Word on the Street — ICC Visited by a Deer Friend

At 8:00 a.m. on Saturday Nov. 2, a young male deer wandered into the courtyard of ICC’s East Peoria Academic Building and jumped into and out of the building through the glass of two closed windows. The biology lab in 222A was wrecked in the process. The deer was then corralled away by several individuals and was last seen bound for Centennial Drive. The Harbinger asked students who they saw as the victim here–ICC or the deer.

 

 

Roberto Zorob (right), 18, of Washington

“I would say ICC because the students had their projects smashed because of the deer, and even though it wasn’t the deer’s fault, he or she or it was still the one who caused the incident.”

 

 

 

 

Lynn Carr, staff, of East Peoria

“Both. The poor deer–they kicked the deer off and it was all bloody. I live up in this area so I know there’s a lot of deer that happen to use ICC’s wooded area, but the poor thing got lost and confused. I feel sorry for it. So I think that both the deer and ICC were victims.”

 

 

Anthony Awada (left), 18, of Peoria

“I have to go with the [window] glass. I really feel its been the victim. It gives us beautiful views of the world and then all of a sudden it just gets beat up like this. It tears me to shatters. ICC’s campus security is not doing a good enough job if they can let a deer come in here. Where are all of the security guards that are supposed to be walking through ICC ensuring that none of us get harmed. Where are they? Where are they?”

 

 

 

Darius Ross, 22, of East Peoria

“I will probably say that the school’s the victim even though there’s supposed to be security here to make sure stuff like that doesn’t happen. Security may have not been 100 percent doing their job well. They may have been on break in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

 

 

 

Tyler Siegrist, 19, of Peoria

“I would say it could go either way. It’s an inconvenience for both of them. There’s no specific victim. I mean, they’re both kind of victims.”

 

 

 

 

Emily Donnelly, 20, of Chillicothe

“I guess I would have to go with the deer because the college can always pay for new stuff, but the deer’s probably traumatized. The college gets new windows and maybe new lab equipment, too.”

 

 

 

 

Bucky, 3, of ICC Woods

“I’ve known Larry since he was a young buck. He started going crazy around August and I guess he just finally snapped. I tried to reason with him, but he assured me the glass was no match for him. Ever since the incident I’m terrified of being out alone after dark.”