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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1980
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Library to adopt ‘tougher’ policies
By JERRY MAZE
Campus Reporter
Specific statutes governing theft and
vandalism inside the library are
needed in the University Rules and
Regulations, Dr. Ron Darby, Lib
rary Council chairman, said in Fri
day evening’s Library Council
meeting.
"There are some teeth in a regula
tion if it says in the rules that ‘this is a
violation of a specific rule, punish
able by a specific course of action.’
“If there was a direct statement in
he rules concerning library mate
rials, it might make people aware
(wl^j that we are concerned with this as a
lilitvj, problem and intend to do something
about it.”
J. Wayne Stark, Memorial Stu
dent Center director, said people
stay in the library after it closes and
eave later in the night. Stark said
his creates a risk of theft that cannot
ae tolerated and some preventive
course of action must be taken.
“Like many of us, the University
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Police lack the personnel to effec
tively guard the entire campus,”.
Stark said.
“I suggest the library follow the
idea of other buildings on campus
and include a security guard in the
budget.”
The Library Council is also seek
ing tougher penalties for failure to
return articles checked out of the
library.
Kenneth Denmark, chairman of
the committee appointed to investi
gate solutions for the problem, said
he considered not returning a book
as theft — even though it’s not as
deliberate as walking out with one.
Denmark said he will present
ideas for more efficient enforcement
of rules governing theft in the library
at the council’s February meeting.
In other action, the council im
posed a $5 charge for opening lock
ers in the library when keys have
been lost and discussed the nature of
book acquistions for the coming
year.
Ron Darby, chairman of the Library council, council,
explains a point at the Friday’s meeting of the
Staff photo by Steve Clark
Local drives provide fund
for two A&M researchers
By LAURA RUTHERFORD
City Reporter
Through local drives like the
Mothers March and the Super
Walk, the March of Dimes has pro
vided research grants for two Texas
A&M University professors and a
? community information resource
: center.
Dr. Garret M. Ihlers, head of the
medical biochemistry department,
is trying to cure Gaucher disease, an
inherited enzyme deficiency causing
a fatty substance to accumulate in
the bone marrow, liver, spleen or
brain. This disease, affecting over
2,500 Americans, can cause pain,
fractures, abnormal blood clotting,
anemia, liver disease or progressive
mental deterioration.
Ihler said he hopes to one day re
verse the progress of the disease by
injection of red blood cells contain
ing the deficient enzyme. The blood
cell is then damaged and the enzyme
is released into the body.
Ihler said the red blood cell works
to stablize the enzyme. Before, the
enzyme disappeared quickly and
had little affect.
Ihler said no one would be work
ing on a cure for Gaucher Disease
without the March of Dimes grant,
which completely funds the re
search.
Dr. James E. Womack, associate
professor of veterinary pathology, is
also a March of Dimes grant reci
pient.
Womack is researching the nor
mal biology of the developing
embryo, specificaly the sequence in
which genes are regulated. Womack
said this is an area almost devoid of
knowledge.
Distributing information is^
another major function of the March
of Dimes.
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Dr. Clifford Sherry, assistant pro
fessor of biology and a director of the
March of Dimes, said he thinks the
March of Dimes office is a great re
source center.
“From an informational stand
point, I think they do an excellent
job,” Sherry said.
Sherry said he was pleased with
the results of Monday’s Mothers’
March which netted $15,500. He
said this amount was about 40 per
cent more than last year.
Sherry said they hope to get col- ——
lege students involved in the Super
Walk on March 15. He said he is
encouraging group competition at
the walk and he is trying to get a
group from the biology department
to participate.
Anyone wanting to spend a few
hours walking to help the March of
Dimes fight birth defects shqujd ,
contact Claire Malone at the Martsfe^'
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