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▲ MHler Learning Center Security Guard Jake Upchurch aits ready for action at the center’s second-floor security desk.
Student center security a learning experience
By ADINA SOLOMON
The Red & Black
Jake Upchurch keeps you safe
when you’re studying.
Upchurch who graduated
from the University in December
with a sports management degree
became a student security
assistant at the Miller Learning
Center last June.
“It’s the best student job on
campus with flexible hours,”
Upchurch said.
Upchurch is one of the 12 to 16
student security guards at the
MLC, said Shannon Bennett,
Overall, new student
groups are here to stay
By NATHAN SORENSEN
The Red & Black
Of the approximately 60
new University student
organizations registered
each year, between 15 and
30 of them don’t come
back.
And according to one
University administrator,
these disappearing groups
weren’t solely created as
resume padding for their
founders
“Registration is thor
ough enough for the orga
nization to have to really
want it,” said Joshua
Podvin, director of the
Center for Student
Organizations.
Since 2006, the
University has seen a rise
in the number of student
organizations.
The number has grown
from 500 to around 640,
Podvin said.
Each University group
must re-register with CSO
every year to retain its stu
dent organization status.
But each year, as many
as 15 to 30 of the average
60 new groups fail to re
register.
“Some groups may for
get to re-register,” Podvin
said, “or some groups may
fall into inactivity because
of group leaders that grad
uate.”
He said other groups fail
to re-register because, like
the Haiti earthquake relief
organization Dawgs for
Haiti, they are based
around a single event and
outdated once tiie event is
over.
Although student orga
nizations may face any
number of challenges, reg
istration is typically not
one of them.
“Registering [a student
group] is not super
intense,” Podvin said.
New student organiza
tions are expected to write
a constitution with a
statement of purpose,
attend a one-hour regis
tration session and agree
to comply with CSO regu
lations.
After registration, a
group is eligible to apply
for funds from different
departments, committees
and clubs.
The Student
Government Association is
one organization that helps
student groups with bind
ing.
Tate Fredrickson, a
sophomore from Huntsville,
Ala., is one of seven stu
dent affairs liaisons in SGA
who are sent out to differ
ent student organizations
to learn about events and
hear general concerns.
assistant department manager at
the center. She said 50 to 60 stu
dents work at the center at any
given time.
Upchurch said he patrols in
both the early-moming and late
night hours.
While on the job, Upchurch
said that he operates the lost and
found, responds to emergencies
and goes on hourly rounds “to
make sure the building’s safe.”
But not everything always
goes smoothly.
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“We’re trying to reach
out more to student
groups,” Fredrickson said.
“We're hoping to provide
assistance with public rela
tions and promotion."
The student affairs liai
son program began last
year.
“We have the potential
[to help the struggling stu
dent organizations],”
Fredrickson said. “SGA is
big and established, people
will pay attention to it.”
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caused many people to go to the
MLC to find trash bags to use as
raincoats, said Matt Beecher, the
facilities and security coordinator
at the MLC.
Upchurch and Bennett said
people often go to the security
desk on the second floor to ask
for directions to Jittery Joe’s
Coffee even though they are
standing right next to it.
“Just turn around,” Upchurch
says.
He said his job has taught him
“how to deal with people in all
different situations."
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pared for people who will be glad,
annoyed or furious to see ? secu
rity guard approaching.
This hands-on experience
teaches customer service and
responsibility, he said.
To deal with any incident that
may occur, new security guards
shadow veterans as they go about
their duties, and all of the guards
undergo a training session once a
semester.
Even with constant instruction,
Upchurch said he er\joys his job.
“I interact with people all the
time, and there’s something new
every day,” he said.
CRIME: After
break-up,
student
claims gifts
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into the store to get a DVD,”
according to the police
report.
Lo has been released on
$7,500 bail. Although he said
he admits to wrong doing, he
said he does not agree with
the severity of the charge he
faces.
“I didn’t take anything,
nor did I break anything,” Lo
said. “It’s more just like a
case of vandalism.”
Break-up Burglary
University student
Gregory Wiliam Berkes, 21,
was arrested and charged
with felony burglary on Feb. 5
after he entered his ex-girl
friend's apartment and took
items she said he had given
her as gilts, according to ACC
police.
According to the police
report, the woman reported
that after breaking up with
Berkes, he forcefully took her
house keys from her hand
and went to his vehicle.
There, without her knowl
edge, he took her key and
replaced it with a similar
looking one belonging to
him.
Alter returning home some
time later, the ex-girlfriend
found two Coach purses, run
ning shoes and a Northface
jacket —with a total value of
$490 to be missing. The
stolen key was found under
the front door mat.
Berkes told The Red &
Black “The facts are not what
they seem” but declined fur
ther comment.
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