Not taser-wielding crazy, just meticulous:
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=520020
--> Over the past two weeks, students looking to exit Lamont
--> Library efficiently have encountered uncommonly long lines
--> at odd hours of the night.
-->
--> Students attributed the hold-up to a new security guards
--> thorough examination of their books and belongings.
....
--> Students have taken notice of Fasci's arrival because of his
--> meticulous searching, which involves asking visitors to take
--> their laptops out and to remove books from their bookbags,
--> so he can flip through them.
-->
--> AlliedBarton security guard Aryt Alasti, on ****ft Wednesday
--> night and yesterday morning said that the line, which at
--> times stretched into the shelving area, occurs because too
--> many students leave at the same time to catch shuttles.
-->
--> "This has always been the case during library hours," Alasti
--> said, while Fasci commented on the "bursty nature" of the
--> lines.
Well, I guess there's no waiting outside of library hours.
....
--> "When they have to check my musical instrument for books, it
--> gets annoying," said Natalie D. Bau '09. "They already have
--> an electronic sensor to detect books that weren't checked
--> out. If I were going to take the trouble to demagnetize my
--> book, I'd also take the trouble to stick it in my coat."
-->
--> The security measures, including the guard desks, have been
--> in place for over 10 years, said Director of Communications
--> for Harvard College Library (HCL) Beth Brainard.
-->
--> "Our goal is to protect the collections and keep them
--> circulating," Brainard said. "Theft has been an issue
--> throughout the years at the library. We're aware we hold
--> valuable collections and that they are desirable."
-->
--> Brainard added that thefts such as those conducted by map
--> marauder E. Forbes Smiley cause HCL to reevaluate their
--> security procedures. In general, however, she said that
--> "security measures are proactive rather than reactive."
....
--> "A little pre-planning on the students' part, combined with
--> a little courtesy on our part to show that we understand
--> your predicament, but we have to go through this, are both
--> necessary," she said.
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Is there any proof that English borrows words?? I mean, have we ever
given one back? Do we pay for a replacement if we break one? How does
this work? [Matthew L Martin, ark]
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