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Fall 2011 Issue 1 September 2011
Tidal TribuneUniversity of South Carolina Beaufort “Punishing the ignorant, one issue at a time”
Tidal Tribune Student Newspaper
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Weapons Violations Soar on Campus Pg. 5
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The number of cases involving
the illegal possession of weapons
on campus increased dramatically
last year, prompting the school to
change its policing strategies and
the way it communicates to stu
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According to a Tidal Tribune analy
sis of the most recent data taken
from the more than 200 public
four year University campuses in
the state between 2002 and 2009,
the 15 weapons referrals recorded
in the 2010 11 academic year is
up from 0 a year earlier, and was
the highest amount in the school’s
history and the third highest of any public University campus since
USCB became a four year institu
tion nine years ago.
The main sites at Clemson Univer
sity and the University of South
Carolina are the only two who have
surpassed that number, recording 42
and 17 weapons infractions in 2005
and 2007 respectively.
Figures from other schools for the
2010 11 academic year are ex
pected to be released by October, an
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of Education said.
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cant increase in on campus crimefor South Carolina’s two largest
public institutions.
Henry Garbade, USCB’s chief of
police, said that while the spike in
the data is disappointing, the statis
tics do not tell the whole story.
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means a lot of our students like to
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times kids will bring with them their
equipment, and forget that some of
it is actually classed as a weapon.”
According to the Department of
Public Safety’s handbook, BB guns,
air guns, hatchets, knives with
blades longer that 2 inches, cross
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sidered weapons prohibited from
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sessions of these things make up the
lion share of the referrals, and that
only twice have incidents involving
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5 years ago,” involved two differ
ent students who left guns in their automobiles accidentaly, and were
not considered to be life threatening
situations.
Despite this, USCB’s Department of
Public Safety say they plan to shift
to a strategy in the coming year that
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house,” which they say could result
in more on campus arrests.
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said.
Deonne Whaley, director of housing,
residence life, and student judiciary
affairs at USCB, oversees the ap
proximately 500 students who live
on campus and handles the referrals
once they are reported by DPS.
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student into a judiciary database,
give them a formal warning, andusually assign some form of commu
nity service,” Whaley said.
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ond offense, they could face being
removed from University housing or
suspended from the University.”
Whaley, added that the school gives
residents the ability to check in andstore their hunting equipment in a
safe on campus, and wants students
to know and use these services.
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ably be doing a little better, letting
our students know about some of the
things we offer,” Whaley said.
As weapons possessions spike on campus,
staff offers explanations
Luke Kerr Dineen, News Editor
Left: Some of the weapons campus security has siezed in the past year. Right: Signs on the doors of the hargray building.
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Enrolled = 421
Male = 155 (37%)
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Average SAT is 939
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