University of South Carolina Libraries
Local book shoplifting By Lisa Frucht C??M The USC Campus Bookstore and South Carolina Bookstore are constant targets for shoplifters. E.A. "Park" Bailey, manager of S.C. Bookstore, said shoplifting is "not big-, we have some." Ben Swanson, director of Campus Bookstore, said shoplifting is a problem, but the number of shoplifters is difficult to determine. "SHOPLIFTING CAN'T be controlled," Swanson said. Both ? ? ti? i _r men ugreeu uie iu?? ui ^uuus woo hard to calculate. "We don't know how much we lose. It would take a perfect inventory control to prove it," Swanson said. Bailey estimates a loss of less than one percent to shoplifters, while Swanson quotes the figures of the National Association of College Stores, which are annually two to three percent in gross volume. Each store uses similar (pohnintiAS in trvintf to nrevent shoplifting. S.C. Bookstore is equipped with one surveillance camera, and two more will be installed soon, Bailey said. Doggy doe By Donald M. Roth berg Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON It may take the New York City Police Department to clear up the mess in the U.S. House of Representatives, particularly the mess some dog left in the hall in front of Rep. David Treen's office. Can the enforcers of the Big Apple's new dog law, which requires owners to pick, up after their pups, succeed where Congressional investigators have failed? Can they determine whether the culprit was Rags, the sheepdog that sleeps outside the office of Rep. Dave Evans, D-Ind., or Rep. Lies /ispin? uug, noineu Junket? Or is there some other dirty dog roaming the fourth floor of the Cannon House Office Building? And who left the anonymous note in xreen s onice r Spokesmen for the two prime suspects deny that either Rags or Junket was responsible for the mess in front of the Louisiana Republican's office door. What Is discreetly described as 919 Sumter Stre< established 197} stores have nrnhlcims ONE TO four student employees roam the floor, while others are stationed at a table to check books and notebooks before entering. Bailey calls it "physical means of protection." S.C. Bookstore has only one entrance and exit. The customers must follow a "traffic pattern" in order to get to the goods, Bailey said. Swanson said the Campus Bookstore likes to psychologically deter Deonle." * THE STORE has 14 closedcircuit cameras positioned in different areas. Swanson said, "The monitors are used in a policing effort." With their help, employees can pick up on "suspicious actions" he said. Stealing from the book-drops, shelves designed to hold students' books while they shop, is another problem. But it happens very seldom, Bailey said. Coin lockers are furnished to the student free of i charge. Their purpose is to hold ] books while the student is shop- j ping. Each store has its own policy ] once the shoplifter is apprehended. At South Carolina Bookstore the s congressic "The Incident" occurred a month ago and suspicion immediately fell on Rags. But a staff investigation <! M MM 4 ! ??4 T?*ML>A4 AIiia 2M A uibciuscu maw u uimci aiau is a regular visitor to the fourth floor of the Cannon Building. Not only that, Aspin and Trecn both serve on the House Armed Services Committee and often are 'I > 'S V I With I Dine wmammmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmm You'll feel like 1 of sunny Calif but durable si i5 Low-heeled a 3t get you where I |b :-'^? A ^jSj^ ^y** fc,"3y A campus bookstore HSf! Clflmniis Rnnkctnro lncr? shoplifter is given the choice of putting the books back or being prosecuted, Bailey said. The person is told, "leave the books here or we will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law." in a 1 4r?ntv' F11U1 \J.U.I/J on opposite sides of issues. Investigators began considering whether the incident was ideological. 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