At the Sheldon Memorial Gallery here on the campus of U of Nebraska - Lincon students are asked to leave their backpacks in cubbies by the guard's desk. As a student, I have no problem with this. However, sometimes I carry my powerbook around with me. I am not about to leave it in a cubby. When I explained what was in the case I was carrying the guard STILL refused to let me keep it with me, at which I collected my backpack and left. Can't some sort of happy medium be reached? I would have showed the computer to the guard if asked, but I wasn't given that chance. My powerbook case is 100x less bulky than a backpack, and there's no way an artwork could be slipped inside it. I would think museums with backpack policies would be more nervous about shoplifting from their gift shops than artifacts. hly