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Author: Annabelle Fowler

Cypress College police arrest pro-life activists

Pro-life activists were arrested on Thursday for trespassing on the campus of Cypress College.

According to Mark Posner, public information officer at Cypress College, the group, Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, was asked to move to College's free-speech zone three times by three different sources, including the college president.

Kortney Blythe, the director of the group, said the area was not sufficient to promote their cause. "It [was] more like a confining pen than a free-speech zone," she said.

The arrest created controversy among onlooking students. Some like Sean Sticht advocated freedom of speech, whereas others like Joe Abarr believed the group's protest was out of place.

Blythe said that it was the third or fourth time her group had been arrested on the Cypress College campus, and that they had always been found innocent. The five activists were held in the back of a police car in handcuffs for 30 minutes before being issued citations and being allowed to leave.
- The Cypress Chronicle


Exam week study space spurs drama at Colgate

The return of a 24-hour study space during exam week after the completion of the Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology at Colgate University is not yet a reality.

The original plan for students to access the designated study areas on level five involved ID card readers at level three and extra workers to staff the floors between the entrance and the study space.

University Librarian and Professor in the University Libraries Joanne Schneider said that it is troublesome getting staff to work during the off-hours. "We had the money but just couldn't find the people," she explained.

A new potential 24-hour study space with printers may be identified in the future. Until then, however, students have been rebelling against library staff, hiding in the building after closing hours and propping doors open to keep them from locking.
- The Colgate Maroon-News


Dartmouth adds lights to security vehicles

In addition to the stationary blue lights around Dartmouth College campus, new amber lights have been installed on their Safety and Security vehicles.

"We want people that may be on campus for illegitimate reasons to know we're around; we want to be visible as a deterrent," Harry Kinne, director of Safety and Security and College proctor, said. "But we also want to be identifiable so that students who may need help can see us from a distance, even in the dark."

Permits for vehicle lights were only just obtained from the State of New Hampshire. The new amber lights can be seen from about 300 yards. Safety and Security vehicles will also be equipped with stronger lights that will be used to warn students of dangerous situations like hurricanes or roadblocks.

The new lights are only one part of Dartmouth's mass notification system which, according to Kinne, includes the college Web site and mass e-mails.
- The Dartmouth