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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, March 28, 1968
Shoplifting troubles bookstore
Photos by Bruce Patterson
ONE WAY (NOT RECOMMENDED) TO BEAT INFLATION
A KU coed with a quick hand seeks to avoid the formality of paying for a textbook at the Kansas Union Bookstore . . .
... but the long arm of a wary cheker discovers the maneuver, and there will be more than the retail price to pay.
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Applications for the two $300 scholarships being offered by the sophomore class must be made by Friday.
Applications are available in the Office of Aids and Awards, 26 Strong Hall.
The scholarships will be given to one man and one woman in the sophomore class on the basis of ability, service to the University, and need.
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"It's foolish to pay $12.50 for a book and have the bookstore give you $2.50 for it at the end of one semester," he said, "It's not that I don't have the money—that's what makes it so funny. It makes me sick to pay so much. The first time I stole, I had already paid nearly $100 for books. I don't feel bad about it at all," he said, although he admitted he wouldn't do it again—he's graduating. "I'd hate to get caught when I don't need them anymore," he said.
By Kathy Hall. Kansan Staff Reporter
"I usually only take textbooks, but I might have taken one pencil," he said.
"I've borrowed just about all my books the last two semesters from the bookstore," said a student who admits he shoplifts on occasion. He returns them though, at the end of the semester when he sells them back.
"To say more shoplifting goes on at the beginning of each semester when students are buying books and supplies, would be about as inaccurate a statement as anybody could make." Stoner said.
James H. Stoner, bookstore manager, believes the bookstore's loss is close to the national average of one to three per cent of gross retail sales. Shoplifters take a variety of items all year long—there is no real "shoplifting season," he said.
He said an exact total could not be determined until the end of the year when inventory is
Brazilian poets are speech topic
John Nist, professor of English Language and Linguistics at Auburn University in Alabama, will speak on "Two Great Modern Brazilian Poets: Bandeira and Drummond" at 4:30 p.m. Friday in the Kansas Union Meadowlark Room.
A poet, critic and linguist, Nist has taught at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. He has been a Fulbright Lecturer and has been awarded a Social Science Research Council Grant.
In 1960 he was honored as "Man
of the Year" by the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters and in 1964 he received the Machado de Assis Medal of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
He is the author of several books including "Modern Brazilian Poetry: An Anthology" and "The Modernist Movement in Brazil."
Nist's lecture is sponsored by the committee on Brazilian studies as part of its Brazil Month activities.
taken. Even then exact figures would be difficult to obtain because of various mark-ups and mark-downs during the year.
"All kinds of individuals have been involved in shoplifting," Alderson said. "They don't necessarily have to be in financial difficulty," he said, "although this is many times the case.
Donald K. Alderson, dean of men, said his office sees from two to three men a week, who are either accused of shoplifting or who have admitted their guilt.
"Shoplifters attempt to take things because it presents a challenge. They want to see if they can get away with it," he said. When a person is caught lifting merchandise from the bookstore, a written report is made to either the dean of men or women, who decides on disciplinary action of each case individually.
Students may contest the action by an appeal to the University Disciplinary Committee, which is composed of the dean of men, dean of women, the academic dean of the student involved, two faculty members, and six students. Alderson said. Stu-
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