Joshua
Smith and Holli Keaton, staff writers
posted
on April 20, 2006
Photography
equipment valued at about $4,000 was stolen from the photography
lab in Malone Hall last Wednesday, April 12.
The items stolen were a Fuji professional 35-mm camera and two Nikon
specialized lenses, one 85 mm and the other 105 mm.
According to the university police, the items were likely stolen
sometime between 7:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.
According to Bob Joslin, a photography professor in the College
of Art and Design, the person who committed the crime probably knew
what they were doing.
“They took top-end pieces [of equipment],” Joslin said.
As of Monday, the Troy University Police Department had no suspects.
The incident is still under investigation.
Joslin said most of the equipment was given to the photography department
as a gift or was bought with grant money.
Because of this, Joslin is worried about replacement of the equipment.
“It’s hard to find funding for this kind of state-of-the-art
equipment,” Joslin said.
“We’re not able to do any of our product photography
without that 105-mm lens,” Joslin said.
Joslin was unsure of the possibility of the equipment being insured.
Administration officials could not comment on the status of this
particular case due to the ongoing investigation.
Joslin said he felt the university should see to it that the equipment
is replaced.
“The photography department is a vital part of this university,”
he said.
“It would be in the university’s interest to make sure
that the students are taken care of.
“The real victims of the crime are the photography students,”
Joslin continued.
“They are really great students. They take care of the equipment
and treat it as their own,” he added.
“They’ve all taken it really hard,” Joslin finished.
“I think it’s pretty juvenile,” said Scott Achtemeier
a junior photo design major from Montgomery.
“We’re missing a lot of equipment,” Achtemeier
said.
“There are a lot of students who can’t complete their
portfolios and will have to take incompletes,” he added.
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