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me Oay ieDrosr.on WtDNtbUAi, t-'tbRUARY 6, 1907 a i! Nebraska College Students Steal; Orientation Fad, Evens Score Are Rationale ; j - ; U i : -4 J . -l - -t j I X Iff ilflV-3 (Pt A ft: i E W - w sf .m.wm s a- feiAt SHOPLIFTING STUDENTS ... arc burden to University bookstores and businesses. 1DCC Discusses Vote On Final Constitution The Interdorm Coordi nating Committee (IDCC) is expected to discuss at their Wednesday meeting, the Interdorm Association (IDA) constitution and re view election procedures for the Feb. 21 constitution al vote by dormitory resi dents. IDCC chairman Jim Lud wig said the committee would probably discuss election procedures such as balloting times and receive a sample ballot "so that ev eryone can see if they agree on the form of it." He also said copies of the final revised constitution would be given to the IDCC representatives for distribu tion later in the week in the individual dormitories. The revised constitution, which was defeated six to four in an earlier election first semester, must be rati fied in a two step election procedure. On Feb. 21, at least two thirds of the dormitories presently In the IDCC (Ca ther, round, Abel, Sandoz Campus Job Applications IVbw Offered Applications are now available for student staff of the Summer Orientation Program for new students and their parents. Any junior or senior stu dent in good standing can apply but guides must be familiar with the campus,, its government and its ac tivities, according to Rob ert Scott, coordinator of stu dent activities. "We are looking for the type of student who is out going and gregarious and who is familiar with the University", Scott stressed. . Be noted that it takes a special type of student to be able to meet a new group of parents and stu dents every day. It takes enthusiasm and drive to do a successful Job. Applications blanks may be obtained in Room 129, Nebraska Union and should be returned no later than Feb. 17. iff .VIrS? costly and a other Lincoln and F e d d e Halls, Run East, Burr Wst. Love .'Me morial and Selleck Quad) must asjree to conduct a vote on the proposed consti tution. If the residence halls agree to hold an election, they may approve the 1PA constitution by either of two methods in a Feb. 23 vote. The first method lets the dormitories hold individual elections on the constitu tion. The constitution must be approved by a majority provided over 30 per cent of the eligible voters vote or 75 per cent of the eligible voters will be required if less than 30 per cent vote, according to a recently in s e r t e d amendment pro posed by Ludwig. The second method pro vides for any number of dormitories holding a joint ehction on the constitution, if they have the consent of their residents. The consti tution would be approved in the same way as in the first method. The amendment further states that the constitution will be ratified if seven dor mitories approve it before March 1. Ludwig evaluated the committee's progress by saying "the committee has gone well as long as the fi nal result (the election) is all right. Everyone on t h e committee will be glad if and when it passes." Concerning the election he "would like to see as large a turnout of voters as possible." y ini!i:illllllllllllll!l!!l!!! Illllllillilllll l!li!llllllllllllllllllIIHJ f ! BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL 1 1 DIRECTORY lUIIIHIIIIIIIIIUHUUillllllllllllllllllllUllllllllllilillllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIli IMSTJUUWH VsJtMIH SERVICE1 Speedway Motors 477-4421 By Mick Lowe Junior Staff Writer "College students steal. They steal more each year and they steal not only from college stores, but from the A & P, dress shops, music shops and drugstores in and near campuses all around the country." Esquire, 1965, At the 1!K5 national con vention of the National As sociation of College Stores, Lyle E. Peterson of Colorado State estimated that shop lifting (in college stores) has increased "93 per cent in the last five years." The Yale Co-op at Yale University reported a loss of $90,000 last year -presumably because of shop lifting. It is difficult but not im possible to assess the stu dents at the University visa-vis shoplifting. 