There have been two incidents involving unauthorized individuals at sorority houses over the past three weeks and Campus Police is increasing its efforts to keep Greek Village safe.
Natalie Bradick, junior in mathematics education and Tri Delta House Manager, said, “On October 25 at about 9:20 pm a man came to our door asking to speak with our chapter about protection. He said he was an NCSU alumni and also a Pi Kappa Alpha alumni and had been on the PGA tour. He followed a sister into the house after being asked to wait outside.”
She said, “He waited in the parlor while our President came down to speak with him. He said his name was Scott Saunders.”
Bradick said their President told the man to contact her through email and feeling the chapter was unsafe, immediately notified campus police, the director of Greek Life and the chapter resident advisor.
She said the man contacted the chapter’s President through email and she immediately notified the Campus Police again. The police asked the man to end all contact with Tri Delta.
According to Tom Younce, chief and director of Campus Police, they identified the man to be someone that which he was not claiming. The individual has been trespassed and if he is seen on campus or near the Greek village for the matter, he will be arrested.
Younce said for someone to be trespassed from campus, they must violate university regulations or governmental laws.
“Campus Police are pretty aggressive towards people who are on campus that don’t have a legitimate reason for being on campus. Though it is a public campus and many people are on campus for various reasons,” he said. “We do encourage students, on campus or in the Greek Village to contact us if they see a suspicious looking individual lurking around.”
The night of November 7, a man was seen lurking outside of the delta gamma house. No police reports were filed against the man because he technically did not trespass, but still caused a sense of unease within the house.
Campus Police is increasing the number of patrols to help the village feel safer and are even considering establishing random check-points in hope of decreasing the number of appearances by suspicious non-university affiliated individuals.
Blair Cannon, junior in business administration and vice president of administration of Tri Delta, said she’s unsure if she feels safer because she believes this could have been prevented.
“I’m not sure that I feel safer since there have been several incidents on Greek Court and the security should have stepped up after the first incident,” she said.
The girls in the house have taken their own precautions.
“We no longer allow anyone in the house that is not a Tri Delta unless personally escorted by a sister. If they are asking for a sister, we ask them to remain outside until she comes down,” Cannon said. “Also, if we know someone is coming to the house to either pick up something or drop something off for someone we notify the other sisters so no one is to be alarmed. Everyone in our chapter now has campus police in their phone and know to report any suspicious activity.”
