Overdue, stolen books
bind library to rules
By Tammy Sopinski
Staff Reporter
Students with overdue books and
fines may find themselves unable to
register for classes next semester,
university library officials said.
“To the individual student it looks
very unfair, but overall it works really
well,’’said Anita Cook, chairperson of
general services for the library.
Enforcement of the rules govern
ing theft and overdue books is needed
to alleviate the annual losses suffered
by the University of Nebraska
Lincoln ’ s Love Library, officials said.
When a student is caught leaving
with library property, desk workers
take the student’s name, address and
Social Security number to discourage
other incidents. The third time the
student is caught leaving the library
with a book or magazine, library offi
cials call the police, she said.
Cook said “being stem” has been
effective. “Some people tried on a
regular basis to walk out with materi
als,” she said.
Cook estimated the library loses
about 10 percent of its total material
each year from theft. That number is
low compared to the 20- to 30-percent
loss at the city branch libraries that do
not have security systems, she said.
Because Love Library lacks an
inventory, it has no way of knowing if
material has been stolen until a stu
dent requests a missing book.
A student’s transcript also may be
held until the student returns a book.
The library gives three notices to stu
dents, then a bill is sent for the missing
material.
Any time students receive a notice,
they can turn in an already-returned
claim and the library will begin a
thorough search for the book.
“We have a person that the major
part of their job is looking for these
books,” Cook said. “It’s a very formal
and thorough process.”
After the eight-week search, stu
dents arc billed again. Although the
librarian may occasionally forget to
check the book back in and return it to
the shelf, it is generally not the
library’s fault, Cook said.
About five or six books that a li
brary worker did not check back in
return to the shelves every week, she
said. This isa small number compared
to the 20,000 to 30,000 books checked
out each month, she said.
“Oftentimes students just forget
they have them, or they will put them
back on the shelf themselves to avoid
a fine,” Cook said.
Once students pay the fine for a
missing book, the library continues to
look for the book for a year. If it finds
the book, the student’s money is re
turned. The library collects about
$ 15,000 to $ 16,000 each year in fines
to replace lost materials.
Three students arrested for obscene calls
rrom aiaii Keports
Three University of Nebraska
Lincoln students were arrested in
connection with an intimidation-by
phone investigation last week.
Timothy Tray, Douglas Richling
and Frederick Morris were cited for
intimidation by phone last Tuesday.
The suspects, all Cathcr Hall resi
dents, were cited following a com
plaint made Nov. 13 by a Pound Hall
resident.
Intimidation by phone includes
obscene, nuisance and annoying
phone calls, said Cpl. William Man
ning of the DNL Police Department.
The call allegedly made by the
suspects was “your basic obscene
phone call,” Manning said.
The suspects will go to court Dec.
7. The possible punishment for com
mitting an intimidation by phone
misdemeanor is $500, three months in
jail or both, Manning said.
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Senior Reporter
Lincoln bar owners said Sunday
that Nebraska’s 17-7 loss to Okla
homa Saturday didn’t quench
Nebraska fans’ thirst after the
game.
Doug Durand, manager of the
Sidetrack Tavern, 935 O St., said
business at the Sidetrack Saturday
night could be summed up with a
quote by the late state Sen. Terry
Carpenter, “When Nebraska wins,
bar business is good and when they
lose, it’s great.”
Durand said there were 30 Side
track employees, including band
members, working at one time
Saturday night, as opposed to the
usual 10 or 11 employees who
work on weekends.
The crowd at the Sidetrack was
calmer than usual, Durand said, but
the management still had to “sub
due” about 30 rowdy patrons.
A1 Hummel, owner of Duffy’s
Tavern, 1412 O St., said
Nebraska’s loss didn’t affect
anyone’s attitude at Duffy’s Satur
day night
“They all seemed to be having a
good time, Hummel said, “We
sold ungodly amounts of fish
bowls.”
Hummel said thecrowd “fizzles
out” at about 7 p.m. on most foot
ball Saturdays, but the crowd this
Saturday partied at Duffy’s until 1
a.m.
Mary Orth, the kitchen manager
at Chesterfield, Bottomsley and
Potts, 245 N. 13th St., said there
was “standing room only” in the
bar during the televised NU-OU
game.
Orth said Chesterfield’s went
through more than 100 kegs and
had three different beer deliveries
on Saturday to accommodate foot
ball fans.
The crowd at Chesterfield’s was
more subdued than usual, Orth
said. A man sitting outside the bar
told Orth he had planned for the
game four months in advance, and
broke his plastic keys to ‘our
house’ in mourning for the
Husker’s loss, she said.
Bob Kaminski, owner of the
Brass Rail, 1436 O St., said there
were more people than expected at
the bar, but Nebraska fans were in
bad moods.
Kaminski said some Oklahoma
and Nebraska fans started harass
ing each other, but they were asked
to leave before any fights broke
out.
Hank Bauer, manager of P.O.
Pears, 322 S. 9th St., said P.O.
Pears had one of it’s biggest sales
ever Saturday night.
Bauer said that he had enough
employees, but not enough beer for
the unexpectedly large crowd.
Dave Moreland, co-owner of
O’Rourkes’ Lounge, 121 N. 14th
St., said the crowd was steady all
night, but he had anticipated a
bigger rush after the game.
Moreland said there was a line
outside the bar from 11:30 p.m.
until closing, and the crowd at
O’Rourkes’ drank heavily.
Capt. Edward Ragatz of the
Lincoln Police Department said
officers on duty Saturday night
reported an “extremely busy
night.”
Ragatz said there were several
parties broken up by police, but
that officers had anticipated a busy
evening.
“It seems like every lime we
have an OU game, we’re extremely
busy,” he said.
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