To the Editor:
This year Fairfield decided to spend thousands of dollars to change the name of Fairfield Security to Public Safety. With the recent slew of thefts from the townhouses, what is being kept safe? I find it difficult to understand how a public safety officer can bust a freshman for carrying a couple of beers in his backpack across the quad, yet remain oblivious to a man breaking in through the back porch of a townhouse and then walking out with a couple laptops.
Maybe it is time to prioritize. I’m going out on a limb here, but I think a student waking up with a hangover is less costly than one waking up to find their computer and Easy Mac jacked from under their noses. I am not implying that Public Safety is completely inept at their job. They do manage to get any student parking in an inappropriate parking zone. However, I do propose another name change. Any title with the term “security” or “safety” in it doesn’t seem fitting at this point. Instead, given their unbelievable ability to track down students trying to have a good time, we should rename them The Fun Assassins.
So, until things shape up, lock your doors, hide your beers, buy cans instead of bottles (they don’t clank in your backpacks) and keep your eye open for any robbers. Cause hey, someone has to do it.
Sincerely,
Nick Colelo ’05
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