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book has been reported stolon
The warning notes any special markings the book has
Standish said students should mark their books either
subtly, such as placing an extra period at the end of a
certain paragraph, or obviously, such ns writing their
name across the ends of the book
Markings unable the store employee to determine if
the book being sold and the book reported stolen are the
same. If so. an employee will call security. Slandish
said.
More often, the book is sold long before it’s reported
stolen. Standish said. In those cases, the victim looks
through the hooks the store has purchased to see if one
of them is the stolen book.
If the victim makes a positive identification, the lx>ok
store can trace the seller using the transaction number
on the inside cover If appropriate, the bookstore will
then notify police, Slandish said
The University Bookstore and Smith Family Book
store share information about luniks reported stolen, said
Smith Family Bookstore Manager Nancy Smith.
But many students don’t oven report their books
stolen. Stnndish said The bookstore usually receives
one or two reports a week, he said During Dead Week
and Finals Week — when students spend more time in
the library and consequently leave more books there —
the store gets about four re|>orts a week, he said.
"It 's like a lot of other crimes." Standish said "What
we see is only the tip of what really happens."
Standish said even if students suspect they've just lost
their (looks, they should report them stolen
"I'd much rather put it in the computer and have the
book turn up than not put it in and have someone soil
it Ikii k and get away." he said.
At the University Bookstore, time is on the thiefs side.
Standish said. If the student waits more than a couple of
weeks to report a stolen book, he said, the bookstore may
have already shipped it to a wholesaler.
If the thief decides to sell the Itooks elsewhere in the
stole, such as Oregon State University, the books are vir
tually un traceable, Standish said However, ho said,
those cases are rare.
"If you’re talking about a casual thief— a student who
needs o little extra money or a person just wandering
through campus — those are catcbable," Standish said.
Probably the biggest advantage thieves have is the vic
tims' soft-heartedness. Smith said,
Selling stolen property is a Class C felony, punishable
by up to five years in jail Most students who’ve had
their books stolen don't want to prosecute, she said.
"They treat the suspect like they're a victim," Smith
said.
POLICE BEAT
The following incidents were reported to the Univer
sity Office of Public Safety and the Kugene polite
department Feb, 7-M
• The KMU Recreation Center reported a theft of ser
vices Feb o According to police reports, five people
bowled one game at the re< realion ( enter without pay
ing. The five people returned their renter! shoes and left
without paying the 51 25 each of them owed for the
game.
• A University student reported an assault at the
KMU on the afternoon of Feb. 10. The victim got into an
argument with another student over a woman they both
knew The argument led to a fistfight According to
police reports, the suspect admitted to "popping" the
victim a couple of times.
• A ,15-vear-old transient was arrested for c riininnl
trespass and providing police with false information
Feb. 12 When polite contacted the man in the Hamil
ton Complex cafeteria, he told them his name was O/./y
Osbourne The man had no identification on him, and
police said he fit the description of a man who was
reportedly grabbing women on campus the night
before The man told police that he was on campus the
night before and that. "There were a lot of women who
turned me on ”
Police found release papers from the Caos County JuiI
that said the man was si heduled to appear in court in
Coos County Feb 12 Police also said the man was (ar
rying explu it pornographic magazines at the time of his
arrest
• A University student was cited for minor falsely
representing age Feb 12 The student was cited after a
follow-up investigation of a minor trying to purchase a
six-pack of beer at the Circle K store on the 200 block of
Fast 13th Avenue Feb. 5. An employee of the store con
fiscated the student's identification card, which he
believed to lie fake, and gave it to police. Police con
tacted the student and said he admitted to taking a dri
ver’s license and changing the year of the date of birth
from 1975 to 1970
• A University student reported a case of sexual
abuse on the 100 block of F.ast 19th Avenue Feb. 14
The student was walking to a car early in the morning
when a man came up to her and fondled her. She
pushed him away and escaped into a house. The man
was desi nlied as ft-foot-2, with a heavy build. The vic
tim didn't see what color the man's hair and eyes wore.
She said he was wearing a red and-blue flannel shirt
with dark blue jeans.
• A University student was cited for possession of
prohibitive fireworks Feb. 14. According to police
reports, the student was shooting off bottle rockets in
the University parking lot on the 1500 block of Moss
Street.
• A 17-voar-old was arrested for shoplifting and
minor in possession by consumption on Feb. 15. The
suspect allegedly took a fanny pack from the Universi
ty Bookstore valued at $3.19 According to police
reports, the offit er said he could smell alcohol on the
suspect’s breath.
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penalty of one year in jail and a
$1,500 finn Pendexter will be triad
on both charges in Lane County
Distrii t Court April 15. said Floyd
Prozanski, assistant district attor
ney for the county.
In the meantime. University offi
cials will try to determine whether
to charge Pendexter with violating
the section of the student conduct
code that bars "harassment on Uni
versity property or at University
sponsored or supervised activities
I men use of another person's sex
ual orientation.”
However, questions remain as to
whether the code applies because
the alleged crime happened off
campus and the alleged victim. 1-al
iberty, is not a University student.
Under the code's statement of
purpose, the University can disci
pline a student when he or she
"violates local. state, or federal lows
and, at the same time, violates the
student conduct code." Further
more. the code requires the Univer
sity to sanction a student when his
or her conduct materially interferes
with the University's responsibility
to ensure an opportunity for all stu
dents to get on education.
Consequently, the student con
duct i ode could apply in cases
involving off-campus incidents
between University students, said
Peter Swan, legal counsel to Uni
versity President Myles Brand.
In Pendexter's case, the alleged
victim, 1-aliberty. is not a Universi
ty student However, I.oiiberty's
report to the Eugene police depart
ment said his companion, a stu
dent. was also a victim.
"We've t»eeri told there's another
victim," said assistant distric t attor
ney Proxanski. "But we've not yet
seen that person come in."
Tiie district attorney's office can
not filn any charges on liehalf of the
alleged student victim until that
person signs a formal complaint.
Pruzanski said.
The absence of an alleged student
victim could hurt the University’s
raise if it decides to initiate discipli
nary proceedings against Pendex
ter. While saying he was not famil
iar with the specific facts of the
Pendexter case, Swan said it
appears there is "very, very little
chance (the code) would apply”
without a student victim.
Green, the University's student
conduct coordinator, said she could
not comment on whether the
alleged student victim has filed a
complaint with her office because
federal law forbids disclosing this
type of student information.
Furthermore, federal law also
prevents University officials from
disclosing the results of any disci
plinary action taken against stu
dents. Green said
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Wednesday, Febreuary 17, 1993
7:00 - 9:00 pm
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Ennis Wuite, Certified Public Accountant
Tina Zamora, UO Accounting Graduate
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ami other documents needed to help them complete their state tax forms.
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February' 19,
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