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FEBRUARY 8, 2018 | VOL. 95 NO. 11 | EST. 1924
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Security only needs ‘reasonable suspicion’ to enter dorm rooms By LUKE GOODLING Sports Editor
On a college campus, the rules change when it comes to searching rooms for suspect materials, according to Michael Humiston, director of the Department of Public Safety. At Waynesburg University, security only needs to have ‘reasonable suspicion’ to commence a search of a dorm room, backpack or vehicle. “We have to have reasonable suspicion to enter somebody’s room, and it doesn’t matter if they are there or not,” Humiston said. “Any time we do that, security has to have somebody with us. If it is in a female dorm, we certainly have to have a [Residence Director] or a [Residence Assistant] with us.” Reasonable suspicion is a standard of proof that weighs less than probable cause. According to the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University, the standard is based on
FREE FRIES
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Soon, Waynesburg University students will be able to get free Chick-filA waffle fries when providing their Waynesburg University identification card. The offer for students will go into effect in the coming weeks at the Chick-fil-A location in Washington. Pat Bristor, associate dean of students, talked to a representative from C h i c k - f i l - A re g a rd i n g coupons and the Chickfil-A App. Bristor was informed that Washington & Jefferson’s current deal with C hick-f i l-A was replic at e d for Way n e s bu r g
University. “The Chick-fil-A representative told me about the offer in place with Washington & Jefferson, and she offered us the same offer,” said Bristor. Waynesburg wi l l b ecome the second college or university in the area to join the recent Chick-FilA trend in the southwest part of Pennsylvania. This could continue to b e a trend t hroug hout surrounding colleges and universities. Bristor said the offer will become available as soon as the Waynesburg University logo is placed in the window of the participating location. “Once it is displayed at the Chick-fil-A in Wash-
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the objective viewpoint of a reasonable officer. When commencing a search, it is not required for security to have members of Residence Life with them to search an empty dorm room. However, Humiston said it is highly preferred, to avoid further complicating a problem. “Sometimes [Residence Life] staff is not available, so we don’t want to get into a situation of ‘he said she said,’” Humiston said. “Our officer responded, searched, found narcotics and the individual wasn’t in the room at the time, [so they] say ‘that’s not mine, they must have put that there.’” Outside of the dormitories, Humiston said the same search procedures apply to student’s vehicles as well. “Somebody may have just gotten out of a vehicle from a ride over to Walmart,” Humiston said. “[We] no-
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ington, you will get free fries with you order,” said Bristor. The Chick-fil-A is located at 375 Washington Road in Washington. Bristor has had multiple window clings printed so she can send them to local businesses. This will alert students of other special offers in the community, encouraging them to get out into the surrounding community. “There are a lot of local businesses that offer special offers for our students,” said Bristor. “Our students just do not know about them, so now we can go to the stores and
According to Waynesburg University’s website, statistics from Fall 2015 reported Caucasian stu d e nt s tot a l e d 9 1 . 2 percent of the student body, meaning less than nine percent of the student body are minorities. In response to these statistics, as well as a general feeling of exclusion on campus, several students have recently revamped Black Student Union. Senior sociology major Kaylib Young-Argyle had no problems making friends and connecting with people on campus as a member of the soccer team and a Bonner Scholar, but as a person of color, he did notice a problem even though he said it didn’t bother him too much. “I t hou g ht it w as a warm community and it was a lot of friendly
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faces on campus,” said Arg yle “ The diversity was basically the same [as my hometown]. So, I never really went into it thinking I need to have whatever student [body], but I do know it's important so I did think about that.” According to Lynsey Griffon, a pre-law major and president of BSU, many people of color experience similar problems when coming to Waynesburg. “I am not speaking for all people of color on campus, but the majority of people of color I have spoken to, their visitation day or their first day coming here, they’re questioning where the other students who are black are,” said Griffon. “It wasn’t just them — it was their parents, too.” Griffon wants BSU to be a place where minorities can feel included. “Black Student Union BSU >> A3
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