'Shrinkage" Reported All campus stores, in fact almost any business, reports stock "shrinkages" after their annual inventory bu most retailers are reluctant to attribute the loss to shop lifters. Mike Dnnlan of the Cap tain's Walk estimated that the Walk lost nearly $1,000 last year because of shop lifting. Few of the culprits were caught. And most of the merchandise is not missed until inventory. But the 1,000 figure is "not too much," according to Donlan. Quentin Bengston, owner of Quentin's, said theft is "at a minimum" at his campus women's read-to-wear shop. Renston said that he hasn't "caught anyone for the last three or fr-ir years. Among the campus crowd we hae very, very little." Bengston also believes that "there is definitely a difference between women and men. We charge to a few men, and it is often difficult to get them to pay. If a girl realizes her checking ac count is overdrawn, she is likely to come in and tell us." Not New Problem Certainly the problem of campus shop-lifting is not new. There is a professor on campus who reminisces about "the good old days at Princeton," where an ac quaintence relieved a cam pus bookstore of a 24-vol-ume set of Compton's en cyclopedia, and w as casting envious glances, the story goes, at a birehbark canoe. Certainly the reputation of students at the University is not blameless as the Love Library checker and the prevalence of convex mirrors and policemen at Nebraska Book Store will attest. But, according to Capt. Eugene Masters, chief of the campus police, the prob lem is not much greater than it ever was. "I don't think it's in creased or decreased in the last couple of years." Mas ters commented, "It runs about the same from one year to the next." Forty to fifty students are apprehended by Lincoln businesses each year for theft, Masters estimated. Worst At Semester Ends Gerald Waak, manager of the University Bookstore, said that stock losses be cause of theft are "worst at the beginning and end of the semester." F. D. Keller, retail man ager of the Nebraska Book Store said "there is more theft than there used to be. We know it's quite preva lent among the students." Keller said the policemen posted near the front en trance during last week's rush were the store's an swer to the theft problem, both from the store and among the students, i $ I II ? I HR Arnold Palmer Deluxe Shirt Service 21st &0 13th & F ?5 OPEN DAILY 1 P.JVL, Pool Tablet . . . Snooker Tablet ... Open Bowling . . SNOOKER BOWL N. 48th A Dudley Keller said that the store keeps a file on stolen books. Should someone try to re sell stolen books, he would be quickly reported to the Campus police, Waak said that he recent ly had "five cases' In one day" of one student steal ing the books of another. "In fact, last week one boy reported that he lost his books and his coat, valued at $75, on the ROTC driU field." Nearly every businessman interviewed seemed more concerned with theft among the students than from their own establishments. Why do students steal from stores? Evens Out Bill "Every time I go to sell books the stores steal from me," one student replied. "I consider the books I take a wav of evening out the bill." Sometimes stealing be comes a fad. Masters said that an un usual number of girls were picked iv by city police sev eral years ago on petit theft charges. It seems that a sort of competition had been started among girls in dif ferent living units to see who could steal the most. Retailers have many so lutions to the shop-lifting laundry. In a discussion on college pilfering at the College Stores convention, retailers suggested solutions ranging from convex mirrors to dummy television cameras. But if methods of preven tion are ingenious, so are the methods of the shop lifters. Like Convex Mirrors Many shoplifters actually like the mirrors, it was re ported at the convention, be cause they can see who is watching them. Dallas Breitbarth of the University of North Dakota Bookstore said that he in stalled dime lockers to pre vent pilfering of bcoks de posited by students at the entrance of his store. Unfortunately, the lockers could be used indefinitely, necessitating periodic clean ing. After several investiga tions, Breitbarth came to a disconcerting conclusion. He discovered that "local high school students were monopolizing our lockers as a storage place for their contraband beer and whiskey." Local retailers rec ommend close scrutiny of shoppers as the best theft prevention method. But in large self-service, stores like the Nebraska Book Store, Keller admitted, it is extremely difficult to watch everyone. Fsopls READ Want ads! Don't You Have Something You'd Like Them To Read About? Place Classified Ad "SEND THIS Name: Address j Days to Run I Ad COST: Five cents a word for eocb Insertloa. Minhmm of 50c per slay, (nclote check, payable to the Dally Nebrssksa. THE DAILY NEBRASKAN THE