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Fall 2011 Issue 1 September 2011

Tidal TribuneUniversity of South Carolina Beaufort “Punishing the ignorant, one issue at a time”

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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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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.

Class of 2015: At a Glance* Applied = 1420

Accepted = 1068

Enrolled = 421

Male = 155 (37%)

Female = 266 (63%)

From in state = 347 (82%)

Average hs gpa is 3.27

Average SAT is 939

Most popular majors:

 Nursing

Business

Biology

 

Top 5 feeder high schools:

Bluffton HS

Hilton Head HS

Beaufort HS

Battery Creek HS

Colleton County HS

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