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JAMIE
HUNTER
REPORTER
The library staff moved
the collection to the sec
ond floor so they could
have more room to organ
ize the DVD collection.
The past academic year,
more than 33,000 DVDs
were checked out,
brought back, cleaned,
and checked out again. In
an average month, the
library can circulate several thousand
DVDs. For example, in December more
than 3,000 DVDs were circulated.
"With this type of circulation, there's a
lot of potential for things to go wrong, but
our staff is great and they do very well at
keeping things in order," McGill said.
The DVD collection is maintained by
library staff with the help of two $3,000
machines that clean, polish, and buff out
any scratches that may be on the discs.
"Caring for the DVDs is a very labor
intensive process," McGill said.The collec
tion is kept by a numerical system but is
easy to get mixed up. If one places a
DVD in the wrong case, it can take days to
find it and place it in the correct case. This
can keep others from being able to check
out the DVD until it is located.
Checking out a DVD is done the same
way as checking out a book. The service is
available to all WSSU students, faculty,
and staff. All patrons in good standing
Uvd checkout is a
privilege, and when you
abuse that, it gets talen
away; one time is usually
enough”
—Jeffrey McGili,
Media coordinator
with the library are allowed to check out
up to three DVDs at a time, for a period of
three days. Borrowers must present a
valid Ram Card in order to check out the
DVDs.
Budget decreases and late returns have
caused a backlog in new release check
outs. According to the library staff, the
ratio of purchasing popular DVDs has
decreased by 50 percent.
In the past two years, late returns have
become such a problem that the library
has become more vigilant in its DVD
check-out policy. Borrowers who return
their DVDs late will have a block put on
their account and will not be allowed to
checkout DVDs for 30 days.
This does not prevent use of other
library resources, just the popular DVDs.
If a DVD is never returned, the patron
will be charged the replacement cost of the
DVD as well as a non-refundable $25 fee.
Of all the DVDs that the library checks
out four out of 10 are returned late, and
two out of 100 are never returned.
McGill said that the library wants peo
ple to check out what they can watch in
three days so that others may have a
chance to watch the popular movies.
"DVD checkout is a privilege, and when
you abuse that, it gets taken away; one
time is usually enough," McGill said.
Student wins tickets to Pantliers game
BIANCA
PENDER
REPORTER
A contest
during the
"Rams Have
Heart" project
in October
gave one lucky
Winston-Salem
State student
a chance to
attend a
Carolina
Panthers game.
Tazjanne Swinnie, a sopho
more Exercise Science major
from Rockingham won tickets
to see the Carolina Panthers
play the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers Dec. 6 in
Charlotte.
"Rams Have Heart" was
created to inform Winston-
Salem State students and the
community about heart
health. Students who partici
pated in cardiovascular
screenings registered for a
drawing to win two tickets to
see the Carolina Panthers play.
Dr. Archie Roberts, the
founder of Living healthy
Partners helped conduct the
project.. Equipment for the
screenings was provided by
the Community Care Center .
Ninety one students were
recruited for the project. Of
those students, Swinnie was
chosen through a drawing as
the winner.
"I was shocked when I
received the news about win
ning," Swinnie said. I never
win anything."
Swinnie said she heard
about the "Rams Have Heart"
project through the Honors
Program. During a monthly
meeting SGA President
Whitney McCoy announced
that WSSU was sponsoring
the heart drive and that stu
dents could receive volunteer
hours for participating.
Swinnie said she partici
pated in the project for more
than volunteer hours.
"My mother had a heart
attack at the age of 38,"
Swinnie said. "So I wanted to
make sure I wasn't at risk."
She said she enjoyed every
thing about the Panthers
game. "That was my first NFL
game," Swinnie said.
The Panthers beat the
Tampa Bay Buccaneersl6-6.
During her cardiovascular
screening, Swinnie said she
learned techniques to keep a
healthy heart such as good
nutrition and exercise.
"The nurses were trying
to teach me how to read the
EKG."
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Swinnie said students at
WSSU should learn more
about cardiovascular health.
"The diet and lack of exer
cise of a college student is
horrible. The screenings
will definitely help them
catch and prevent heart
problems."
Dr. Vanessa Duren-
Winfield, research coordina
tor and assistant professor in
the school of Health and
Science says it is important
for college students between
the ages of 18-23 to get car
diovascular screenings.
"Certain diseases are pre
disposed to the children
from their parents and it is a
good time to get the screen
ing so that they can take
steps to good health,"
Winfield said.
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