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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'