Editor protests silence about thefts IN MY OPINION

how scary it is to possibly have your personal belongings stolen and to never be seen again.

ing taken away from them, and officials have no information or quotes to give me? Wow.

KAITLIN BARR

EDITOR IN CHIEF KMB738@CABRINI EDU

With all the recent thefts on campus, as a student, I feel I have the right to know what’s happening. Although I’m a commuter, I’ve lived on a college campus in the past, and I know

Being a reporter for the Loquitur has broadened my curiosity in many different areas, so when another editor and I decided to find out more about the recent thefts, we wanted to tell Cabrini students the truth about what has been happening. When we were told by administrators in certain offices that they were “not allowed to comment,” we were shocked.

Not allowed to comment? Seriously? People’s personal belongings are be-

Cabrini is keeping quiet, when they should be speaking out to their students.

Other universities in the area keep blogs about the crimes happening around campus. Advice to “watch your personal belongings and shut your doors” is unbelievable. We’re college students, not second graders; I think we know to lock our doors and watch our belongings. It’s not our fault if someone may have a master key to get in everywhere on campus.

I do understand public safety’s concerns with leaking information; if they gave out the wrong information there could be negative repercussions. However, there are serious thefts occurring all over campus, and students have the right to know.

The fact that there was $600 worth of equipment taken from Heather Shanley’s locked office in the communications wing, and all administrators can say is that students should be more careful with their belongings, is absurd.

After talking with other editors in chief on