BRIEF: Two muggings reported near campus

A University student was robbed at gunpoint at 7 p.m. December 23 on the corner of 37th and Sansom streets by a man who took a watch and $2 in cash from the student. The student was not harmed. In a separate incident, a neighborhood resident was robbed at knifepoint of his wallet containing $1,000 in travelers' checks on January 3 at 5:24 p.m. on the corner of 37th and Spruce streets. The victim was uninjured. -- Damon Chetson