2008 Woodie Awards
Beautification at the Cost of Safety
Editorial
Editorial
Issue date: 10/8/08 Section: Opinion
With time, a campus becomes eroded and in desperate need of maintenance. In order to run an effective campus, problems must be fixed, cosmetic issues or not. However, due to a string of recent events, the proper steps to ensure the safety of Fullerton College's visitors has been neglected.
Recently, an FC student reported a perverted act to Campus Safety and uncovered a problem of epic proportion. The student was using the restroom and someone reportedly stuck their camera phone under the stall she was occupying and ran from the restroom.
The student spoke to Sgt. James McKamy from Campus Safety, after seeing cameras in the area. He reportedly told the student he reviewed the footage.
Here, the campus becomes involved in either negligent planning or a lack of communication.
Emilio Perez, director of Campus Safety, said there are no cameras in the vicinity of the incident. Nilo Niccolai, director of Academic Computing Technologies, acknowledged the camera and said it faced south - in view of the restroom. Toni DuBois, vice president of Student ''Services, was, allegedly, told by Campus Safety that there are cameras, but they have not been working since summer.
According to Niccolai, the blame for the out of order cameras falls on the demolition of the 400 building. The old building held the majoirty of the campus' software, including the cameras' storage software and phone systems.
Along with the inconsistent descriptions of the cameras, there are issues with emergency call boxes and their functionality.
Ronald Pryor, a campus media services technician, attempted to report a trash can fire on Sept. 16, by pushing one of the call box buttons, but was met with silence - another glitch. By the time Pryor had gone to Campus Safety, the fire had been alraedy been put out.
Due to the campus switching its phone system over to a new system, a byproduct of construction, older call boxes have stopped working.
Niccolai claimed that because he expected the call boxes to be fixed in a timely manner, he did not plan for 'out of order' signs.
Evidently, a fire must have slipped the minds of those who planned the renovations.
Campus security is undoubtedly becoming an issue at FC. With lack of planning in the demolition of one building and the advancement of campus technology, someone needs to answer the question - what measures are campus officials
taking to protect its own?
There are either cameras or there are not. Those cameras either function or they do not. There are either working call boxes or there are not.
Recently, an FC student reported a perverted act to Campus Safety and uncovered a problem of epic proportion. The student was using the restroom and someone reportedly stuck their camera phone under the stall she was occupying and ran from the restroom.
The student spoke to Sgt. James McKamy from Campus Safety, after seeing cameras in the area. He reportedly told the student he reviewed the footage.
Here, the campus becomes involved in either negligent planning or a lack of communication.
Emilio Perez, director of Campus Safety, said there are no cameras in the vicinity of the incident. Nilo Niccolai, director of Academic Computing Technologies, acknowledged the camera and said it faced south - in view of the restroom. Toni DuBois, vice president of Student ''Services, was, allegedly, told by Campus Safety that there are cameras, but they have not been working since summer.
According to Niccolai, the blame for the out of order cameras falls on the demolition of the 400 building. The old building held the majoirty of the campus' software, including the cameras' storage software and phone systems.
Along with the inconsistent descriptions of the cameras, there are issues with emergency call boxes and their functionality.
Ronald Pryor, a campus media services technician, attempted to report a trash can fire on Sept. 16, by pushing one of the call box buttons, but was met with silence - another glitch. By the time Pryor had gone to Campus Safety, the fire had been alraedy been put out.
Due to the campus switching its phone system over to a new system, a byproduct of construction, older call boxes have stopped working.
Niccolai claimed that because he expected the call boxes to be fixed in a timely manner, he did not plan for 'out of order' signs.
Evidently, a fire must have slipped the minds of those who planned the renovations.
Campus security is undoubtedly becoming an issue at FC. With lack of planning in the demolition of one building and the advancement of campus technology, someone needs to answer the question - what measures are campus officials
taking to protect its own?
There are either cameras or there are not. Those cameras either function or they do not. There are either working call boxes or there are not.
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DanaRose Crystal
posted 10/08/08 @ 5:52 PM PST
"Beautification" has long been prioritized in favor of the Ralph M. Brown Act. President of FC, Kathleen Hodge does not want bulletin boards and glass cases "cluttering-up" the CLEAN campus --so many campus committees go without public posting of their agendas ( 72-hours-in-advance ) which is a violation of the Brown Act. (Continued…)
anonymous
posted 10/13/08 @ 8:01 PM PST
shut up.
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