2008 Woodie Awards
MU art class revamps cruisers
Dept. to post top three designs on Internet for residents' input
Caroline Briggs
Issue date: 3/2/07 Section: Community
Miami University junior Cole Johnston is a graphic design major and said he enjoyed researching and working with police to see exactly what they wanted in the design.
"An officer's car is his office and you can see a sense of pride he has in it," Johnston said. "You want to give it the ownership and respect the police deserve for serving Oxford. They will end up working in (the cruisers) for 15 years."
Oxford police take their cars home with them in order to respond quickly to a possible emergency. According to Squance, officers also maintain and clean the cars themselves. Squance said this lengthens the life of each cruiser when the responsibility of an officer's car rests solely on the officer.
After community members vote, a final design will be established, and the student creator of it will be able to put the work into a professional portfolio that will help in the profession of graphic design.
Effler said that all graphic design students must not only have a portfolio, but they must also finish a professional internship before they graduate.
Voting is scheduled to take place on the city of Oxford's Web site, under the police link.
"An officer's car is his office and you can see a sense of pride he has in it," Johnston said. "You want to give it the ownership and respect the police deserve for serving Oxford. They will end up working in (the cruisers) for 15 years."
Oxford police take their cars home with them in order to respond quickly to a possible emergency. According to Squance, officers also maintain and clean the cars themselves. Squance said this lengthens the life of each cruiser when the responsibility of an officer's car rests solely on the officer.
After community members vote, a final design will be established, and the student creator of it will be able to put the work into a professional portfolio that will help in the profession of graphic design.
Effler said that all graphic design students must not only have a portfolio, but they must also finish a professional internship before they graduate.
Voting is scheduled to take place on the city of Oxford's Web site, under the police link.
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