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days, his ‘stache was another way that he tried to connect with the kids on campus.
    “ Kyle, there’s some kind of disturbance over at the Student Union.  I need you to get over there right away ,” the dispatcher’s voice echoed out of the hand-held radio.
    “Roger that, Doris . I’m on my way; any details?” he asked while he hopped out to remove the chock blocks from around the security vehicle’s front tire.
    “ Not yet.  You’ll be the first responder from the force on site.  Ed is way over by the baseball field and it will be a few minutes until he can get there .”
    “Roger,” he stated into the radio.  Alright, first responder!  I’m moving up ! h e congratulated himself.  Whatever the disturbance was, he was thankful that it was in the Student Union.  After he assessed the situation and handed out the appropriate citations, he could get that latte.  He rationalized with himself that he would have finished the puzzle, but duty called him away before it could be completed.
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    The security vehicle screeched to a halt – in Kyle’s mind.  In reality it slowed gradually from its sluggish forward progression to a stop in the spot reserved for the University President.  This was an emergency, he was authorized.
    He jumped out of the golf cart and jogged towards the Student Union.  He made it twenty feet before he realized that he’d forgotten his security officer’s belt.  Dammit ! h e chided himself and turned back to retrieve his belt which held his handcuffs, a nightstick and the all-important campus violation notebook.  Without that notebook, he couldn’t actually give a ticket to a student.  Anything he said would just be empty threats, but the book gave him the power to hit the offender in the pocketbook, which in turn got Mommy and Daddy’s attention, which ended up creating well-behaved students.  It was a pretty flawless system.
    Kyle buckled his security officer’s belt around his waist and felt like he grew three inches.  Oh yeah, first responder gets to write all the good tickets , he thought to himself as he jogged back towards the Student Union.  He wondered what kind of disturbance would cause dispatch to call him over as soon as possible instead of waiting for that old codger Ed to respond like they normally did.  He laughed to himself as he thought of the food fight scene in Animal House.
    He slowed up right outside the doors.  All the glass was tinted dark because of the Texas summer heat and he could see movement inside, but he couldn’t really tell what was going on.  He thought about pulling the club out, but decided against it when he thought about all of the kids laughing at him like he was a real Keystone Cop.  He’d never gotten to be a first responder to any real emergencies before, this was exciting!
    He steeled his resolve to be the hard-nosed campus security officer and pulled the door open.  He was utterly unprepared for what happened.  They must have sensed him and piled up at the door because the moment he jerked it open they were on him.  Two women rushed him and knocked him down onto his back.  He instinctively threw his arms and knees up and both of them landed on top of him.  He recognized them from the Sigma Kappa Tau sorority, but they had some crazy-ass makeup on.  It was like he was reliving the hell of Halloween on campus and he wondered what douche kid was filming him this time.
    Kyle pushed against the two sorority girls, who were growling and snapping their teeth at him, with everything he had.  “Ok, funny joke . Let me up,” he grunted.  They continued to pull at him to get past his defenses and a big glob of the blonde’s makeup dropped down into his mouth.
    “For fuck’s sake!” he shouted, forgetting all about the university’s code of conduct for employees.  “Get off of me.  That shit got in my mouth!”
    He pushed with all his might and the brunette with the pixie haircut fell to the side.  He looked