In October of 2004, a series of 13 vehicle break-ins occurred in campus parking lots.
After the break-ins, angry and worried students heard safety mantra after safety mantra - the most significant of which was the promise of security cameras in some parking lots.
More than a year later, the parking lots remain unmonitored. And that means student vehicles are just as susceptible to theft as they were a year ago.
In fact, even more break-ins happened this January, bringing the total to more than 30 vehicles damaged and many personal items stolen.
University Senate didn't approve installation of cameras in the stadium, stadium overflow and H2 parking lots until Oct. 6, and many other lots remain without any security camera plans.
Student Senate made the recommendation for camera installation on Feb. 9 - about eight months before action was taken by University Senate.
While it's always good to see Student Senate's recommendations pushed through the process, that doesn't excuse the fact that it took more than a year for any of these camera-installation plans to be executed.
It's apparent that the administrators involved in this effort care about student concerns. Still, campus security should be at the top of their priority lists, and they owe it to the students parking in those lots to speed things up and make their camera promises a reality.
These cameras need to be in place as soon as possible because there's no predicting when the next break-ins might begin.
At the very least, we should be prepared.
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