The Register, 2009-02-18

              fallen aggie's legacy lives on campus notebook anndrea rouse contributor a fundraising event held thursday at two locations for the deceased student the mcdonald's restau rants at 1101 summit ave and 706 college road are offering a per centage of sales from 5 to 8 p.m to washington the mother of a fallen ag gie wishes to create an endowed scholarship in his honor george kevyn washinton 18 died after a car accident in octo ber 2008 sheila washington his mother is work ing to turn her tragedy into a way to remember her son there will be dexter mullins online editor * 2 news editor jasmine johnson < 5 <■ nm ou iva google maps ► see safetyon page 2 campus crime map this map is updated each week on ncatregister.com and reflects the current trends of crime on cam pus all the red markers signify crimes that took place from the previous wednesday to today blue markers are older crimes nsbe hosts young scholars photo by kenneth hawkins • the a&t register canvasing the neighborhood captin barry l black and other officers canvas the riverwalk community to help to get information about the recent murders and violent crimes in off-campus housing in and around the university area upd picks up campus patrol surrounding areas still a major concern for campus police ► see legacy on page 2 the national society of black engineers nsbe held its sixth annual pre college initiative pci yesterday in stallings ballroom hosting high school and middle school students from n.c and va over 210 students showed up to learn more about engineering and the science technology engineer ing and mathematics stem pro grams pci day is hosted entirely by college members of nsbe public schools from guilford county also showed up to support the program the students arrived at 8:30 an offense is committed on cam pus for which alleged perpetrator or suspect is no longer present on cam pus whether or not the officers are in immediate pursuit an alleged offense has been committed by a university student in certain off-campus build ings if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a felony or the officer has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor in or out of his presence and also has probable cause to believe that specific other conditions exist runs through campus we want to help but we just can't cox said that may not necessarily be the case according to an oct 13 1998 mutual aid agreement with upd and the greensboro police department university police have the authority to act outside of the immediate area of the campus under certain conditions sections 3.0-3.3 extension of au thority of campus law enforcement agency beyond campus outlines spe cifically when a upd officer can and cannot go off campus for specifically an officer can make inquires and arrests beyond the perimeter of campus in the following cases according to cox it is not a prob lem of wanting to help but being able to he says that upd officers don't have jurisdiction somewhere that is not affiliated with the university our jurisdiction is anything that is on our property or adjacent to it or if it if a situation arises like if there is a felony suspect who may get away then we can arrest him but we have to be able to prove it like a blue & gold iron curtain the perimeter gates to 1601 e market st close loudly each night at 10 p.m cutting off the campus from the outside world but are the gates designed to keep crime out or keep the police in in recent weeks there has been a surge of violent crimes in the city of greensboro some of them very close to home most recently even taking the life of a student who lived in viewing distance of the university police de partment so where are upd officers according to patrol officer ross cox if it's not inside the gates it is the re sponsibility of the city of greensboro we can only arrest what happens in our presence or if we can prove it on site said cox ► see nsbe on page 2 weather thescore hornets sting winning streak thescene dancing with bullets wednesday online local campus crime map theyard facebook class at stanford theword the'blacker the berry low keep up with where crime is happening on campuw online at www.ncatregister.com thursday sunny | high 51 stanford is bringing mom & dad into the 21st century with their courses on how to do everyting facebook popular theatrical production bullet holes in the walls returns to campus chris jessany talks about why the news doesn't give the same fo cus to crime happening to blacks equally the lady aggies 12 game meac winning streak came to a buzzing hault with there two-point loss to the delaware state hornets aggies win 74-73 in a buzzer beater against hornets the a&t register t3 o q 5 5 o 009 1 wednesday free volume lxxxii no 20 the student newspaper of north carolina a&t ncatregister.com serving the aggie community or over 80 years