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een caught stealin’
ien criminal minds steal from stores
rices increase and innocent people suffer
Rhonda Reinhart
Staff writer
lurglars, bank robbers
Land car thieves come
Pto the media’s atten-
on a daily basis. Their
es are the subjects of
sion shows and movies,
|he general public knows
much harm these Crim
ean do.
t there is a category of
’esout there who contin-
escape the public eye
the Bonnie-and-Clyde-
notoriety. These sticky-
red criminals are known
loplifters, and their five-
red discounts are costly
consumers.
|ie National Retail Mer-
ts Association estimates
$16 billion is lost to
io jlifting each year, and the
itpnal Coalition Against
Shoplifting estimates that if
the costs of shoplifting were
coupled with the costs of elec
tronic detection and security
personnel, the cost of
shoplifting would be about
$24 billion annually.
Jerry Moore, a crime
prevention officer with
the Bryan Police Depart
ment (BPD), said shoplift
ing is a widespread crime
that affects everybody.
“It (shoplifting) crosses
over all socioeconomic
boundaries," he said. “Tve
arrested business people
that were in a hurry and
just didn’t want to take the
time to stand in line. They
might have had $100 in
their possession.’’
Moore said shoplifters in
crease prices for everyone be
cause store owners cover
themselves by increasing the
cost of merchandise.
“I’m sure that almost
every store experiences it,”
he said. “It’s a problem be
cause some people think it’s
OK to steal.”
The BPD Website
(http: / / www.ci.bryan.tx.us
/police) divides shoplifting
methods into three cate
gories — concealment,
subterfuge and speed.
Concealment shoplifters
hide stolen merchandise
inside clothing, purses,
shopping bags or hats. They
may also hide items within
another package which is
then purchased.
The shoplifter who
chooses the subterfuge
method may use an accom
plice, price tag switching or
fraudulent rehinding.
Please see Shop on Page 5.
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University Plus
offers students fun
in form of class
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Reck/ess Kelly crashes Narthgate
Iternative country” has been one of
the biggest buzz words in the music
industry the past several years. Al-
ugh the genre has spawned a nice uhder-
md following, commercial success has
n limited.
> Kelly (back left, clockwise): Cody Braun, Jay Nazz,
Willie Braun, Chris Schelske and Casey Pollock.
By Robert Smith
City editor
Reckless Kelly, the most promising band to
come out of Austin in the past year, could
change that. The band’s strong hick-rock sound
is laced with smooth harmonies, wailing har
monicas and catchy melodies.
“The kind of music we play is just what hap
pens when we come together,” said Reckless
Kelly drummer Jay Nazz.
Reckless Kelly has been working the
Austin club circuit endlessly since moving
from Oregon in 1996.
“We knew it would take a strong commit
ment when we moved down here,” Nazz said.
“We’ve been able to get a good following. We all
got other jobs when we first got here, but after
three or four months we were able to start mak
ing enough money to quit our day jobs.”
Besides Nazz, the band includes Willie
Braun, singer-songwriter and guitarist; broth
er Cody Braun on fiddle, mandolin and har
monica; Casy Pollock, lead guitarist; and Chris
Schelske, bassist.
Reckless Kelly has established a reputation
as being one of the hardest-working bands in
Austin, including playing 13 consecutive nights
in one stretch.
The band will make its second stop in
Bryan-College Station today, after opening
for the Derailers at the 3rd Floor Cantina
last October.
Reckless Kelly will perform an acoustic set at
Marooned Records at 5 p.m. and will play at
Shadow Canyon tonight at 10. The Marooned
show is free, and the Shadow Canyon show is $6.
Reckless Kelly released its debut album, Mil-
lican, on Chris Wall’s Cold Spring Records in
October ’97.
The album has an electro-acoustic rock
sound with a country edge, and owes a heavy
debt to Steve Earle.
Please see Kelly on Page 4.
By Marium Mohiuddin
Staff writer
B iology 113, History 106
and English 104 are the
exciting classes stu
dents have the option of tak
ing. These classes are required
and most students have to en
dure them. Imagine, however,
spending the days studying
for these classes and the
nights learning how to belly
dance, stain glass or perfect a
billiard game.
Welcome to University Plus,
the on-campus, art class,
dance class, framing, matting,
photography, darkroom and
wood shop, shop.
Dr. David Capeheart, MSC
program manager, is the
epicenter of the art boom
ing from the basement of
the MSC, known as Uni
versity Plus.
“The MSC is the
cultural center for cam
pus and the center of
A&M life,” Capeheart
said. “Every cul
ture on this cam
pus comes
through these
doors. This is
why we are
here. The
University
provides the
academics,
and Univer
sity Plus
provides
the art.”
Cape
heart said
the shop is
open 50 hours a week
so the goal of learning
is available for all.
“We provide
membership which allows
people to come and do what
they wish,” Capeheart said.
“If they have a broken drawer
or need to fix a little some
thing, they can come in and
work on it.
“We want people to learn
how to throw a pot, take a pic
ture or cut wood, and we want
people to feel good about it.
There is no place in the Brazos
Valley like this.”
However, Capeheart said
there is more to University Plus
than the shop that most peo
ple have walked by when
heading toward the bar
bershop in the MSC.
“Aside from the shop,
the dark rooms are
extremely pop
ular. These
are the only
dark rooms
that are
available to
anybody,”
Capeheart
said.
“We also pro
vide services such
as framing and
matting,” Cape
heart said. “We
frame diplomas
and are the quickest
and [most] inexpen
sive. It is student
operated. All the
work is done by
them. I am the
only non-student
on the block.”
Most of all, Uni
versity Plus is best
known for its vari
ety of classes.
Please see Plus on Page 4.
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