OCTOBER 13, 2021 • VOLUME 92 • ISSUE 6
The official student newspaper of Quinnipiac University since 1929
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OPINION P.4: POSTHUMOUS ALBUMS Music labels are unethically profiting off the legacies of dead artists
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Alumnus Colton Bender was selected in the 10th round of the MLB draft by the San Diego Padres
Three students report catalytic converters stolen By NICOLE MCISAAC and MELINA KHAN
Three students were identified as having their vehicle’s catalytic converters stolen on Quinnipiac University’s Mount Carmel and North Haven campuses from Oct. 5-6, according to an email sent Friday by Chief of Public Safety Tony Reyes. In response, Reyes said the university will increase its patrolling on campus to mitigate future incidents. A catalytic converter is a device attached to a vehicle’s exhaust system. Thieves target these devices since they are made out of highly valuable metals, typically platinum, palladium or rhodium. Stolen catalytic converters are sold for $50 to $250 each, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. For the victims, the replacement fee of the catalytic converter costs $2,000, per Public Safety’s incident reports of the recent thefts. A student on the North Haven campus reported the first incident on Oct. 5. According to the incident report The Chronicle obtained, the student arrived on campus at 10 a.m., parked their car in the parking garage and did not return until 9:50 p.m. that night. The student explained to the responding
public safety officer that when beginning to drive their car, a 2010 Honda CRV, a loud noise came from their engine. The student said they subsequently pulled over, concerned the car was unsafe to drive. Upon examining their vehicle, the student realized the catalytic converter had been cut out of the car and alerted Public Safety. The public safety officer contacted the North Haven Police Department, who filed a theft report. The following day at 3:20 p.m., a Quinnipiac public safety officer responded to another report of a stolen catalytic converter from a Honda CRV in the North Lot on the Mount Carmel campus. The driver of the car similarly reported that they had gone to class earlier that day and when they returned to their vehicle and began driving, heard a loud noise coming from the exhaust. The student then examined their car and found that the catalytic converter had been forcibly removed. After contacting Public Safety, the student surveyed another nearby Honda CRV and noticed its catalytic converter had also See CAR PART THEFT Page 2
DANIEL PASSAPERA/CHRONICLE
Quinnipiac’s Public Safety is increasing campus patrols after three seperate stolen catalytic converter incidents.