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This weekend marks the end of Daylight Saving Time. Be sure to set your clocks back one hour Saturday night.
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Crime
BOOKSTORE THEFT ON THE RISE By Caitlin Cinotto / Contributing Writer
UCO’s Barnes & Noble has increased their security due to a rise in theft. The campus bookstore added 26 security cameras in hopes of cutting down on theft. “It’s a way for us to decrease theft that happens in the store,” Brenda Raimondi, the store manager of the UCO Barnes & Noble, said. “They’re less apt to steal if they come in with that intent.”
According to Raimondi, a study conducted two years ago showed six out of 10 people did not buy the book. Therefore, Barnes & Noble has implemented a new procedure, in which their employees now walk all textbooks to the register. Barnes & Noble has also blocked access for customers to retrieve their own textbooks, which Raimondi says has decreased theft. Students are no longer allowed to enter the textbook area unassisted; a Barnes & Noble sales associate must help
them. The cameras have allowed Barnes & Noble to tell if theft is occurring more frequently than before. They no longer have to wait on an end-ofthe-year report to see the decrease in occurrence. Raimondi said that percentagewise, clothing is the area in which the most theft occurs. However, in terms of dollar amount, it is in theft of textbooks. “Our store has a 1.8 percent theft rate, which is a little higher than the
Barnes & Noble average,” Raimondi said. “Therefore we had to increase our security.” By implementing the cameras and increasing security, Barnes & Noble hopes to keep the cost of books down, Raimondi said. Those caught stealing will be arrested and go to jail where they will await bond. During last spring’s buyback, Barnes & Noble caught a student who stole a book and was trying to sell it back. Barnes & Noble em-
ployees were able to determine this book had been stolen due to a code that is written in books that have already been sold that semester. According to Raimondi, the student confessed to the police that around 30 of her friends did this on a monthly basis to pay their rent. The student now has an additional worry; there is now a warrant out for that student’s arrest, Raimondi said.
ENJOY A NICE CARAMEL APPLE
Courtney James hands Amber Fuller a caramel apple during SPB’s caramel apple bar near Broncho Lake, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista
Don’t Forget To
all Back! The History of DST DST was first adopted in the U.S. in 1918 during World War I with the primary goal of reducing the usage of wasted fuel for lighting. After the war, Congress repealed it but then adopted it again during World War II with the
same goal. In 1966 the Uniform Time Act was passed creating the standard for the time change. A Movement to “Change” Two states, Arizona and Hawaii, do not observe DST and some want the U.S. to drop DST all together. The reasons for why some people want DST abolished range from convienience to a
WEATHER
This Sunday, Nov. 6, marks the end of Daylight Saving Time for the year. At 3 a.m., set your clocks back to 2 a.m.
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belief that it would reduce car wrecks. iForgot to Change Apple’s iPhone has previously had issues involving the time change. With the Spring time change last March, scores of iPhone users found that the alarms did not go off following the change. The iPhone has the ability to set its clock automatically, but may be manually adjusted in its settings menu.
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DID YOU KNOW? Modern DST was first proposed by the New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson.
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