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Child’s wagon stolen, please return

March 5, 2003 by Optimist Reader

I'm writing this letter on behalf of my 4-year-old daughter. On Tuesday, we walked from our house in University Hills to the hill in the front of the Bible Building (the one inside the circular drive). I put my 2-year-old son and my daughter into Anne Elizabeth's red wagon and drove them across the field in front of our house, over the icy Judge ... [Read More…]

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ACU Campus Police investigating theft

February 14, 2003 by Lori Bredemeyer

By Lori Bredemeyer, Staff Writer Campus police are investigating the theft of a computer and approximately $150 from the Art Department. The money was reported stolen on Jan. 23, and Jack Maxwell, chair of the Art Department, said it was petty cash that had been stored in his office for about a week. His office is located inside the main Art ... [Read More…]

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Personal safety is your responsibility

October 16, 2002 by Optimist Editorial Board

Lock your doors. Shut the windows at night. Leave the residence hall or house with a friend. After recent reports of safety concerns on and around the ACU campus, students have the biggest role in protecting themselves and their property. Saturday morning, a woman living in University Park apartments reported that she believed she had been raped. ... [Read More…]

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Faceless incidents frustrate police: Authorities urge students to keep doors locked

October 16, 2002 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief A pair of incidents in the past few weeks has stymied ACU and Abilene police as they struggle to uncover details about the perpetrators. The most recent incident occurred in University Park apartments Saturday morning, when a student reported that she believed she had been raped. Workers at Hendrick Medical ... [Read More…]

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Harassment cases reported by ACU women: Police questioned, issued warning to masked man

October 2, 2002 by Kyle Peveto

By Kyle Peveto, Staff Writer A masked man harassed two groups of ACU women Sept. 9 until he was stopped by campus and local police. No charges were filed because he broke no laws, but he was issued a trespass warning, which prohibits him from setting foot on campus, said Jimmy Ellison, chief of university police and director of Public ... [Read More…]

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Whistles a good step in preventing crime

September 18, 2002 by Optimist Editorial Board

The ACU Police have been distributing whistles to all women living on campus, in an effort to provide them with an attention-getting device should they be attacked. Whistles to stop attackers? Some would call the idea absurd and a waste. But more and more colleges and universities around the United States have adopted this program, and it looks ... [Read More…]

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On-campus women receive safety whistles

September 18, 2002 by Steve Holt

By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor Women living on campus are being told to exchange blows if attacked by someone. But not in the way one might think. By Friday the roughly 1,100 female students living on campus will have received a whistle, which they are being told to blow if attacked, said Jimmy Ellison, chief of police and director of Public ... [Read More…]

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