[Author’s Note]: The Blackburn Blotter is a collection of monthly incident logs filed by Blackburn College. Since reports are compiled the following month by the Campus Community and Safety Department, as well as Residence Life, they are published a month behind. For example, August’s log will be published in September.
Some important terms to note are Clery and Title IX. A report made to Clery involves incidents that fall under the Clery Act. Examples of these incidents include stalking, intimidation, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, underage alcohol consumption, hate speech and Title IX violations. Title IX reports are made when discrimination occurs on the basis of sex or gender, sexual harassment or sexual violence.
It is pertinent that these logs are published so that the Blackburn community can be aware of crime on campus. This listing also promotes a better understanding of how incidents are handled at Blackburn College.
From Oct. 1 to Oct. 31, the Campus Community and Safety Department and Residence Life handled a total of 19 incidents:
Oct. 1: Three separate incidents occurred on this day. There was vandalism to a golf cart reported in the Ludlum parking lot. A domestic dispute was reported in one of the residence halls. Marijuana odor was reported in a residence hall parking lot.
Oct. 4: Two separate incidents occurred on this day. There was a medical emergency in one of the residence halls and a dog “running at large” on campus.
Oct. 7: Excessive mess reported in a residence hall.
Oct. 10: Damage to college vehicle reported in a campus parking lot.
Oct. 12: Unauthorized guest in residence hall.
Oct. 16: Four separate incidents were reported on this day. An unauthorized visitor was reported in a campus parking lot. A welfare check-in was performed on a student in one of the residence halls. Theft was reported from a vending machine in one of the residence halls. Damage to a vehicle was reported in a campus parking lot.
Oct. 18: A welfare check-in was performed on a student in one of the residence halls.
Oct. 19: A verbal altercation was reported in one of the residence halls.
Oct. 23: Marijuana odor was reported in a residence hall.
Oct. 28: Two separate incidents occurred on this day. A Clery reportable underage alcohol violation occurred in a residence hall. A domestic dispute was also reported in a residence hall.
Oct. 29: Two separate incidents were reported on this day. A welfare check-in was performed on a student in one of the residence halls and a medical emergency was reported in a residence hall as well.
Oct. 31: A foul odor was reported coming from a room in a residence hall.