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Senator Figures speaks to students Figures encouraged students to think about politics and ask questions. Page 3
The little circus that could comes to town The Venardos Circus returns to Mobile for two weeks of shows. Page 8
South talks about #MeToo After taking over the internet, discussions of #MeToo come to campus. Page 11
Hit-and-run at Delta 5 parking lot
USA freshman Cheyenne Sharp suffered several injuries in a hit-and-run incident in the Delta 5 parking lot. Photo by Shelby Guidry BY: RICHARD NARRAMORE | COPY EDITOR
Cheyenne Sharp, USA freshman, was the victim of a hit-andrun incident that took place in the Delta 5 parking lot on Oct. 22 at approximately 5:30 p.m., according to NBC 15. Sharp suffered several injuries including a cracked rib, a head injury, bruised lungs and broken tibia and fibula bones, according to Fox 10 news. Both USA Police Chief Zeke Aull and Bob Lowry, director of communications and media relations,
declined to comment on Cheyenne Sharp’s hit-and-run incident due to the ongoing investigation. “This was an unusual incident,” Aull said. “We are not having kids struck by cars [on a regular basis.]” “Initially, I was hysterical,” Ginny Reynolds, Sharp’s mother, told Fox 10. “I couldn’t stay still. It’s not the something you anticipate or ever think about hearing on the other end of the phone about your child.” David Greene, Sharp’s attorney, told NBC 15 that his main goal is to find out who hit Sharp and hold that person accountable.
Sharp said she does not remember much about the incident and can not clearly recall the description of the car that struck her. Sharp said she believes the car was either tan or beige, according to Fox 10. Fox 10 reported that Sharp’s family contacted USAPD, but there is not much USAPD can do with such little information. “It’s [security cameras on campus] only as good as what it can see and it doesn’t capture everything that you may want over the course of an investigation,” Aull said.
Aull confirmed that there are over 700 security cameras at USA. “We don’t see everything on camera. It’s impossible to do that,” Aull said. “We’d have to have a camera every 5 feet. People tend to think, ‘oh, there’s a camera there, I’m safe,’ well, no it’s just camera. Every camera we have records things and records what it sees, but it’s a camera. But, we’ve put quite a lot of money into cameras for our campus and it serves us well,” Aull said. Aull declined to give the location of security cameras on campus. “I don’t like to discuss where our Continued on page 4