NEBRASKA UNION 477-871, extension 2588 iiZ, When over 300 Omaha high school students arrive on the Nebraska campus orientation, some 60 univer sity students will act as guides. The orientation, which begins at 9 a.m., is held each year for the high school students of Nebraska to interest them in attend ing the University, accord ing to John Aronson, direc tor of admissions. "Three 'class sessions' will be held during the day, with a luncheon at noon in the Nebraska Union Ball room," said Aronson. The day on campus now in its fourth year is spon sored by the Nebraska Hu man Resources Foundation, Placement Interviews Placement interviews for the week of Feb. 6 have been scheduled. Additional information is available in the Placement Office in the Nebraska Union. WEDNESDAY The Bendix Corporation: Knsj Cilv Division: B.S., M.S. K.E.. M.S., Ch E. Metropolitan Utilities District: All d gre hnitineerinjr I'nion Csrhlde Corporation: Consum er Products Division: As before. I'.S. Buearu of Reclamation: B.S., M.S. C.E., E E. ME., AeE Rlack ft Vcitch (Conslutinr Ensl. NEKRSt: B.S. C.E., E.E., M E., Ch E.. Areh.E.. Arch., Bus. it Engrg. com bined. Motorola Incorporated Government Electronics Division Aerospace Cen ter: As before. Argonne National Laboratory Idaho Facilities: To be announced. THURSDAY The Detroit Edison Company: B.S., M.S.-E.E., ME,. Ch.E.. Arch. Also E.E. and M.E. for summer employ ment much have completed sopho more year by June, 1!K7 The Bendix Corporation: Kansas City Division; As before. The Procter i Gamble Distributing Company: All degreee candidates Sales. The lipJohn Company: B.S.. M.S. Science majors, including Pharm., Pre Med.. Pre-IVnt.. Biol. Set.. Chem., Biol. Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated : B.S. M.E., E E., Ch.E. Also, Prod. Mgmt. Carnation Company: B.S.-B.A., M B.A. Saies-Mlits. Stanley Engineering Company: B.S. -C.E., Arch.. As.E.; B.S.. M.S. M.E., E.E. Mutual of Omaha: B S. B.A. Bui. Adm., Ub. Arts.. Data Proc. Public Service Company of Colorado Group meetine at 7 p.m. in Boom 345 Nebraska I'nion for interested students in E E., M.E.. C.E., Math.. Computer Science. Accounting. Individual inter views will be on Feb. 10. FRIDAY Aeronautical Systems Division Air Force Systems Command: AU degrees EE.. M.E.. Electronic E., Aero.E.: Phvs. Sci.: Math., Physcis. Public Service Company of Colorado: BS.-E.E., MEE.. C.E. Math.. Com puter Science, Accounting. Also, stu dents who have completed Junior re quirements as of June, 17. The Procter A Gamble Distributing Company: As before. Meredity Publishing Company: B S., M.S. M B A A. Jcurn., Adv. Sales and Merchandising, Acctg., Mkt. Res., Home Econ., Creative Writing, lnd. E., Design Asst., Personnel-Ind. R, Sales. General Telephone Companies of Iowa, Missouri k Nebraska: B S.. M.S. E E., I.E., M.E.. Acctg., Bus. Adm., Fin. The Coleman Company, Incorporated- All Degrees Bus. Adm.. Engineer ing Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora tion: B.S Buj. Adm. Continental Illinois National Bank A Trust Company of Chicago: AH degrees 411 majors. COUPON rVsWWVWUI Coordinating Committee Hired Traffic Plan Recommended The following recom mendation found in a University e x p a n sion plan may interest mem bers of a steering com mittee formed to hire consultants to study the railroad and traffic prob lems of Lincoln and the University: "When the Rock Island Railroad removes from its present location to the east of the campus (as it is hoped and expected it will) this eastern area of the campus should be made the center of a ra diating system of boule vards, connecting with all the state institutions of the Capitol City, and rendering it the most generally accessible site in Lincoln." The recommendation, was made 48 years ago in 1919 in an expan sion program designed for the then compact Uni versity. IFC Election Set For Wednesday The election of a vice president and a secretary heads the business of Wednes day's Interfraternity Council (IFC) meeting, according to Gene Hohensee, IFC presi dent. Nominees for vice-president are Jim Schreck. Beta Theta Pi, and Joe Carraway, Theta Xi. Larry Foster, Alpha T a u Omega, has also indicated that he will run, Hohensee said. Secretary candidates are Sid Logemann, Sigma Nu, and Bob Dawson, Phi Kappa Psi. IFC members will have a chance to make other nomi nations at the meeting, he said. Each candidate will give a short presentation and answer any questions from the floor before the elections. Other IFC business will in clude the presentation of the budget and a report on the status of