On Thursday 09 February 2006 20:22, John Gorentz wrote:
> At 03:02 PM 2/9/2006, Tom Rockwell wrote:
> >... but there seems to be a rash of projector thefts on campus lately.
>
> Really?  Tell us more.  Are these now considered hot items that one can buy
> out of a car trunk in a parking lot?
>
> We're off campus but not entirely immune to theft.  We've gotten more
> casual lately about securing our projectors.

There seems to be a growing market for this equipment.  My wife works
at Washtenaw Community College, which had a bunch of them stolen,
and the UM and Eastern were hit as well.  The folks who were stealing
them were caught, but many had been resold.  They're a hot item, it
seems.

--STeve Andre'