Gessner Hall residents will be forced to pay a community fine upward of $2,000 or more if no one comes forward with information about a series of unsolved cases of vandalism within the last month.

“I know it’s a residence hall, but you still want it to feel like it’s home,” Associate Dean of Students Shelby Coxon said.

Coxon said the top part of one fire door was damaged and split completely over the weekend. The entire door will have to be replaced, costing approximately $1,000. The glass in another door was shattered from the inside of the building, and two smoke detectors costing $200 each were tampered with.

Coxon said each resident will have to pay an estimated $30 to cover the damages.

“I don’t have an exact figure, but that’s an estimate,” she said. “It’s the principle of it all. People just can’t do this and get away with it.”

However, Coxon said she is willing to work with people if it was an accident or if they choose to confess.

“I know that’s a lot of money to work off, but you can work it off doing stuff around the building,” she said.

Steve Lovelady, Gessner hall director, said every student suffers long-term consequences if no one confesses because the university keeps records of such incidents.

“It’s going to be put on your student account at the end of the semester, and it’s going to be labeled a fine,” he said.

Junior Taylor Parker said the culprit should confess.

“It’s too bad everyone has to pay a fine just because one person or more than one person doesn’t have the guts to come forward,” he said.

Gessner resident assistant Greg West said he hopes the community fine influences people to stop breaking property or find out who did.

“I hope nothing else gets broken and people learn their lesson,” he said.

Coxon said anyone with information can contact an RA or a Student Life employee and can remain anonymous.