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Library theft adds up
Matthew Levy
News Editor
As estimated by Library Direc
tor Herbert Poole, the library is
now losing roughly $25,700 annu
ally due to book theft, out of an
annual book buying budget of only
$119,000.
The loss of the bodes is particu
larly damaging because most of
the books that disappear are among
the most in demand.
Poole reported the losses to the
administration and Budget Com
mittee in a memorandum dated
Oct 5 wherein he requested addi-
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tional mid-year funds to improve
security.
Provost Dan Poteet expressed
concern about the losses, but said
that the request will not be re
viewed for another couple of
months.
The figure was calculated by
multiplying the latest set of loss
figures (2,400) by the average re
placement cost of a book ($75,
including aquisition and process
ing) and dividing the resulting fig
ure by the number of years over
which the loss occurred (seven).
The total replacement cost of the
titles stolen over the last seven
years comes to about SIBO thou
sand.
Poole also pointed to the "loss
that occurs when a volume one
needs cannot be found. How do we
attach a dollar amount to this?"
Library security has been a
chronic problem for Guilford, ac
cording to Poole. Local interpreta
tions of the fire code have pre
vented the College from installing
an effective security system in the
past, because locking all the doors
but one is considered dangerous.
Director of Facilities and
Planning Art Kopsak has since in
vestigated security systems for both
the library and the art gallery con-
Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C.
Poole
tained within.
According to his research, li
brary security could be "enhanced
considerably" for $12,039. The
gallery could be better protected
for an additional $2,823. Given
the dollar cost of current annual
losses, the payback period for
the entire $14,862 would be less
than one year.
To preserve safety and legal
ity, the system would have mag
netic door seals which would alert
the circulation desk when a door
opened. If the doors were locked,
a pulled fire alarm would release
the seals after a short period of
time.
Poole appeared in Senate to
lobby for support He asked the
student organization to press the
Budget Committe to grant the
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Gall Kasun
Staff Writer
The "Jaws of Life" tore the roof
and doors from a totalled Mazda.
The destruction of the display car
was the result of a drunk driving
accident which occurred three
months ago.
The demonstration was held in
Founder's parking lot at 1 p.m.,
Monday, Nov. 9.
"This demonstration is just one
activity of many scheduled for Alco
hol Awareness Week," according to
Helen Mulhern of Residential Life.
The "Jaws of Life" were operated
by three Guil ford County EMS work
ers in a fifteen-minute demonstra
tion.
It showed the actual technique used
to pry cars apart so that bodies may
be removed after an accident.
R.S. Lindley, one of the Jaws op
erators explained, "In Guilford
County, we have two to three dozen
car openings a month."
Lindley warned, "Everybody
thinks that the accident is going to
happen to someone else. Unfortu
nately, that's what everyone else
thinks; so the chances that you will
SLRP com
Quakerism
Greg LoughHn
Staff Writer
The first segment of Guilford's
long-range plan, which envisions the
role of the college's Quaker heritage
in future planning, is near comple
tion.
The document, prepared by the
Strategic and Long Range Planning
Committee(SLßP), is in its next-to
final draft, and will be distributed to
the community for response before
it is completed.
To generate material for the draft,
the Committee received presenta
tions and input from several faculty
members. Max Carter and Dick Dyer
talked about Quaker heritage and
student life; Elwood Parker discussed
Quaker heritage and governance;
Cyril Harvey spoke about Quaker
heritage and the curriculum; and Mel
Keiser discussed Quaker religion and
academic life.
Once the committee has settled on
a draft, it will circulate back to the
community. The process is expected
November 13. 1992
be involved in an accident of this
magnitude are much greater than
what most folks think."
Japera Parker, who wanted to
have the car brought to campus
said, "We brought it in as a good
visual to show people what can
really happen from drunk driving."
Parker observed the sign on the
car, which read:
"Three months ago, two 17 year
old boys were killed in this car
while driving drunk."
She looked down and pointed
out that the items in the car—text
books, liquor bottles, everything
were left as they had been found on
the night of the boys' death.
Mulhern explained the impor
tance of Alcohol Awareness Week,
and specifically the use of the
wrecked car
"We think most college cam
puses do have a drinking problem,
and certainly Guilford is not im
mune to that. We want to have
students become aware of their
problems and the problems of their
friends."
Responses to the use of car to
promote awareness were varied.
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to be complete in December. The
next phase of the study, which ex
amines institutional viability, has
already begun.
Future proposals and course se
lections will be held up to the state
ment to see if they are in accor
dance with the college's Quaker
heritage.
"I'm pleased the college is spend
ing the kind of time and energy that
it is on the college's Quaker heri
tage," said Max Carter, Campus
Minister. "I think the quality of the
college is directly related to its
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