Thief Steals Entire Globe Edition
Quentin Wells
Issue date: 10/21/05 Section: News
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The theft was discovered Wednesday morning by the Globe's circulation specialist Adam Tucker who found the delivery dock empty when he arrived to begin distribution of the paper. A call to the Tooele Transcript Bulletin, the firm which prints the Globe, confirmed that the Wednesday edition had been delivered on Tuesday evening, but a search of the Technology Building and surrounding areas of the Redwood campus revealed no trace of the missing papers and the theft was reported to campus police.
Stealing newspapers appears at first glance to be an unlikely and unprofitable crime, but the theft of an entire edition is a serious loss for the editorial staff who wrote and produced the paper and a very expensive setback for the Student Media Center, publisher of the Globe. While some stories can be run in a future edition, others will be entirely lost due to time deadlines relating to their content. In addition, more than $2,000 in paid advertising will have to be run again in future Globe editions or its cost credited back to the clients.
Since the stolen papers did not contain any controversial stories or content that might offend some readers, Globe staff members and the police are at a loss to explain why anyone would steal them. A full edition of the paper weighs between 1600 and 2400 pounds. Newsprint and other paper is sold by the College to recycling companies for use in manufacturing secondary products, but the payment for such material is typically less than $10 per ton, not even enough to pay for the gas required to steal Wednesday's edition.
A reward of $100 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of those responsible for the theft. Persons with relevant information should contact Randy Johnson at 947-4386.
