Most everyone among students and faculty has probably dropped something during daily routines here at RWC. Quite a few students have left things behind in classrooms, while quickly trying to escape a lecture they’ve most likely slept through.The question is, how many people will realize they’ve dropped something and pick it up? Or how many students will realize they’ve left their textbook or a cell phone in the classroom and go back to retrieve it?
Well, here’s a better question: what happens to those lost items that go unnoticed?
Most likely they end up in the RWC Security Office, Room 134 Muntz (past the Bookstore, across from the Student Lounge).
Here lies RWC’s infamous “Lost and Found,” a Lost and Found so crowded, it devours a full book shelf, coat rack, and two other full-length tables spread throughout the small office. With items ranging from textbooks to car keys, the Lost and Found has a very high monetary value.
“People lose these expensive things everyday,” said Officer Fred Davidson. “They all sit in here waiting for their owners to come pick them up.”
Other items lying around the security office include umbrellas, various clothing items, flash drives, calculators, student IDs, purses, and drivers’ licenses.
At the end of each quarter, the security officers round up all of the unclaimed items and take them down to the Lost and Found on main campus. Once they have reached main campus, if no one has claimed them, security personnel take the items to be auctioned off at various local auction sites.
Another option for distributing unclaimed items is returning them to the finder. So, if you find a wallet, laptop, textbook, or anything else you’d like to keep, take it to the officers in M134. They will take your name and give the owners until the end of the quarter to come and claim it. If the rightful owner doesn’t come to claim the items in the designated time, the officers will contact you and it becomes yours.
“People really need to keep better track of their personal belongings,” Davidson said. “I urge everyone who feels like they are missing something to stop by and take a look.