Corvette on the move amid questions about security

The tight, 24-hour security system surrounding the $50,000 Corvette purchased by the IU Student Association may not be so safe after all.\nThe red sports car, which according to IUSA is monitored by two security cameras and an increased police presence, will be moved to a secure location for a month, IUSA vice president Judd Arnold said Wednesday.\nThe move comes amid questions about the authenticity of two cameras mounted on the car, which was purchased to increase student voter registration as part of the group's Project Vote Hard campaign. After learning the contest might violate federal election law, the Corvette became the centerpiece of a campus-wide raffle.\nArnold would not publically say whether the cameras are real.\n"I know the car is incredibly well-protected," Arnold said. "We don't want to disclose specifics due to security concerns."\nThe budget for the project included $1,000 for security, Arnold said, adding there has been no vandalism to this point.\nEarlier, Study Body President Bill Gray said the cameras surrounding the Corvette would be on 24 hours-a-day as well as set-up in three locations around the car to protect it from would-be vandals. The IU Police Department was also alerted to increase its patrol around Dunn Meadow, where the car is housed in a makeshift chainlink fence.\n"They're doing random and frequent sweeps of it," Gray said. "If you try to do something, you'll more than likely get caught and punished to the fullest extent of the law."\nFormer IUSA Vice President Jeff Wuslich said he would be disappointed if he learned that the security cameras weren't real.\n"If they are fake, at least they saved some students some money there, but I would like to know where the rest of it is," Wuslich said. "It would be really disappointing to find out that they were misleading the students on this issue. The current administration's credibility would be hurt."\nBut Wuslich said he was worried that the security issue could take away from the bigger issue that IUSA spent $50,000 for the Corvette.\nThe car will reappear about a week before the November elections begin Arnold said, to emphasize voter participation among students.\nHe said the Corvette has done its job so far by creating voter awareness for IU students.\n"Why is there a car out there?" Arnold said. "Because tuition is going up. We're doing it because we're scared to death that people are not going to be able to go here next year." \nArnold said IUSA has helped more than 10,000 IU students register to vote and hopes this will encourage students to participate in the democratic process.\n"Whether you like the car, whether you don't like the car, there's a good chance that if tuition goes up, there's going to be a lot of people that won't be able to go to Indiana anymore," Arnold said.