environment for all to live in.
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