Secure students, faculty and their belongings too

Editor,

I feel betrayed! My brand-new blue 2011 Specialized Crosstrail bicycle was unlawfully taken from within 20 feet of my classroom doorstep Wednesday.

I was in class for a mere hour and 15 minutes. Now, I realize that it may only take mere seconds to steal a bike, and you might be thinking that I feel betrayed by the inconsiderate, single-minded drug slave that took my bike, but no! I feel betrayed by the persons responsible for making the decisions to properly inform and secure the students and faculty that attend UNM, including their belongings.

I have a question. Where are the f***ing cameras, emails, and/or text messages? At the very least, a memo to the Daily Lobo so that they can inform all the students of the extent to which theft has been occurring on campus for the recent past. According to the officer that took my police report, three bikes were stolen just yesterday!

While studying in Zimmerman Library at 10 a.m., a lady started placing triangular cards on every table. The cards warn not to leave belongings unattended, because of a big rise in backpack theft.

What about the people who did not go to Zimmerman? Did someone put those cards in every building? I did not see them in Dane Smith Hall, the Mechanical Engineering building or the SUB. I read the cards and my bike was still stolen. I demand more information and a better way to deliver it; we deserve it.

How about cameras? I’m no fan of Big Brother, but damn, a camera or two pointed at the racks of 40-50 bikes might catch the people responsible for this string of thefts, or at least deter some of the thieves from taking thousands of dollars from us as paying students and working faculty members.

To be bold, UNM’s reputation for being safe seems to be more of a concern for potential students instead of the current students’ and faculty’s actual safety.
What is next?

Zac Moss
UNM student