InBrief: Shower cam at Quinnipiac University

One Quinnipiac University student is in hot water after allegedly placing a video camera in the grate above a residence hall shower, according to university officials. According to The Chronicle, Quinnipiac’s student paper, Doug Manners, a sophomore journalism student, saw something with red lights attached to a shower grate in his Troup residence hall suite on Feb. 6. Manners and his roommate took the grate out of the ceiling and discovered a video camera with an adapter and electrical cord connected to an outlet. The two students reported this to their resident assistant and suitemate, Eric Oppegaard. The incident was the referred to campus security, which came and confiscated the equipment. However, last week Manners told the Connecticut Post that Oppegaard had come into his room with the hall director and admitted he had put the camera above the shower stall. According to Manners, Oppegaard told him the camera was something between him and his girlfriend and had nothing to do with spying on the suitemates.Oppegard has since moved out of the residence hall and resigned from his position as an RA. Thus far, the university has remained relatively mum regarding the incident. Similarly, Oppegard has refused to comment. “The university takes the safety and privacy of students very seriously,” said John W. Morgan, director of public relations, in an official statement. “This action had the potential to greatly compromise student privacy, and, as a result, we have imposed sanctions on the student in question.” University officials would not say who the student was or what sanctions were put in place. –Tara E. Lynch