Campus hit by SHSU vandals
Two students arrested early Wednesday
By: Jamie Maldonado
Issue date: 10/16/03 Section: News
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The incident comes in anticipation of the match-up between the Lumberjack football team and the SHSU Bearkats tonight in Huntsville.
University police arrested Daniel Alexander Field, 19, of Waco and John Cole Maxwell, 18, of Lorena shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday. The two were found to be in possession of Sam Houston stickers - similar to those found across campus on signs, buildings and vehicles- and an SFA banner taken from campus.
"Basically, they hit seven buildings and the (Stephen F. Austin) statue," Marc Cossich, chief of University Police Department, said.
Various anti-SFA slogans, such as "Jacks suck!" were painted on buildings and sidewalks, and "SHSU" was painted on the bricks in front of the Stephen F. Austin statue.
Cossich said a type of liquid chalk was used to do most of the writing.
Around the same time, Cossich said, a UPD officer found a car they believed belonged to one of the suspects.
When a UPD officer caught Field and Maxwell, Cossich said, the two fled back to Field's car, a silver 2002 Mitsubishi, and were arrested by the officer watching the vehicle. The two were taken to Nacogdoches County Jail and face charges of criminal mischief and theft, with the possibility of a fine from $20 to $500. Cossich said the punishment is up to the Justice of the Peace.
Cossich said he is not aware of any other actions in response to the tonight's game between SFA and SHSU.
"I would hope (the arrests) would tend to keep it from happening (again)," he said. "It's a pretty common thing to happen at every University I've been at, but this is the first time it has happened since I've been at SFA."
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anonymous954
anonymous954
posted 10/17/03 @ 3:59 PM CST
First of all any vandalism is totally wrong, but I do admire SHSU for the spirit of their actions, wrong and criminal as they were.
As a graduate in '99, SFA always seemed to lack spirit and support for their teams. (Continued…)
anonymous954
anonymous954
posted 10/17/03 @ 6:51 PM CST
What a perfect motivational opportunity for the Lumberjack football team. Coach Santiago could have given the vandals an option of facing trial in Nacgodoches on the charges or the coach would bail them out provided they remain in cuffs and orange jail jumpsuits and ride with the team down to Huntsville. (Continued…)
anonymous954
anonymous954
posted 10/20/03 @ 1:52 PM CST
AS long as these actions don't destroy or permanently disfigure, It's really a lot of fun. Some of you will remember 1961, the Jacks played Sul Ross at their Homecoming in Alpine. (Continued…)
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