Shoplifting problem at Bookstore
By SUZANNE ATKINS
Kansan Sports Writer
Kansas Sports Writer
The girl in the blue coat clutched her books nervously as she perched on the edge of the couch and stared across the emtying Kansas Union Bookstore. The women around her cast knowing glances and murmured in undertones, but she tried to ignore them as they finished the day's work.
In bookstore manager Jim Stoner's office another student sat, equally distraught. On the desk before her was an unpaid-for psychology text with which she had left the bookstore. An employee had seen her and had swiftly arranged an appointment for her with Stoner.
By now she probably has an appointment with the University Disciplinary Board (UDB).
Each year over $30,000 is carried out of the Bookstore in purses, in satchels, under coats and in open view. This amount is approximately equal to the annual sum pledged from bookstore patronage refunds to the scholarship fund for underprivileged students, Stoner said.
Every Bookstore employee is obligated to report incidents of shoplifting that he observes. The offender is given a chance to explain in the presence of the apprehender and Stoner, and a letter is sent to the dean of women or men.
The student who must face the UDB is, in some respects lucky. Were he not a student, a complaint would be filed with the City Attorney's office, and turned over to the Lawrence police. A warrant would then be sworn out for his arrest.
Shoplifting at KU knows no class boundaries. All four classes, Stoner said, participate in proportion to their numbers. Graduate students are among the ranks, and Stoner recalled that a number of years ago a faculty member was also apprehended.
The number of men stopped with stolen goods is generally greater than that of women,
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Stoner said. Thus far this semester 23 shoplifters have been caught leaving the bookstore with unpurchased merchandise. One day saw the downfall of ten persons between noon and 5 p.m.
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By far the most significant reason given for Bookstore thefts, said Stoner, is that a student needs a book for a class and has no money, or has money which is needed for rent, groceries or other essentials.
Some students said they had "forgot" that they had picked up an item; others were certain that the Bookstore "would not miss" a couple books, since the store "makes so much money." Stoner said.
According to Stoner, studies indicate that signs warning of shoplifter prosecution incite more theft than they prevent. At last Wednesday's Union Operating Board meeting he suggested that an investment of $30,000 in bookcheck lockers—the type that returns the user's coin when he removes his books—would pay
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for itself within a year. Students entering the bookstore would be required to leave their books in the lockers.
The board approved the idea, and Stoner is shopping for a good buy.
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