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TUPD nabs bike thief Weekend arrest ends string of thefts; search for bikes continues
by Chris Soto NEWS REPORTER University police arrested a serial bike thief outside of Prassel residence hall last Sunday morning, ending a long streak of bike thefts that have been plaguing students during the month of September. TUPD officers John Rowse and David Estrada apprehended 39-year-old Christopher Dominguez after he failed to produce identification in the early morning hours last Sunday. He was booked and processed immediately because of an outstanding warrant produce identification and his failure to produce identification. “We’re happy that we were able to get him,” said Pete Perez, assistant chief of police. “Sometimes you get lucky. Our diligence helped pay off.” Perez described a recent change in officers’ patrol
strategy to help catch the suspect. According to Perez, officers were given extra shifts and instructed to patrol campus bike racks in plain clothes so they drew as little attention to themselves as police officers. “Officers John Rowse and David Estrada were on assignment that night near the Prassel residence hall,” Perez said. “The suspect had all of the descriptions from the video tape. From there, we all came down on him. He didn’t know what hit him. He had the bolt cutters, the locks - you name it.” The first recorded incident of bike thefts occurred on Sept. 4, after which TUPD officials checked with other local universities asking for information on reported bike thefts. UTSA reported a sharp increase in bike thefts in the month of August and early September. After bike thefts rapidly increased on campus, TUPD assigned officers to patrol those bike racks that were heavily affected by the bike thief. Despite Dominguez’s arrest, the question remains whether affected students can retrieve their bikes.
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“It depends,” Perez said, “on whether or not the bikes are registered with TUPD.” Bikes not registered have a smaller likelihood of being found and returned. “Right now we’re working on the case against him,” Perez said. “Once we get all that information together, we’ll look to see if we could identify which bikes he took [from his possession]. A lot of the time, if we don’t have a serial number, it’s hard.”
Some affected students felt upset because of the bike thefts, and cited cable locks as being one of the reasons their bikes were stolen. “I used a dinky cable combination lock,” said Taylor Piske, a sophomore. “I did not use a U-lock. When I first realized that my bike was gone, I was looking down from my balcony. It wasn’t there. I went down to the bike rack and the guy left the cut lock by the rack.”
Sophomore Ciara Bergin shared the same cable lock with Piske outside of Prassel. Her bike was stolen as well. “I was walking back at night and saw that TUPD was interviewing Annelise DeJong because she’d just had her bike stolen,” Bergin said. “I thought, ‘wow, that sucks,’ and looked over for my bike. It was gone.”
Students advised to keep career choice in mind when choosing major
coordinator at the office of registrar. To declare a major, students need to take their declaration paper and transcript to the department chair of the major they want to study. The same process also applies to declaring a minor. “The chair looks at the classes they have taken and determines whether to accept them for the major and signs the form and the student brings the form to the registrar’s office,” Christoffersen said. In order to double major, a student first needs to declare a first major and fill out another form to declare the second major. Pursuing a second major is different from obtaining two different degrees. “There is a difference between a second major and a second degree. A second degree means when you graduate you get two diplomas like a bachelors of arts and a bachelors of science. When you get two diplomas you have to do 30 extra credit hours. Normally you have to have 124 hours to graduate, to get a second degree you have to get 154,” Christoffersen said.
A double major only receives one degree with two majors instead of two separate degrees. Students who double major do not do extra hours for the two majors. Students have access to resources in career services to find what jobs apply to their major. “When you are choosing a major just like when you are choosing a career it should be something you find intriguing. It will easily affect how well you do in it,” said Twyla Hough, director of career services. “I chose political science as my major because I want to be a lawyer when I graduate. I was still in law school in Mexico but I am planning to go to law school in the United States,” said Gabriela Vazquez, a senior. Students who do not know how to apply their major to a job can look to Career Services and the alumni database to contact those with a similar major for advice. They can also look to major advisors and department chairs for guidance.
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Major declaration deadline nears for fall semester
by Sonam James NEWS REPORTER
photo by Anh-viet Dinh Paperwork for major and minor declaration is located outside of the Registrar’s Office, which is located in Northrup 140. Once students have the form, it must be completed and signed by the department chair of that major/minor.
October 1 is the deadline for major and minor declaration this semester. Students who are undeclared with 58 credits or more completed are required to declare a major to be cleared for pre registration in November for the spring semester. Students who decide to change advisors also need to notify the registrar’s office. All necessary paperwork for major and minor declaration and any changes to a major or minor is located outside the the registrar’s office. “When students are ready to declare they can pick up the major declaration form that is on our literature rack outside our door. They print out their grades from Tigerpaws,” said Eve Christoffersen, graduation
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