the Pi Kappa Alpha colony, he added. Spring Day Open For Chairmen Applications for Spring Day chairman will be avail able at the ASUN office in the Nebraska Union start ing Wednesday. Before you decide on the job that's to start you on your professional career, it's good to ask a few point blank questions . . . like, Will this job let me rub shoulders with engineers doing things that havent been done before, in all phases of engineering? Will I be working for an engineering oriented management whose only standard is excellence? Will I have access to experts in fields other than my own to help me solve problem! and stimulate professional growth? Will I be working with the widest range of professional competence and technological facilities in the U. S.? Are engineering careers with this company stable ... or do they depend upon proposali and market fluctuations? Why not ask these questions about Bendix Kansas City when Mr. R. t Cox visits the BENDIX KANSAS CITY Excellence the Tr"' Thn Nnrtlipast DiaPonn six railroads, several gov ernmental agencies and the Lincoln Chamber of Com merce on a coordinating committee formed to hire consultants to study the railroad and traffic prob lems of the city of Lincoln and the University. Carl Donaldson, Univer sity business manager, will represent the University on the committee, formed Jan. 31, at a streets and high ways committee meeting of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce. Donaldson and Universi ty Chancellor Clifford Har din attended the conference as did Chamber of Com merce representatives and several governmental of ficials. Donald P. Wolfe, civic affairs manager of the Lin c o 1 n Chamber of Com merce, explained the pro gress and the purpose of the committee. "We've just initiated planning a study. This steering committee was set up to work with the rail roads about resolving the rail and motor vehicle problems in Lincoln," he said. Wolfe listed the following three items as the commit tee's purpose: Helping the University solve its expansion prob lems. Reducing and eliminating the traffic hazards caused by railroad grade crossings in Lincoln. Improving the city's ar terial traffic system. Wolfe said that the Mis souri Pacific railroad to the north and the Rock Island railroad to the east of the city campus prevent proper expansion of the campus, even though "the Universi ty has leapfrogged over the tracks to the east by ac quiring property east of the tracks." Donaldson said the Uni versity is interested in ex panding into territory over the railroad tracks and re location of the tracks would for University expansion," plans. "If the railroads are go ing to modernize and take out some of the switch tracks, there will be room ,ers'diversity exPPansion. According to Wolfe anoth- er important factor for Uni versity expansion officials to consider is the proposed Northeast Diagonal, which might cut through the pro posed University expansion Ifjhere in engineer Intern ? University of Nebraska campus February 8 & 9, 1967 Or you may write Mr. Cox ati Box 303-MQ, Kansas Off, Mo. 64131 PRIME CONTRACTOR FOR THE AEC Bendix Kansas City, prime con. tractor of the Atomic Energy Commission and equal o?S3u2 employer, produces and procure electrical and niSS!2 non-nuclear components and assemblies for bombs, missihl warheads and experimental weapon devices. The Northeast Diagonal, designed as a counterpart for the Southeast Diagonal, would quickly bring north east traffic to the down town ara. "But the proposed area might also hinder Univer sity expansion." said Wolfe. "If their (the Uni versity's) plans come out to 22 street and they do, this Diagonal will cut right through the proposed build ings," he said, "They can't locate their buildings until we know exactly where this Diagonal will be." "The University's devel opment plans hinge partly on the location of the North east Diagonal," he added. Wolfe named the pro posed downtown terminals as O and R streets and be tween 16 and 18 Streets. The Northeast r o u t a would continue from down town to 19th Street and Holdrege, and an entirely new road, paralleling the Burlington tracks to Fre mont Avenue, would be constructed. The Diagonal would con tinue east on Fremont to 84 along the present route end ing the cycle. "If it is constructed," Wolfe said, "it would be a freewpv requiring four lane traffic." world depends on I KISMET M ALSO (2SO TO I BOO I VVIOOINO RINO 01.00 I k "taMPICO I7 V WEOOINO RINS too r I The one nemo in diamonds 1 you can trust . . guaian- I I teed quality. I NWiaVVWl 'A,' w - SiiJss.: ...
