by Akilah Nyerere
Staff Writer
On Sept. 10, the University of La Verne’s Stu-Han residence hall was vandalized.
Students woke early Sunday morning to find the entire building littered with toilet paper, paper towels, newspaper shredding, shaving cream and soap.
The words “504 boyz” was spelled out on two of the walls and the living room furniture was stacked. The pool table was turned over and will cost approximately $200 in repairs, according to Director of Housing and Residential Life, Julie Thurman Francisco.
“They also overturned a motorized cart that was the property of one of our students and did some extensive damage to the cart,” said Thurman Francisco.
Luckily, there was no permanent damage done to the building. However, housekeeping as well as residents spent at least an hour cleaning the mess that was apparently made during the early morning hours.
“It was frustrating because we don’t know who did it,” said junior Resident Assistant Fiona Carter, who was one of the first to see the damage.
“There’s no one to take the responsibility for it.”
Though still unsure of who was responsible for the vandalism, Housing and Residential Life wants to emphasize the importance of residents using discretion when it comes to letting unescorted guests roam the hallways.
“Since I’ve lived here, I have noticed that Stu-Han does get a lot of unescorted visitors and that jeopardizes the safety of a building full of women,” said junior Danielle Hines.
It was reported that one resident called authorities reporting a car speeding off loudly. Although hearing cars screeching in a community set on a college campus between two major streets is not uncommon.
Housing and Campus Safety is not taking the report lightly.
“We really encourage residents to be really careful and aware of their surroundings,” said Thurman Francisco.
“We’d rather be safe than sorry in cases like these where a student felt nervous in hearing a car peeling out we’re glad they called Campus Safety just to check it out,” said Thurman Francisco.
As of yet, no one has been accused of the crime that took place. The university has already given the incident to the police, and they are conducting their own investigation.
