Weekend brings car break-ins

by Nicole Klimas managing editor

Seven cars on campus belonging to resident students were broken into during the past weekend.

On Friday, Apr. 16, three cars in Xavier parking lot and one parked along Residential Boulevard had their windows smashed and possessions taken.

Sophomores Meghan Merkel, Tara Robuck, and Kelly Burbidge, were notified that their windows had been broken and possessions stolen after firstyear student Tom Handley noticed that someone was sitting in his car.

Handley attempted to notify Public Safety by pushing the button on the call box in Xavier's parking lot only to realize that it was not working. After realizing that another student who had been with Handley had run into Woodcrest to contact Public Safety, the perpetrator fled the scene.

Possessions stolen from the cars include a CD player, radar detector, MAC card, cigars, and money.

"It is very shocking that it happened on Cabrini's ~ampus," said Robuck, "I never though that it could upen here."

T understand that Public Safety cannot be every- and I fell down. Then they just kept beating on me for 10 minutes till Public Safety came." Realer declined to comment on the situation and White did not return a phone message for comment.

Dr. Robert Bonfiglio, vice president for student development, said he was notified of the situation around 2:40 a.m. and spoke with Public Safety throughout the night.

Bonfiglio also said there was a meeting between Cathy Caufield, director of resident life, John Dzik, athletic director, Diana Pohl, acting Public Safety director, Shirley Dixon, diversity initiatives coordinator, and Dawn Rossi, resident director of the apartments, the next day.

Following that meeting, Dzik had a meeting with a group of student athletes. A letter was sent out by Bonfiglio asking for more information about the incident. Bonfiglio said that there is still an on-going investigation by the college. "We're trying to figure out what happened, who was involved and then go through disci- plinary action," he said.

Bonfiglio then went on to say that "I think that what took place is outrageous and not acceptable in our community. Strong action will be taken on those individuals responsible for the incident."

In a related incident, according to police reports, sophomores Michael Primavera and John Amerman were both issued citations for disorderly conduct outside Lanshe house, house 6, for yelling profanities and refusing to leave the area.