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Volume CXXXII, Number 15 |
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Student art stolen from Moulton
JENNIE COHEN
STAFF WRITER
All Jason Hafler wanted to do was "spice up" the annual trustee banquet, held in Moulton Union on February 7, by decorating the first floor of the Union with paintings and ceramics done by Bowdoin students. Unfortunately his efforts to liven up the reception resulted in the theft of four of his ceramic pieces.
Assistant Director of Security Michael Brown sent out an email on Wednesday evening to all students and employees of the college alerting them to the theft and urging anyone with information about the incident to contact security. According to the email, the theft occurred sometime between 10:00 p.m. on the Friday evening of the reception and 10:00 a.m. the next morning.
"I probably should have taken the pots down Friday night," Hafler conceded. "But I figured that Bowdoin is a pretty relaxed, safe environment. People leave their laptops out in the library, their books in the union and those are highly trafficked areas"
It was Rick Beals from dinning services who alerted Hafler to the disappearance of the pots. "I was walking back from brunch with a friend, and we walked through Moulton," Hafler said. "Rick told me that when he came to Moulton at 10:00 a.m., he was surprised to see my pots off their pedestals."
Since he had recently finished the now-missing pieces, Hafler had not yet had a chance to photograph them for the portfolio where he otherwise keeps of all his work.
Hafler admitted that he had reservations about publicizing the theft. "There is part of me that didn't want to make a big deal of it," he said. "But when you work a whole semester on something, it is disheartening to have it disappear."
However, Hafler does not view this incident as reason for heightened security among students towards possessions. "I think the honor code is an integral part of Bowdoin," he said. "I hope we can still continue to exhibit work, and not have to fear it disappearing."
There have no comments from security thus far relating to any heightened theft policies.
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