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Beware
of thefts
in labs:
security

Students and staff are
being urged to watchout
for their belongings and
to notify security of
any suspicious activity

By EMMA CRAWFORD

have a suspect in the recent rash

of thefts around campus and Lan-
gara students are being told to look out
for any suspicious behaviour.

Personal items such as iPods, Black-
Berrys and wallets have been the most
commonly stolen items. There have al-
ready been six or seven reports of
thefts since Sept. 19.

“He’s after things he can move pretty
quick,” explained Mel Fearman, Langa-
ra’s building services manager.

The suspect is described as a young
male just over six feet tall, unshaven,
possibly of South Asian descent, with
dark brown skin and spiked dark hair.
He has been seen wearing dark, bulky
clothing and a baseball cap.

On Wednesday afternoon the sus-
pect entered the journalism lab while
the Voice was being produced. Security
was alerted and gave chase. They
stopped him at the northeast corner of
the Building A, questioned him and
threatened him with arrest if he re-
turned.

Fearman was away from campus on
Wednesday and security personnel de-
clined to comment on the incident.

The areas targeted during this latest
round of thefts include the basement of
B building, biology labs, and the gym
locker room.

Fearman believes the library is po-
tentially the most vulnerable area for
theft because students often leave their
bags unattended there while taking
breaks from studying.

Security has alerted staff in critical
areas to keep an eye out for the sus-
pect. The security office has received
pictures of the suspect, but the photos
have not yet been released to the gen-
eral student population.

Fearman said if the thefts continue,
the photos will be posted and security
will begin a wider publicity campaign.

Do not approach the suspect if you
see him, but call campus security by
dialing 4444 on one of the 60 internal
phones around the school.

For updates on campus thefts, visit
langaravoice.com

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Langara student, Charlotte Yang, bites into her Triple O’s burger during lunch hour. She said
she prefers the renovated cafeteria because it has more options than before.

New year, new caf

Despite delay, cafeteria renos are now complete

By RUMAN KANG

ne month after the start of the

school year, cafeteria renova-

tions are now complete and able

to serve all Langara staff and
students.

For the last month students have
been forced to wait up to 25 minutes in
lines, in order to get a meal or snack
from the cafeteria.

“The lineups are ridiculous. I can
never get food between classes, I have
to go to the vending machines and even
they have line-ups,” said Jessica Pel-
legrino, a general arts student.

“They did renos during the time we
are in school; how are we suppose to
eat?”

According to Mark Adams, director
of ancillary services, the renovations
were originally set to be complete at
the beginning of the school year.

Renovations were delayed by three
weeks due to city permits and the local
health department asking for changes
that were not in the original project.

The decision to renovate was a year-
long process based on a student survey
that rated the cafeteria as poor, Face-
book comments on the Langara page,
and feedback from Chartwells, the ca-
tering committee who run food servic-
es at the school.

The cafeteria now features two new

fast food chains, Quiznos and Triple
O’s, as well as Tim Hortons.

Items formerly offered in the cafete-
ria, such as pizza slices, calzones,
soups, baked goods, and cold wraps
and sandwiches, are still available.

The cafeteria also has a Global Vil-
lage which offers a different ethnic
menu each day of the week, said Sid
Mohan, a cook from the booth.

Today they will be serving rice com-
binations - you choose the meat and
veggies.

The renovations also include a big-
ger salad bar, which is located at the
side entrance of the cafeteria.

Charlotte Yang, a university transfer
student, said she likes the new cafete-
ria because it offers more choices than
before and prices seem to have stayed
the same.

“Tt is better than the old one for
sure,” she said. “I prefer to eat here
now. Before I used to use buy food and
go to class.”

Adams said the original cost budget-
ed for the renovation was $1.2 million,
which Langara paid for.

But Chartwells will fully repay the
school over the next ten years.

In addition, Langara will receive
over $200,000 a year from the vendors.

All revenue generated from the caf-
eteria is used to update and enhance
the campus.

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They did
renos
during

the time
we are in
school;
how are
we suppose
to eat?

JESSICA
PELLEGRINO

Voting for
LSU reps
ends today

Langara students can still
cast their vote for student
union candidates until
early this afternoon

By ROXANA NECSULESCU

in the Langara Students’ Union

election is today, Oct. 6, before 2
p.m. Voting takes place in the main
foyer of the Students’ Union Building.

To be eligible to run in the LSU elec-
tion, a candidate needs to be a regis-
tered Langara student and not enrolled
in a continuing studies program. Stu-
dents taking one semester off can also
run.

“The only process is you have to get
15 signatures to get nominated,” said
Eli Zbar, board member at large and
media liaison of the LSU.

He said for the signatures to be valid,
they must come from current Langara
students and be accompanied by full
names and student numbers.

William Robson, a second year busi-
ness student, is one of the candidates
running for board of governor.

“T always get involved,” Robson
said. “I’m involved with municipal, pro-
vincial and federal projects.”

If elected, Robson hopes to bring
filtered watered stations to the campus
potentially reducing the consumption
of bottled water.

Noah Gray, who is taking mostly
business courses, is running for queer
liaison. He wants to raise student
awareness about voting in elections
and the services that the LSU offers.

“The LSU is a lot of fun for the peo-
ple that participate in it, but we’re all
paying for it,” he said. “We’re not really
getting our money’s worth from it be-
cause we don’t know what’s available
from the LSU.”

If elected, Gray would like to set up
an information table in the main foyer
of Building A where members of the
LSU board could give out information
on the services offered to students.

Ryan Hill, a university transfer stu-
dent, is running for disability liaison.

Hill wants to increase the voice of
the disabled students on campus.

“I'd like to think I can do something
about the challenges that people with
disabilities face on campus,” he said.

“T know it can be frustrating because
Iam a person with a disability.”

If elected, Hill would like to make tu-
tors, who specialize in teaching stu-
dents with learning disabilities, avail-
able to students who have learning
disabilities such as ADHD.

All Langara students wanting to
vote must have their student card with
them when going to the polling station.

For a full list of candidates, check the
Voice blog, langaravoice.com

T: last chance for students to vote