page 8
daily ncbraskan
Wednesday, november 7, 1979
YoniBg people9 minorities volunteer a KZUM D
By Michelle Carr
Helping Lincoln youth and minorities
get a chance is the theme of a Lincoln
organization's broadcasts on radio station
KZUM, according to one of the organiza
tion's members.
Youth Opportunity Services and the
Malone Center are aiming their broadcasts
at juvenile delinquent prevention and pro
viding opportunities for minority disc
jockeys at the same time, according to
James Terry, community organizer special
ist and job developer of the Malone Center
juvenile prevention program.
Terry said several minority disc jockeys
who could not get jobs at local bars or
radio stations were encouraged to
volunteer their time to develop the radio
show on KZUM.
"It's a shame that these very talented
announcers or disc jockeys can't break into
the mainstream of broadcasting in local
bars or local radio stations in the Ail
American city " he said.
The disc jockey volunteers not only
helped the radio show but helped them
selves by practicing their skills and
receiving air time, he said. The disc
jockeys also play at several local dances
to benefit the members of the organ
ization, he added. -
The broadcasts concentrate on youth
and minorities, Terry said. The broad
cast features job listings, minority business
listings, minority church listings and black
music. A talk show with community organ
izations or leaders ah o is a part of the
V A " I vs ) f frt fo A
if' M
Photo courtesy of KZUM Radio
Several minority disc jockeys are getting a chance to perform'on KZUM radio.
V T le Weston U Iv
The Santa Fe
TOT. XV
The Ultimate Walking Shoe
With The Contoured Footbed
The Cheyenne
Tbotlooge C&cFancy
1 2 1 9 P St. Rampark Bldg. 432 - 6 1 1 9
Maybe Snow White looked
good without a tan .
But you don't have to he
white-as-snow this winter!
Come down & Get brown
""O I ilflMUtbl.
Th Atrium 1200 "N" Street
Lincoln -475-9027
program, he said.
Terry, a UNL scoiology major, said the
local radio stations would not offer enough'
air time for the organization's message.
"They said it was not sellable to the
public," he said.
KZUM, a non-profit radio station,
agreed to give the organization two hours
of air time, Terry said, and this was later
expanded to six hours.
The Malone Center's juvenile program
has about 250 members, Terry said, and
is open to anyone between ages 12 and 18.
The program accents job opportunities and
explores different careers, he said.
"We show them several job opportuni
ties and try to expose them to a lot of
types of careers. We also try to show
the different minorities in careers."
, The group has traveled to other cities
and states to get knowledge of career
opportunities elsewhere, he said.
. Tlie Malone Center and the Youth
. Opportunity Service created the program
with a grant from the Law Enforcement
Assistance Administration, Terry said.
Workers for the program are volunteers, he
added.
Library security system
expected to cut book theft
By Alice Hrnicek
f '
. The flow of hundreds of students who
walk in and out of Love Library doors each
day is suddenly stopped by the sound of
an alarm.
The exit gates lock, trapping another
offender who is attempting to remove
material without checking it out,
. Love's security system, installed two
years ago, has detected a sensitized portion
of the material. A similar system was
placed in C.Y. Thompson Library on East
Campus a year ago.
A savings of 80 percent of the previous
$15,000 loss per year from stolen books
has been projected from a small, study of
a heavily used portion .of the library,
according to Dean Waddel, assistant dean
of UNL libraries.
One of five types of security systems
currently available for libraries, he said,
it reaches the expected range of 80-100
percent savings of most libraries with simi
lar systems.
AT LEAST 10 other libaries in Nebras
ka have installed a security system, he re
ported, including both college and public
libraries.
"We believe that the system is effective,"
he said.
With a $27,000 installation charge for
equipment alone, he noted the system in
volves all circulation workers. -
When checking out material, circulation
workers desensitize it so that it can be car
ried out of the library.
, The material is resensitized when re
turned, Waddel said.
Waddel would not give details of how
the system works, because, he said, "it's
like a bank does not give out the combina
tion to their vault. The materials need to
be protected."
Waddel claimed he passed one sensitized
book around to 23 people, in a meeting
.A before installing the system and asked
them if they could detect the checks.
' ONE PERSON found a check, but could
not locate what were five other security
checks, he said.
Materials have a varying number of
sensitized places, he said, to discourage
challengers of the system.
"The theft detection system was instal
led to help students and faculty, not to
set up a challenge."
"The front desk' does stop people"
he said. The first time is usually considered
an "innocent mistake" because persons
sometimes forget to check out materials.
In those instances, the person is allowed
to check out the material.
, - But, he said, the workers do watch out
for "flagrant offenders" who continually
try to beat the system.
UNL police are alerted to habitual of
fenders, he said, adding the library will
prosecute if the situation warrants.
PEOPLE ARE prosecuted, he explained,
because replacing materials is costly.
Library books average $20 a piece, and if
they are missing, they are lost.
i Before materials are replaced, staff
members must determine that an item "is
definitely, missing. It may be only mis
placed, he said, which can be discovered
from a search.
The cost for a new volume may be more
than the original, he said, and the book
may not be available or may be only in
another form. v
Staff time also'is required for proces
sing the new material and deprocessing the
old in catalog files, Waddel said.
"It's a very expensive process to re
place." Waddel reported that branch libraries
on campus rely on a "less formalized"
system, which involves a person who
checks and observes persons leaving the li
brary. To install a similar system in any of the
branch libraires would cost $9,000 to
$10,000, he said. UNL libraries currently
have no money budgeted for equipment.
"We can't give it serious consideration
at the moment," Waddel said.
THE ULTIMATE TAN-Your First Visit FREE-Ot'i Fast Easy, & Safe!)
ll i. . u I v 7 7T: J r y m
II A.L...J V
V WW
v v v v v v v o vr ftr vir
IJN 1 KKNATIONAL
Contact Lens
and fashion Eyewear Boutique
We offer complete contact
lens services including:
015 different soft lenses
04 different semi-soft lenses
OMany different hard lenses
OLens and eye examinations
O Frame guarantee
OLens verifications
OLens replacements
OLens maintenance
OCIeaning and polishing
OComplete fashion frame selection
... all lenses fit on a
30-day trial. Call for a
FREE consultation at
no obligation . . .